OpenAIProduction engineering
Physical Design Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$302,000
Senior FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales serving external customers and internal teams
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$142,800–$304,200
Agility RoboticsProduction engineering
Senior Solutions Engineer
Pittsburgh, PA · Salem, ORPittsburgh, PA +1Hybrid
$149,000–$194,000
Pay not posted
$140,000–$170,000 · total compensation
Pay not posted
$150,000–$400,000
$170,000–$240,000
WonderschoolInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI
Gallup, NM · San Francisco, CAGallup, NM +1On-site
Pay not posted
$110,000–$170,000
$200,000–$300,000
CoreWeaveImplementation & delivery
Senior Specialist Field Engineer - SaaS
Sunnyvale, CA · San Francisco, CASunnyvale, CA +1
$182,000–$242,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
NVIDIAImplementation & delivery
Senior Solutions Architect, AI Inference
Santa Clara, CA · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
$134,000–$181,000
$110,000–$170,000
$184,000–$356,500
$110,000–$170,000
$110,000–$170,000
$110,000–$170,000
$110,000–$170,000
$110,000–$170,000
$110,000–$170,000
PalantirDeployment strategy
Deployment Strategist, Build to Apply - US Government
Colorado Springs, COOn-site
$110,000–$170,000
$110,000–$170,000
Pay not posted
AnthropicTechnical pre-sales
Applied AI, Research Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$300,000–$400,000
$126,600–$189,800
$131,250–$153,750
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales serving external customers and internal teams pay?
24 of 30 postings state a pay range. The median is $156,000, and half of them sit between $140,000 and $230,000, across 14 companies.
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales serving external customers and internal teams?
These 30 postings come from 18 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (12), NVIDIA (2), Afresh (1), Agility Robotics (1) and Anthropic (1).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales serving external customers and internal teams remote?
4 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 11 are hybrid and 11 are on-site. The remaining 4 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 18 of the 30 postings.
Counted over the 30 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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