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Senior FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept
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$165,000–$225,000
$180,000–$390,000
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
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Accrete AIProduction engineering
AI Engineer, TS//SCI with Counterintelligence Polygraph Required
Alexandria, VAOn-site
$170,000–$220,000
NVIDIAProduction engineering
Senior Solutions Architect, Agentic AI — Safety and Security
Santa Clara, CARemote
$184,000–$287,500
$114,000–$143,000
Pay not posted
AccentureProduction engineering
Senior Knowledge Engineer
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$80,400–$293,800
Agility RoboticsProduction engineering
Senior Solutions Engineer
Pittsburgh, PA · Salem, ORPittsburgh, PA +1Hybrid
$149,000–$194,000
SierraProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Agent - Tech, Media & Telecom
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$140,000–$170,000 · total compensation
Pay not posted
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, WWPS ProServe Delivery Team
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VAArlington, VA +1
$131,300–$177,600
$99,000–$225,000
$140,000–$170,000 · total compensation
Pay not posted
$182,770–$269,080
$160,000–$175,000 · OTE
$184,000–$356,500
$165,000–$330,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$216,000–$270,000
$200,000–$400,000
WriterProduction engineering
AI deployment engineer (East)
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4Hybrid
$146,400–$185,000
$87,100–$157,450
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$186,000–$279,000
Pay not posted
$250,000–$330,000
STRProduction engineering
Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack
San Diego, CA · Denver, CO · +2 moreSan Diego, CA +3
$175,000–$240,000
$107,900–$195,050
Shield AIProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208)
Washington, DCOn-site
Pay not posted
$180,000–$390,000
STRProduction engineering
Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack
Denver, CO · San Diego, CA · +2 moreDenver, CO +3
$175,000–$240,000
$152,618–$179,550
$197,000–$280,000
$184,000–$287,500
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept pay?
486 of 606 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $168,000 and $235,000, across 204 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept require?
Of 606 postings, 255 state a minimum number of years, from 136 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 149 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (82), under 3 years (20) or 10 or more years (4).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept?
These 606 postings come from 271 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (49), OpenAI (25), Accenture (23), Sierra (18) and LangChain (12).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept remote?
99 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 157 are hybrid and 139 are on-site. The remaining 211 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 279 of the 606 postings.
Counted over the 606 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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