$135,000–$200,000
Senior FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations
Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description.
All filters
Counts show jobs matching each option and your other filters. Select several options to match any of them.
Location
Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.
Pay
Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.
Arrangement
Type of work
LevelSenior
Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.
Experience
Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.
Posted
Travel
Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.
Individual contributor or manager
Company stage
Coding work
Project stagesOngoing operations
Implementation share
Estimated from the job description, not measured working hours.
Who you build for
Visa sponsorship
Company size
Estimated from public information about the company. Bands are approximate. Companies without a stated size are listed as not stated.
1,254 jobs match
Location
Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.
1,254 jobs match
Pay
Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.
1,254 jobs match
Arrangement
1,254 jobs match
Type of work
1,254 jobs match
Senior
Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.
1,254 jobs match
Experience
Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.
1,254 jobs match
Posted
1,254 jobs match
Travel
Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.
1,254 jobs match
1,254 jobs
Vannevar LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Oahu (TS/SCI Clearance Required)
Honolulu, HIHybrid
$135,000–$205,000
$140,000–$160,000
CohereProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Agentic Platform (West Coast)
San Francisco, CARemote
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
$190,400–$285,600
$140,000–$220,000
$135,000–$200,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
VapiProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$280,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems C2
Palo Alto, CAHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$160,000–$190,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Boston, MA
$182,000–$250,208
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$180,000–$264,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Korea Forward Deployed
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Washington, DC
$182,000–$250,208
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Tactical Edge
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
GoviniProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Data Scientist
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Raleigh, NC
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
GoviniProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Austin, TX
$182,000–$250,208
reflection.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - LLM Post-training
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
San Diego, CAOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
$150,000–$275,000
$182,000–$250,208
webAIProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Austin, TX · Washington, DCAustin, TX +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
$125,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
$155,000–$210,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
Fayetteville, NCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$120,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
$200,000–$287,500
$135,000–$200,000
ValthosProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NYOn-site
Pay not posted
Compare pay across US FDE roles →
Employer postings · Postings read on · Sources
Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations pay?
969 of 1,254 postings state a pay range. The median is $192,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $225,000, across 399 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations require?
Of 1,254 postings, 465 state a minimum number of years, from 267 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 259 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (137), under 3 years (58) or 10 or more years (11).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations?
These 1,254 postings come from 533 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (41), Anduril (31), Deloitte US (31), OpenAI (28) and Accenture (26).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs with ongoing operations remote?
224 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 324 are hybrid and 346 are on-site. The remaining 360 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 511 of the 1,254 postings.
Counted over the 1,254 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Related job searches
FDE jobs by level
- Senior · 1649 jobs · 610 companies · 1649
FDE jobs by project stage
- Ongoing operations · 1629 jobs · 621 companies · 1629
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 976 jobs · 452 companies · 976
FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Technical lead · 495 jobs · 263 companies · 495
FDE jobs by location
- SF Bay Area · 421 jobs · 214 companies · 421
- New York metro · 334 jobs · 187 companies · 334
- Washington, DC area · 173 jobs · 57 companies · 173
FDE jobs by work arrangement
FDE jobs by company stage
- Later private · 314 jobs · 119 companies · 314
- Public · 291 jobs · 80 companies · 291
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 252 jobs · 101 companies · 252
More searches
FDE jobs by location
- SF Bay Area · 421
- New York metro · 334
- Washington, DC area · 173
- Chicago · 68
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 66
- Austin · 63
- Boston area · 51
- Denver–Boulder · 40
- Houston · 27
- San Diego · 23
- Raleigh–Durham · 21
FDE jobs by company stage
- Later private · 314
- Public · 291
- Subsidiary · 22
FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Technical lead · 495
- People manager · 16
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 976
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 252
FDE jobs by who you build for
- Both · 91