AccentureProduction engineering
Cybersecurity AI Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Manager
Atlanta, GA · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreAtlanta, GA +42
$80,400–$305,000
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216 jobs
Scale AIProduction engineering
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
$236,000–$339,250
$160,000–$270,000
AccentureProduction engineering
AI/ML Sr Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$250,000–$300,000
SmartsheetProduction engineering
Senior Principal Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Remote Eligible)
USRemote
$235,000–$315,000
Lila SciencesProduction engineering
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences (Level Flexible)
Cambridge, MA
$192,000–$256,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Sr. AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
$240,000–$290,000
$180,000–$400,000
$149,800–$262,200
$207,000–$300,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector
Denver, CO · Washington, DCDenver, CO +1
$274,400–$343,000
$215,000–$260,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Senior Agentic Identity Security Manager
Irving, TX · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreIrving, TX +40
$80,400–$293,800
$183,000–$265,000
ServiceNowProduction engineering
Senior Staff AI Agent Engineer – Moveworks | Customer Deployment
San Francisco, CARemote
$190,900–$334,100
$200,000–$275,000
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Native Software Engineering Senior Manager/Assoc Director
Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +35 moreArlington, VA +36
$112,900–$366,300
$183,000–$265,000
$176,100–$308,200
FlipProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer
Marina Del Rey, CA · Williamsburg, NYMarina Del Rey, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$400,000
$200,000–$400,000
GoogleProduction engineering
Staff Applied AI Agent Developer
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$207,000–$300,000
$190,900–$334,100
FlipProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer
Marina Del Rey, CA · Williamsburg, NYMarina Del Rey, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$400,000
StripeProduction engineering
Integration Engineer, Professional Services
Chicago, IL · US remoteRemote
$204,200–$306,400
Red Cell PartnersProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (Product + Platform Development)
Seattle, WA · Mclean, VASeattle, WA +1Remote
$180,000–$240,000
Trase SystemsProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (Product + Platform Development)
Seattle, WA · Mclean, VASeattle, WA +1Remote
$180,000–$240,000
STRProduction engineering
Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack
San Diego, CA · Denver, CO · +2 moreSan Diego, CA +3
$175,000–$240,000
Obin AIProduction engineering
Principal Solution Architect (Multi-Cloud, Data & Agentic AI)
New York, NY
$220,000–$300,000
$208,000–$261,000
GenesysProduction engineering
Senior Principal, AI Software Engineer– Agentic & Industry Solutions
TX, NC
$205,200–$360,800
$200,000–$400,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$288,000–$360,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$405,000–$485,000
MolocoProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer - Ad Serving - Moloco Commerce Media
Menlo Park, CA
$220,000–$275,000
Ode with AnthropicProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (SF/NY)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$275,000–$400,000
$200,000–$250,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
216 of 216 postings state a pay range. The median is $248,000, and half of them sit between $224,000 and $281,000, across 127 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 216 postings, 117 state a minimum number of years, from 75 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 59 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (34) or 3 to 5 years (24).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 216 postings come from 127 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (10), Deloitte US (10), Accenture (7), Google (7) and Microsoft (7).
Are FDE jobs remote?
38 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 62 are hybrid and 29 are on-site. The remaining 87 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 90 of the 216 postings.
Counted over the 216 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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FDE jobs by location
- SF Bay Area · 688 jobs · 288 companies · 688
- New York metro · 599 jobs · 264 companies · 599
- Washington, DC area · 303 jobs · 75 companies · 303
- Seattle area · 153 jobs · 54 companies · 153
- Chicago · 136 jobs · 46 companies · 136
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 125 jobs · 34 companies · 125
- Los Angeles · 123 jobs · 50 companies · 123
- Austin · 117 jobs · 52 companies · 117
- Boston area · 109 jobs · 46 companies · 109
- Atlanta · 90 jobs · 33 companies · 90
- Denver–Boulder · 77 jobs · 22 companies · 77
- Houston · 49 jobs · 16 companies · 49
- San Diego · 44 jobs · 12 companies · 44
- Raleigh–Durham · 43 jobs · 17 companies · 43
- Miami · 37 jobs · 12 companies · 37
- Philadelphia · 37 jobs · 11 companies · 37
- Minneapolis–St. Paul · 37 jobs · 8 companies · 37
- Kansas City · 28 jobs · 5 companies · 28
- Phoenix · 23 jobs · 5 companies · 23
- Portland · 22 jobs · 5 companies · 22
- Salt Lake City · 4 jobs · 3 companies · 4
FDE jobs by work arrangement
FDE jobs by kind of work
- Production engineering · 1083 jobs · 384 companies · 1083
- Internal deployment & tooling · 399 jobs · 253 companies · 399
- Implementation & delivery · 364 jobs · 209 companies · 364
- Deployment strategy · 163 jobs · 92 companies · 163
- Deployment team leadership · 104 jobs · 71 companies · 104
- Technical pre-sales · 43 jobs · 27 companies · 43
- Customer adoption & accounts · 22 jobs · 20 companies · 22
FDE jobs by level
FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Individual contributor · 1090 jobs · 497 companies · 1090
- Technical lead · 966 jobs · 398 companies · 966
- People manager · 103 jobs · 77 companies · 103
FDE jobs by company stage
- Public · 587 jobs · 122 companies · 587
- Later private · 546 jobs · 159 companies · 546
- Growth (Series B–C) · 349 jobs · 146 companies · 349
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 214 jobs · 108 companies · 214
- Bootstrapped · 60 jobs · 28 companies · 60
- Subsidiary · 54 jobs · 27 companies · 54
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1678 jobs · 625 companies · 1678
- Configuration / integration · 260 jobs · 162 companies · 260
- Prototypes / scripts · 98 jobs · 62 companies · 98
- No coding · 66 jobs · 45 companies · 66
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2105 jobs · 709 companies · 2105
- Ongoing operations · 1629 jobs · 621 companies · 1629
- Proof of concept · 787 jobs · 335 companies · 787
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 606 jobs · 265 companies · 606
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1656 jobs · 525 companies · 1656
- Internal teams · 334 jobs · 223 companies · 334
- Both · 157 jobs · 106 companies · 157
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 448 jobs · 140 companies · 448