$220,000–$245,000
View job →FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers
405 jobs
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$220,000–$300,000
View job →$192,010–$274,300
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →ZipProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Forward Deployed (Mid - Senior Level)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$150,000–$250,000
View job →$206,600–$229,000
View job →$192,010–$274,300
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CARemote
$182,000–$250,208
View job →$185,000–$300,000
View job →$180,000–$200,000
View job →$192,010–$274,300
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CARemote
$182,000–$250,208
View job →$185,000–$300,000
View job →$237,150–$320,850
View job →$130,000–$200,000
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
View job →$185,000–$300,000
View job →$192,010–$274,300
View job →$200,000–$240,000 · total compensation
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
View job →$140,000–$190,000
View job →$192,010–$274,300
View job →$225,000–$260,000 · total compensation
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
View job →$189,000–$330,000
View job →$145,000–$180,000
View job →$130,000–$160,000
View job →Applied IntuitionProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - New Grad (December 2026)
Sunnyvale, CAOn-site
Pay range unavailable
View job →$190,000–$220,000
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →$165,000–$200,000
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer) - U.S. Federal Sector
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
View job →Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Senior/Staff FDE - CUA
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
View job →$185,000–$300,000
View job →$194,400–$228,800
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
View job →$185,000–$300,000
View job →$194,400–$228,800
View job →$180,000–$300,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers pay?
Of 405 postings, 345 list a pay range. The median posted range is $182,000–$250,000 across 89 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers require?
Of 405 postings, 159 state a minimum number of years, from 63 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 74 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (67), under 3 years (9) or 10 or more years (9).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers?
These 405 postings come from 115 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (68), OpenAI (33), Anduril (29), Scale AI (25) and Decagon (14).
Are FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers remote?
Of 405 postings, 271 state a work arrangement, from 102 companies. Of those, 97 are remote, 107 are hybrid and 67 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 224 of the 405 postings.
Counted over the 405 postings in this search, as read on September 17, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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