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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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WaymoInternal deployment & tooling

AI Enablement Lead

Mountain View, CAHybrid

Lead AI enablement across Waymo's G&A functions, acting as a domain authority to drive adoption of generative AI and agentic systems.

$200,000–$247,000

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MercorDeployment team leadership

Enterprise Applied AI Leader

San Francisco, CA · New York, NYOn-site

Lead the forward-deployed engineering team for Mercor's Enterprise AI platform, deploying production-grade AI systems for Fortune 500 customers.

$300,000–$520,000

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Capital GroupInternal deployment & tooling

AI Engineer Lead

Irvine, CA

Lead hands-on AI engineer partnering with investment professionals to design, build, and operate production-grade generative AI applications (copilots, assistants, RAG pipelines, agentic workflows) at a large, regulated asset manager.

$179,273–$286,837

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FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling

Technical Program Manager, NPI

Austin, TXOn-site

Own adoption and enablement of Fluidstack's automation platform across data center delivery, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, and operations.

$205,000–$240,000

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ZooxInternal deployment & tooling

Lead AI Engineer – Enterprise Data & AI

Foster City, CAHybrid

Lead the design and deployment of enterprise GenAI/LLM applications and agentic workflows at Zoox, integrating data sources across corporate functions like Procurement, Supply Chain, Legal, Finance, HR, and Manufacturing.

Pay range unavailable

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OpenAIDeployment team leadership

Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Enterprise)

New York, NYHybrid

Manager of a customer-facing Applied AI Engineering organization responsible for the technical success of a broad enterprise customer portfolio, from solution design and experimentation through production deployment, adoption, and expansion.

$251,000–$335,000

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AndurilDeployment team leadership

Lead Mission Software Engineer, EW

Costa Mesa, CA

Lead the creation of Anduril's Mission Software Engineering function within its Electronic Warfare division, owning software operational readiness from development through field deployment and sustainment.

$220,000–$292,000

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Grafana LabsInternal deployment & tooling

Staff AI Engineer | US | Remote

USRemote

Staff AI Engineer responsible for the technical direction and production operation of Grafana Labs’ AI agent infrastructure and automation platform for Marketing Operations.

$154,445–$185,334

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Distyl AIDeployment team leadership

AI Engineer, Enterprise Lead

San Francisco, CA · New York, NYHybrid

This senior technical leadership role owns the success of complex enterprise AI deployments across major customer engagements or portfolios of accounts.

$200,000–$250,000

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TubiInternal deployment & tooling

Staff Software Engineer, Internal Tools

New York, NYHybrid

Staff Engineer owning the architecture and production evolution of Tubi’s AI-centric internal platforms supporting ad revenue operations, including workflow automation, document understanding, and cross-system intelligence.

$227,200–$324,500

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DatabricksInternal deployment & tooling

Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications

Mountain View, CA

Staff Fullstack Engineer serving as the technical anchor for Databricks' People Technology pod, architecting an AI-native platform for HR, recruiting, workforce analytics, and employee experience.

$192,000–$260,000

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True AnomalyInternal deployment & tooling

Staff Platform Engineer, AI

Denver, CO · Long Beach, CAHybrid

Build and lead the enterprise AI platform at a defense-space company, connecting frontier models to internal systems, workflows, and on-premises environments.

$225,000–$325,000

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RoboForceInternal deployment & tooling

Lead AI Native Engineer

Milpitas, CAOn-site

Lead the hands-on architecture and production deployment of RoboForce’s vertical agents and shared agent foundation, reporting directly to the co-founder.

Pay range unavailable

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EveInternal deployment & tooling

Senior Full Stack Engineer, AI & Growth Systems

USRemote

Senior full-stack engineer embedded in Eve’s Go-To-Market organization, owning internal tools, integrations, GTM data and automation systems, and a content-driven web platform.

$250,000–$300,000

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Qualified HealthDeployment team leadership

Director, Data Modernization

USRemote

The Director of Data Modernization owns the architecture and engineering delivery of concurrent healthcare data-platform modernization engagements, replacing fragmented legacy connectivity with modern Azure-based data-sharing platforms.

$190,000–$230,000

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FigmaInternal deployment & tooling

Marketing Engineer

San Francisco, CA · New York, NYRemote

The Marketing Engineer, AI Deployment builds and scales AI-powered go-to-market systems for Marketing, converting manual workflows into automated tools, agents, integrations, and reusable infrastructure.

$127,000–$296,000

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SamsaraInternal deployment & tooling

People Analytics AI Engineer

USRemote

Staff-level AI engineer embedded in Samsara's People team, building and scaling HR tech and AI workflows (LLM apps, automations, integrations) that transform manual HR processes into production-grade solutions.

$146,370–$221,400

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Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)Internal deployment & tooling

Staff Data Engineer

Chicago, IL · Westmont, ILOn-site

JLL is hiring a Forward Deployed Data Engineer to embed with product and engineering teams, rapidly designing and deploying data and AI solutions for high-priority business problems.

$160,000–$200,000

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SocureInternal deployment & tooling

Senior AI Engineer

New York, NYHybrid

Build and lead production agentic AI systems and internal productivity tools for workflows spanning revenue operations, marketing, finance, talent, and legal.

$200,000–$230,000

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ServalDeployment team leadership

Deployment Leadership

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Deployment Leader responsible for building Serval’s deployed software engineering function and owning implementations of its AI platform for strategic enterprise customers.

$250,000–$400,000

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OpenAIInternal deployment & tooling

Capacity Systems Software Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Build the software platforms, backend services, data systems, and automation that give OpenAI’s Industrial Compute organization a unified view of capacity planning, fleet health, demand, deployment readiness, financial planning, and product consumption.

$293,000–$385,000

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SocureInternal deployment & tooling

AI Engineer

USRemote

Socure is hiring a Staff AI Engineer to design and ship agentic systems that automate high-impact workflows across sales, marketing, revenue ops, finance, talent, and legal.

$220,000–$290,000

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CoorsTekInternal deployment & tooling

AI Deployment Engineer

Golden, COOn-site

CoorsTek seeks an AI Deployment Engineer to build, deploy, and scale AI-enabled solutions in a hands-on, builder-first role.

$103,040–$136,013

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GustoInternal deployment & tooling

Agentic Operations Architect

Denver, CO · New York, NY · +2 moreHybrid

The Agentic Operations Architect owns reusable patterns, standards, governance, and tooling that enable teams to build reliable agentic customer-service workflows faster and more safely.

$168,420–$247,369

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AppleInternal deployment & tooling

Staff Software Engineer (Applied AI)

Cupertino, CA

Staff Software Engineer building applied AI solutions for Apple’s manufacturing systems and operations, serving teams and suppliers involved in designing and producing hardware at scale.

$194,600–$293,900

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Faraday FutureInternal deployment & tooling

Senior AI & Business Operations Engineer

El Segundo, CA

Lead the design and implementation of an enterprise-grade AI Agent platform (similar to OpenClaw) that connects AI models, enterprise data, and business systems to automate workflows and decision-making.

$130,000–$150,000

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SierraDeployment team leadership

Engineering Manager, Agent

New York, NYOn-site

Engineering Manager, Agent will initially work hands-on as an IC before building and leading an engineering team responsible for production-grade AI agents.

$280,000–$410,000

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Scale AIInternal deployment & tooling

Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector

San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 more

Staff Software Engineer leading architecture and implementation of agentic capabilities for federal customers, including guardrails, explainability, fleet orchestration, and real-time processing of federal datasets.

$188,800–$362,000

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webAIDeployment team leadership

Director of Applied AI

Austin, TXHybrid

Director of Applied AI leading the design, deployment, and customer delivery of applied AI systems on a distributed AI platform.

Pay range unavailable

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RainDeployment team leadership

Customer Engineering Lead

New York, NYHybrid

Rain is hiring a Customer Engineering Lead to manage the customer-facing arm of the engineering org.

$200,000–$280,000

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