OpenAIInternal deployment & tooling
Applied AI Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering
San Francisco, CA
$266,000–$405,000
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SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling
Application Software Engineer, Applied AI
Cape Canaveral, FLOn-site
Pay not posted
Horizon mediaInternal deployment & tooling
Senior AI Engineer, Applied AI Solutions
New York, NYHybrid
$195,000–$225,000
FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling
Decision Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
BlueCross BlueShield of TennesseeInternal deployment & tooling
Senior AI Workflow Engineer
Chattanooga, TNRemote
Pay not posted
SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
Starbase, TXOn-site
Pay not posted
$92,100–$193,600
FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling
Decision Engineer, Business Operations
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
TwilioInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Technical Program Manager, Services Tools & Diagnostics
USRemote
$188,240–$276,700
Pay not posted
$154,000–$230,000
$154,000–$230,000
$215,000–$280,000
$200,000–$250,000
RelativityInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Factory Platform)
Long Beach, CA
$154,000–$230,000
Relativity SpaceInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Factory Platform)
Long Beach, CA
$154,000–$230,000
ZiplineInternal deployment & tooling
Supply Chain Business Operations Manager, AI Strategy
South San Francisco, CAOn-site
$147,800–$285,200
$117,000–$175,000
$203,200–$254,000
PerplexityInternal deployment & tooling
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise Adoption)
San Francisco, CA
$220,000–$405,000
$180,000–$300,000
$110,000–$166,000
$159,200–$301,600
$183,400–$229,200
$85,000–$100,000
$123,000–$184,000
$126,600–$189,800
Pay not posted
$168,000–$310,500
$160,000–$210,000
$182,300–$220,000
$100,000–$145,000
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$129,000–$171,000
$100,000–$145,000
$175,000–$220,000
AltruistInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Customer Success Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Culver City, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$129,000–$171,000
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Frequently asked questions
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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