AnthropicTechnical pre-sales
Applied AI, Research Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$300,000–$400,000
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VizientInternal deployment & tooling
Sr. AI Delivery & Operations Engineer
Edina, MN · Irving, TX · +1 moreEdina, MN +2
$102,400–$179,000
Pay not posted
$155,000–$185,000
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HuronInternal deployment & tooling
AI Engineering Manager (AI Capability Center) - 4 Openings Available
Chicago, ILRemote
$140,000–$170,000
$165,000–$300,000
AnthropicTechnical pre-sales
Applied AI Architect, Cyber
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$240,000–$315,000
CapgeminiDeployment team leadership
Capgemini Invent- AI Solutions Architecture & Engineering Managing Consultant
Chicago, IL
$127,500–$249,350
$126,000–$210,000
PwC (US)Internal deployment & tooling
Tax Innovation - AI Engineer - Manager
Dallas, TX · Chicago, IL · +2 moreDallas, TX +3
$99,000–$266,000
Pay not posted
$96,000–$132,000
$180,000–$220,000
$77,600–$176,000
Oaktree Capital ManagementInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Associate, Forward Deployment Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
$130,000–$160,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Sr System Development Engineer, Amazon Leo
Bellevue, WA · Arlington, VA · +1 moreBellevue, WA +2
$151,200–$204,600
$207,000–$385,000
$127,000–$177,000
$160,000–$220,000
$191,000–$253,000
$179,500–$269,300
GuidePoint SecurityInternal deployment & tooling
Innovation Engineer- Remote (Anywhere in the U.S.)
USRemote
Pay not posted
CoxInternal deployment & tooling
Sr Software Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +1 moreAtlanta, GA +2Hybrid
$101,500–$169,100
Pay not posted
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Agentic AI Engineer, Automation
Costa Mesa, CA · Long Beach, CACosta Mesa, CA +1On-site
$220,000–$292,000
$200,000–$250,000
$138,000–$230,000
$119,800–$261,000
$152,000–$287,500
AppleInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Environment and Supply Chain Innovation
Sunnyvale, CA
Pay not posted
$150,000–$170,000
LexisNexis Legal & ProfessionalInternal deployment & tooling
Finance Systems AI/Automation Engineer
Dayton, OH · Raleigh, NCDayton, OH +1
$78,800–$131,300
RELXInternal deployment & tooling
Finance Systems AI/Automation Engineer
Dayton, OH · Raleigh, NCDayton, OH +1
$78,800–$131,300
$300,000–$425,000
Pay not posted
X-energyInternal deployment & tooling
Engineer IV, AI & Digital Engineering
Rockville, MD · Gaithersburg, MDRockville, MD +1Hybrid
$180,000–$205,000
$104,000–$175,000
Pay not posted
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What do senior FDE and deployment jobs pay?
1,308 of 1,661 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $223,000, across 455 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs require?
Of 1,661 postings, 630 state a minimum number of years, from 325 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 345 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (199), under 3 years (74) or 10 or more years (12).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs?
These 1,661 postings come from 613 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (65), Deloitte US (63), Palantir (55), Amazon (incl AWS) (47) and OpenAI (36).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs remote?
284 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 421 are hybrid and 419 are on-site. The remaining 537 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 719 of the 1,661 postings.
Counted over the 1,661 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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