$180,000–$200,000
View job →FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept
179 jobs
$185,000–$300,000
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
View job →$145,000–$180,000
View job →$130,000–$160,000
View job →$185,000–$300,000
View job →Pay range unavailable
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 →$165,000–$200,000
View job →$185,000–$300,000
View job →$180,000–$300,000
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →$200,000–$400,000
View job →$185,000–$300,000
View job →Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$264,000
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →$200,000–$260,000
View job →$185,000–$300,000
View job →$189,000–$330,000
View job →$130,000–$240,000
View job →$182,000–$250,208
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →$140,000–$240,000
View job →$155,000–$210,000 · OTE
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$180,000–$225,000
View job →OpenAIProduction engineering
Physical Design Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$302,000
View job →Pay range unavailable
View job →$118,400–$222,000
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
View job →CA$175,000–CA$385,000
View job →$190,400–$285,600
View job →$160,000–$270,000
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
View job →CohereProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Agentic Platform (West Coast)
San Francisco, CARemote
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
View job →Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$180,000–$264,000
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Raleigh, NC
$182,000–$250,208
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
View job →GoviniProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Data Scientist
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay range unavailable
View job →Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
View job →$182,000–$250,208
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept pay?
Of 179 postings, 149 list a pay range. The median posted range is $182,000–$260,000 across 58 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept require?
Of 179 postings, 82 state a minimum number of years, from 45 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 43 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (25), under 3 years (11) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept?
These 179 postings come from 73 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (29), SpaceX (15), Scale AI (13), Anthropic (8) and Databricks (5).
Are FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept remote?
Of 179 postings, 143 state a work arrangement, from 63 companies. Of those, 40 are remote, 76 are hybrid and 27 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 84 of the 179 postings.
Counted over the 179 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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