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Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs

Compare current US jobs, responsibilities, locations and advertised pay. Includes forward deployed engineering and related deployment roles. Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title.

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XometryProduction engineering

Staff Data Scientist

North Bethesda, MD · Waltham, MAHybrid

Staff Data Scientist leading the technical architecture and production ML delivery for embedding Xometry’s DFM and Instant Quoting engines into a major enterprise partner’s software and PLM platforms.

$163,000–$190,000

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AccentureProduction engineering

Full Stack AI Engineer Associate Manager

US · city not listed

Full Stack AI Engineer Associate Manager role on Accenture's AI & Data team, responsible for designing and integrating production-grade LLM-powered applications for enterprise clients.

Pay range unavailable

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StriveworksProduction engineering

Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Austin, TXRemote

Staff Machine Learning Engineer serving as a core contributor and customer-facing technical leader, designing and delivering production AI systems from data shaping and analytics through end-user delivery.

$200,000–$250,000

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LiberateProduction engineering

Staff AI Agent Engineer

Boston, MA · San Francisco, CAHybrid

Staff-level hands-on engineer owning end-to-end deployment of reasoning AI agents for insurance workflows.

Pay range unavailable

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LiberateProduction engineering

Staff AI Agent Engineer

Boston, MA · San Francisco, CAHybrid

Staff-level engineer owning end-to-end deployment of reasoning AI agents for insurance workflows.

Pay range unavailable

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Headstart AIProduction engineering

Staff, Applied AI Engineer

New York, NYHybrid

Staff-level AI engineer to lead multiple client engagements end-to-end at a bootstrapped consultancy that ships production AI systems inside $100M+ ARR enterprises.

$265,000–$265,000

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PositronInternal deployment & tooling

AI Forward Deployed Engineer, Lead

USRemote

Lead engineer on the Director's staff for the Accelerator Platform Software (APS) team, owning AI-assisted development across firmware, runtime, performance, and simulation sub-teams.

$325,000–$400,000

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ChalkDeployment strategy

Forward Deployed Strategist

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Strategist owns the technical direction of Chalk's customer integrations, working alongside sales, delivery, and support to advise on architecture, design solutions on Chalk, and scope POCs.

$180,000–$250,000

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The Carlyle GroupInternal deployment & tooling

Forward Deployed Engineer, Client Solutions Group

New York, NY · Washington, DCHybrid

Senior forward deployed engineer embedding with Client Solutions Group, Finance, and Fund Management across GPE, Credit, and AlpInvest to identify and ship AI/automation opportunities in Global Wealth operational processes (NAV reporting, fee models, financial reporting).

$160,000–$190,000

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MongoDBDeployment team leadership

Lead Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, NYHybrid

Lead Forward Deployed Engineers (FDE) are the most senior technical leaders in the FDE organization, owning the overall technical strategy for the domain and setting direction across multiple concurrent engagements.

$137,000–$270,000

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Expedia GroupInternal deployment & tooling

Principal AI Forward Deployed Engineer

Seattle, WA · San Jose, CA

Principal-level forward-deployed AI engineer embedded within Expedia Group's business units to identify high-value AI opportunities, translate ambiguous business problems into measurable outcomes, and own the full lifecycle from prototyping to production and adoption.

$231,000–$398,500

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Assort HealthDeployment team leadership

Head of Forward Deployed Engineering

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Head of Forward Deployed Engineering responsible for building production AI-agent systems for Assort Health’s largest and most complex healthcare customers, including health-system deployments, custom EHR integrations, and workflow implementations.

$210,000–$300,000

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The Carlyle GroupInternal deployment & tooling

Forward Deployed Product Engineer

Washington, DCHybrid

Senior hands-on engineering leader (VP-level) embedded with Carlyle's Global Private Equity deal teams and fund management, owning end-to-end delivery of business-critical applications and applied-AI capabilities.

$210,000–$220,000

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ChalkDeployment team leadership

Director, Forward Deployed Engineering

San Francisco, CA · New York, NYOn-site

Chalk is hiring a Director of Forward Deployed Engineering to lead and scale its FDE team across New York and San Francisco.

$300,000–$350,000

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BroadcomImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineer (Staff)

Charlotte, NCRemote

Staff-level Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with enterprise clients to drive Kubernetes platform modernization, migration of stateful workloads, and AI infrastructure adoption on VMware's VKS.

$110,800–$177,300

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Elevance HealthInternal deployment & tooling

Principal Engineer - FDE

Walnut Creek, CAHybrid

Principal Engineer leading end-to-end application architecture and delivery for enterprise-wide technology platforms at Elevance Health.

$218,208–$272,760

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C3.aiInternal deployment & tooling

Operations Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering

Redwood City, CA

This hybrid role runs the operational backbone of C3 AI's professional services organization—staffing, forecasting, utilization, and delivery health—while also hands-on building and maintaining AI agents and internal applications that automate delivery workflows.

$128,000–$159,000

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BroadcomImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineer (Staff)

TNRemote

Staff-level Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with enterprise clients to drive Kubernetes platform modernization, migration of stateful workloads, and AI infrastructure adoption.

$110,800–$177,300

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Elevance HealthInternal deployment & tooling

Principal Engineer - FDE

Atlanta, GAHybrid

Principal Engineer leading end-to-end technical missions for enterprise-wide application platforms at Elevance Health.

Pay range unavailable

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AMDDeployment team leadership

CVP of Applied AI FDE

San Jose, CA

This is a senior executive role (CVP) leading AMD's Field Deployment Engineering (FDE) organization, responsible for building and scaling a team that covers the full customer deployment lifecycle for massive GPU clusters.

Pay range unavailable

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BroadcomImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineer (Staff)

CARemote

Staff-level Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with enterprise clients to drive Kubernetes platform modernization, large-scale stateful workload migration, and AI infrastructure adoption.

$110,800–$177,300

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Elevance HealthInternal deployment & tooling

Principal Engineer - FDE

Mason, OH · Indianapolis, INHybrid

Principal Engineer leading end-to-end technical missions for enterprise-wide application platforms at Elevance Health, translating ambiguous business problems into production solutions across AI, applications, APIs, data, cloud, and legacy systems.

Pay range unavailable

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Deloitte USDeployment team leadership

Cyber Senior Manager - Technology Resilience FDE

Multiple US offices

Senior Manager-level Forward Deployed Engineer embedded in client environments to design, build, and ship production-grade AI solutions (agents, RAG, automation) applied to cyber resilience use cases like disaster recovery orchestration and control/evidence automation.

$189,200–$372,900

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