$184,000–$356,500
FDE and deployment jobs at public companies involving proof of concept
341 postings · 122 companies · 305 state pay: median $185,000, half $154,000–$215,000
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PalantirPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist, Build to Apply - US Government
New York, NYOn-site
$110,000–$170,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Integrates and configures it
Sr Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VAArlington, VA +1
$153,600–$207,800
$110,000–$170,000
ServiceNowIntegrates and configures it
PS, Solution Architect /Forward Deployment Engineer ( Armis/ Veza)
New York, NYRemote
Up to $258,550
SalesforcePlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist - Public Sector, Nonprofit & Education
Mclean, VA · Chicago, IL · +8 moreMclean, VA +9Remote
$134,750–$316,750
PalantirPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist, Build to Apply - US Government
San Diego, CAOn-site
$110,000–$170,000
SalesforcePlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist (Mid/Senior Levels)
San Francisco, CA · Bellevue, WA · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Remote
$134,750–$316,750
PalantirPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist - US Government
Fayetteville, NCHybrid
$110,000–$170,000
Serve RoboticsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer, Operations Tools & Al Enablement
Los Angeles, CA · US remoteRemote
$180,000–$200,000
BlackstoneBuilds for teams inside the company
Blackstone Data Science Product Engineering, Vice President
New York, NY
$175,000–$200,000
MiniMedBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal AI Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Northridge, CAAtlanta, GA +1
$138,000–$261,000
General Dynamics Mission SystemsBuilds for teams inside the company
Advanced Software Engineer - AI Reliability Engineering
USRemote
$118,519–$131,482
Wolters KluwerBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Enterprise Software Engineer
Kennesaw, GA · Houston, TX · +1 moreKennesaw, GA +2
$133,400–$238,400
T. Rowe PriceBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Software Engineer — T. Rowe Price Labs
New York, NY · Baltimore, MDNew York, NY +1Hybrid
$121,000–$258,000
Walmart Inc.Builds for teams inside the company
(USA) Senior, Data Scientist - Applied AI
Sunnyvale, CA · Bentonville, ARSunnyvale, CA +1
$90,000–$234,000
Donaldson Company, Inc.Builds for teams inside the company
Principal AI Solution Developer
Bloomington, MNHybrid
$111,840–$139,800
StoneX Group Inc.Builds for teams inside the company
Platform Engineer, Forward Deployment (HR Solutions)
Chicago, ILHybrid
$110,000–$130,000
T. Rowe PriceBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Software Engineer — T. Rowe Price Labs
New York, NY · Baltimore, MDNew York, NY +1Hybrid
$121,000–$258,000
Citi (Citigroup Inc.)Builds for teams inside the company
AI Engineer – Startups & Partnerships
Jersey City, NJ
$142,320–$213,480
$137,200–$206,600
General Dynamics Mission SystemsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Platform & Applications Engineer
Chantilly, VAHybrid
$132,930–$143,835
$167,000–$230,000
NVIDIABuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure Solutions
Santa Clara, CA
$152,000–$241,500
Mirion Technologies, Inc.Builds for teams inside the company
Staff AI Solutions Engineer - Nuclear & Safety
Meriden, CT
Pay not posted
$100,890–$150,000
General MotorsBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Engineer, AI Acceleration
Warren, MI · Austin, TXWarren, MI +1Remote
Pay not posted
$140,000–$175,000
Pay not posted
$100,890–$150,000
$142,320–$213,480
$127,000–$180,600
AppleBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer Enterprise Technology Services
Sunnyvale, CA
$184,700–$277,600
Bristol Myers SquibbBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Manager, Research Intelligence Engineer
Princeton, NJ · Tampa, FL · +3 morePrinceton, NJ +4
$134,980–$179,920
SpaceXBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr. Software Engineer (AI Data Engineering)
Hawthorne, CAOn-site
$165,000–$265,000
$139,200–$235,200
Pay not posted
Sony Interactive Entertainment GlobalBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer - AI & Agentic Architecture
Aliso Viejo, CAHybrid
$177,300–$265,900
$125,000–$195,000
Thomson ReutersBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead AI Forward Engineer
Eagan, MN · Frisco, TXEagan, MN +1Hybrid
$127,400–$236,600
170 of 341 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs at public companies involving proof of concept pay?
305 of 341 postings state a pay range. The median is $185,000, and half of them sit between $154,000 and $215,000, from 101 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at public companies involving proof of concept require?
Of 341 postings, 210 state a minimum number of years, from 102 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 94 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (73), 10 or more years (25) or under 3 years (18).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at public companies involving proof of concept?
These 341 postings come from 122 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (32), Amazon (incl AWS) (31), SpaceX (19), Google (14) and Capgemini (12).
Are FDE and deployment jobs at public companies involving proof of concept remote?
44 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 63 are hybrid and 42 are on-site. The remaining 192 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 123 of the 341 postings.
Counted over the 341 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings