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Senior FDE and deployment jobs
2,522 postings · 1,176 companies · 1,818 state pay: median $188,000, half $160,000–$220,000
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$250,000–$400,000
SpaceXBuilds for teams inside the company
Application Software Engineer, Applied AI
Redmond, WAOn-site
$125,000–$200,000
Arcadia ScienceBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer - Full Stack
Emeryville, CAOn-site
$160,000–$195,000
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Decision Engineer, Compute Operations
New York, NYOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deploy Engineer
Chicago, IL · San Francisco, CAChicago, IL +1Remote
$220,000–$320,000
SpaceXBuilds for teams inside the company
Application Software Engineer, Applied AI
Cape Canaveral, FLOn-site
Pay not posted
T-MobileBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr Forward Deployment Engineer
Bellevue, WA · Frisco, TXBellevue, WA +1
$142,300–$256,700
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Decision Engineer, Manufacturing & Supply Chain
New York, NYOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
OpenAIBuilds for teams inside the company
Applied AI Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering
San Francisco, CA
$266,000–$405,000
SpaceXBuilds for teams inside the company
Application Software Engineer, Applied AI
Vandenberg, CAOn-site
$125,000–$195,000
BETA TechnologiesBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, Digital Operations
South Burlington, VT
$120,000–$155,000
Pay not posted
Horizon mediaBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Engineer, Applied AI Solutions
New York, NYHybrid
$195,000–$225,000
SpaceXBuilds for teams inside the company
Application Software Engineer, Applied AI
Starbase, TXOn-site
Pay not posted
IPM Integrated Project Management CompanyBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Solutions Engineer
Burr Ridge, ILHybrid
$80,000–$140,000
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Decision Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
Relativity SpaceBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer (Factory Platform)
Long Beach, CAOn-site
$154,000–$230,000
SpaceXBuilds for teams inside the company
Application Software Engineer, Applied AI
Bastrop, TXOn-site
Pay not posted
$156,000–$224,200
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Decision Engineer, Business Operations
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
$140,000–$180,000
SpaceXBuilds for teams inside the company
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
Starbase, TXOn-site
Pay not posted
$200,000–$250,000
PerplexityBuilds for teams inside the company
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise AI Products)
San Francisco, CA
$220,000–$405,000
CrunchyrollBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Solutions Engineer, AI Enablement
Los Angeles, CAHybrid
$183,400–$229,200
ComposioBuilds for teams inside the company
Member of Technical Staff, Enterprise Product
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
ClickUpBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer, Internally Deployed Products
USRemote
$160,000–$210,000
Ro (Modern Fertility)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Engineer, Applied AI
New York, NYHybrid
$190,800–$234,500
Pay not posted
$161,000–$212,000
Simpson Thacher & BartlettBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer
New York, NYHybrid
$180,000–$210,000
ArcaBuilds for teams inside the company
Member of Technical Staff, Product Engineer
New York, NYOn-site
$200,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$161,000–$212,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$161,000–$212,000
1,481 of 2,522 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs pay?
1,818 of 2,522 postings state a pay range. The median is $188,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $220,000, from 766 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs require?
Of 2,522 postings, 1,402 state a minimum number of years, from 770 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 823 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (364), under 3 years (169) or 10 or more years (46).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs?
These 2,522 postings come from 1,176 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (68), Deloitte US (66), Palantir (62), Amazon (incl AWS) (48) and Accenture (37).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs remote?
535 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 584 are hybrid and 684 are on-site. The remaining 719 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1,072 of the 2,522 postings.
Counted over the 2,522 postings in this search. Postings read on November 3, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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