$176,000–$240,000
Senior FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept
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$175,000–$250,000
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$184,000–$356,500
LiberateImplementation & delivery
Senior AI Agent Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
$120,000–$210,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$200,000
$182,000–$250,208
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
$110,000–$170,000
OpenAIImplementation & delivery
Partner Applied AI Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$197,000–$278,000
$153,000–$213,200
$165,000–$380,000 · OTE
$110,000–$170,000
VercelImplementation & delivery
Solutions Architect
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$190,000–$340,000 · OTE
$200,000–$290,000
$200,000–$250,000 · OTE
PalantirDeployment strategy
Deployment Strategist, Build to Apply - US Government
San Diego, CAOn-site
$110,000–$170,000
Pay not posted
$120,000–$160,000
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
$110,000–$170,000
$200,000–$290,000
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$150,000–$280,000
$156,600–$276,000
$145,000–$200,000
$200,000–$285,000
$200,000–$290,000
$211,000–$278,000
$150,000–$220,000
$150,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
Distyl AITechnical pre-sales
Enterprise AI Architect
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$275,000
T. Rowe PriceInternal deployment & tooling
Senior AI Software Engineer — T. Rowe Price Lab (NY or MD)
New York, NY · Baltimore, MDNew York, NY +1Hybrid
$121,000–$258,000
$160,000–$180,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept pay?
490 of 611 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $167,000 and $234,000, across 206 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept require?
Of 611 postings, 259 state a minimum number of years, from 139 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 152 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (83), under 3 years (20) or 10 or more years (4).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept?
These 611 postings come from 274 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (49), OpenAI (25), Accenture (24), Sierra (18) and LangChain (12).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept remote?
99 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 158 are hybrid and 139 are on-site. The remaining 215 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 282 of the 611 postings.
Counted over the 611 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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