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Mid-level FDE and deployment jobs

Compare current US jobs, responsibilities, locations and advertised pay. Includes forward deployed engineering and related deployment roles. Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title.

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Juniper SquareProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer II, Applied AI

USRemote

Forward-deployed, AI-first engineering role at Juniper Square's Applied AI unit, working directly with GP clients to design, build, and operate custom AI agents that solve operational problems in private markets.

$130,000–$160,000

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PVMProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

Atlanta, GARemote

Hands-on Forward Deployed Engineer building a Palantir Foundry/AIP operational intelligence platform for a federal client (CDC).

Pay range unavailable

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GigaProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer I/II

San Francisco, CAOn-site

This role is a customer-facing technical position at a Series A AI startup, responsible for building and deploying enterprise AI agents across voice, chat, and email.

$100,000–$190,000

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IsidorProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Engineer embedding with frontier AI labs and enterprise to design and ship data pipelines, tools, and automations for critical model training and evaluation workflows.

Pay range unavailable

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EYProduction engineering

Cyber - AI Engineer - Senior - Consulting

New York, NYRemote

Senior Consultant-level forward-deployed Cyber AI Engineer delivering frontier AI security solutions for clients from prototype through production.

$104,800–$218,500

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NextGen Federal SystemsProduction engineering

Application/Agentic AI Engineer

Aberdeen, MDHybrid

Build and deploy agentic AI applications on the ReadiChat platform for mission-focused operational workflows, spanning agent design, orchestration, testing, integration, and sustainment across cloud, edge, and hybrid environments.

Pay range unavailable

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Booz AllenProduction engineering

Agentic AI Developer

San Antonio, TX · Austin, TX

Build and operate secure agentic AI applications for a defense client using Booz Allen’s Agent Foundry platform in AWS.

$99,000–$225,000

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PhysicsXProduction engineering

Data Scientist

New York, NYHybrid

Data Scientist in PhysicsX’s Delivery team, building production-ready data science solutions for engineering and physics challenges alongside simulation engineers, machine learning engineers, and customers.

$120,000–$240,000

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CapgeminiProduction engineering

GenAI / Agentic AI Developer

New York, NY

Build enterprise GenAI and agentic AI applications, including LLM-powered products, RAG pipelines, multi-agent workflows, backend APIs, and production deployments.

$80,000–$101,050

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Deloitte USProduction engineering

Palantir AI and Data Science Engineer

Huntsville, AL

Deloitte's Government & Public Services practice seeks an AI and Data Science Engineer to design and deliver secure, scalable data and AI solutions on Palantir Foundry for federal clients.

Pay range unavailable

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Agile DefenseProduction engineering

MSS Developer

US · city not listedOn-site

MSS Developer role at Peterson Space Force Base, CO, requiring an active Top Secret/SCI clearance to start.

Pay range unavailable

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LeidosProduction engineering

Cybersecurity AI Developer

Laurel, MD

Cybersecurity AI Developer supporting an intelligence-sector defensive cyber operations program, building rapid prototypes and production capabilities for government agencies and Defense Industrial Base resources.

$87,100–$157,450

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GuidehouseProduction engineering

Palantir Developer

USRemote

Build and maintain Palantir Foundry data integrations, pipelines, Ontology models, and operational applications for reporting, analytics, AI, and decision support.

$85,000–$141,000

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Booz AllenProduction engineering

AI/ML Engineer

Dayton, OH

This AI/ML engineer role supports national security missions by building, testing, deploying, and operating end-to-end AI pipelines.

$99,000–$225,000

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HavocAIProduction engineering

Field Software Engineer

USRemote

Field Software Engineer embedded with customers to deploy, integrate, and modify HavocAI's autonomous maritime systems during live demonstrations and operational missions.

$150,000–$175,000

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AmbralProduction engineering

Member of Technical Staff (New Grad)

New York, NYOn-site

Build the replayable environment engine that reconstructs historical enterprise workflows, evaluates agent behavior, and supports continuous model improvement.

$140,000–$175,000

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AppianProduction engineering

Consultant (Technical, Public Sector)

Mclean, VAOn-site

Technical Consultant in Appian’s Customer Success organization, delivering post-sales software and AI solutions across the full project lifecycle on the Appian platform.

$75,000–$175,000

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SiftProduction engineering

Application Software Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Los Angeles, CAHybrid

Application Software Engineer serving as the technical bridge between Sift’s telemetry platform and customers building aerospace, autonomous, renewable-energy, and other advanced engineering systems.

$125,000–$175,000

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AdelphiProduction engineering

Machine Learning Engineer

Washington, DCRemote

Forward-deployed ML engineer role embedded with defense/intelligence customers, building agentic full-stack systems on frontier models from prototype to production.

Pay range unavailable

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Booz AllenProduction engineering

Palantir Data Engineer

Norfolk, VA

Data engineer role at Booz Allen focused on Palantir-based data pipelines and platforms for mission-driven government projects.

$61,900–$141,000

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AndurilProduction engineering

Mission Software Engineer, EW

Costa Mesa, CA

Mission Software Engineers own the full software lifecycle for electronic warfare products, spanning embedded systems, backend services, data pipelines, deployment infrastructure, Lattice OS integration, and operator-facing tools.

$166,000–$220,000

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Physical IntelligenceProduction engineering

Deployments Software Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

This role is on the Deployments team at Physical Intelligence, responsible for integrating state-of-the-art vision-language-action models with robots deployed on customer sites.

Pay range unavailable

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CrestaProduction engineering

Customer Engineer

USRemote

The Customer Engineer delivers AI solutions for enterprise contact centers by designing, building, deploying, and troubleshooting integrations with customer chat and phone platforms.

Pay range unavailable

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AndurilProduction engineering

Software Engineer, Discovery

Seattle, WA · Washington, DC

Software Engineer on Anduril’s Discovery team, building and deploying Lattice OS capabilities for cyber command and control, offensive cyber missions, networking, and remote asset management in far-edge environments.

$166,000–$220,000

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StriveworksProduction engineering

Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)

Austin, TXHybrid

Machine Learning Engineer contributing to customer projects and core AIOps products, developing models, analytics, and data pipelines across diverse modalities including image, video, text, geospatial, and time-series data.

$140,000–$165,000

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