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AccentureProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer Manager
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 moreChicago, IL +39
$80,400–$316,300
Pay not posted
$155,600–$306,800
DeepgramProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$197,000–$246,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 moreChicago, IL +39
$112,900–$366,300
$130,000–$145,000
$155,600–$306,800
DatabricksProduction engineering
AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer) - U.S. Federal Sector
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
AccentureProduction engineering
Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$54,400–$235,100
$222,000–$290,000
Deloitte USProduction engineering
Cyber Identity - FDE Senior Consultant - Senior Engineering Management Specialist
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
$125,000–$144,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer -Assoc Director
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$138,800–$434,000
$180,000–$240,000
$155,600–$306,800
$120,000–$170,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$80,400–$316,300
Pay not posted
$134,500–$265,100
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, FDE US Government
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3On-site
$143,700–$213,800
$134,500–$265,100
$150,000–$180,000
$185,000–$300,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +6 moreBoston, MA +7
$168,100–$261,500
Deloitte USProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer – Databricks - Forensic Discovery & Financial Crime
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
MicrosoftProduction engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Technical Program Management
US · city not listed
$142,800–$304,200
H CompanyProduction engineering
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
AccentureProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Palantir Foundry (TS Cleared)
Colorado Springs, COOn-site
$100,200–$243,100
$134,500–$265,100
$119,800–$261,000
Pay not posted
SalesforceProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration
Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +9 moreAtlanta, GA +10
$88,970–$316,750
$134,500–$265,100
$182,000–$250,208
$194,400–$228,800
$180,000–$300,000
$134,500–$265,100
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior production engineering jobs pay?
689 of 871 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $166,000 and $229,000, across 244 companies.
How much experience do senior production engineering jobs require?
Of 871 postings, 345 state a minimum number of years, from 161 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 174 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (123), under 3 years (43) or 10 or more years (5).
Which companies are hiring for senior production engineering jobs?
These 871 postings come from 334 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (59), Deloitte US (55), Accenture (32), Palantir (31) and Booz Allen (27).
Are senior production engineering jobs remote?
122 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 235 are hybrid and 199 are on-site. The remaining 315 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 446 of the 871 postings.
Counted over the 871 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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