Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$200,100–$297,700
29 postings from 20 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$200,100–$297,700
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$168,100–$250,200
Scale AIProduction engineering
Denver, CO · Washington, DCDenver, CO +1
$274,400–$343,000
$160,000–$205,000
$90,786–$120,673
Red Cell PartnersProduction engineering
Seattle, WA · Mclean, VASeattle, WA +1Remote
$180,000–$240,000
Trase SystemsProduction engineering
Seattle, WA · Mclean, VASeattle, WA +1Remote
$180,000–$240,000
STRProduction engineering
San Diego, CA · Denver, CO · +2 moreSan Diego, CA +3
$175,000–$240,000
$100,000–$225,000
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Reston, VAHybrid
$90,000–$200,000
BCGProduction engineering
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$190,000
XometryProduction engineering
North Bethesda, MD · Waltham, MANorth Bethesda, MD +1Hybrid
$163,000–$190,000
$100,000–$225,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$405,000–$485,000
XometryProduction engineering
North Bethesda, MD · Waltham, MANorth Bethesda, MD +1Hybrid
$163,000–$190,000
Thomson ReutersDeployment team leadership
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +4 moreNew York, NY +5Hybrid
$137,200–$293,500
The Carlyle GroupInternal deployment & tooling
New York, NY · Washington, DCNew York, NY +1Hybrid
$160,000–$190,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Deployment team leadership
Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreArlington, VA +3
$184,900–$275,200
ID.meDeployment team leadership
Mclean, VA · Mountain View, CA · +2 moreMclean, VA +3On-site
$154,000–$275,000
Dell TechnologiesImplementation & delivery
New York, NY · Washington, DCNew York, NY +1Remote
$286,450–$370,700
$210,000–$220,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Deployment team leadership
Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreArlington, VA +3
$184,900–$275,200
DatabricksDeployment team leadership
Washington, DCHybrid
$211,800–$291,300
MastercardInternal deployment & tooling
Purchase, NY · Arlington, VA · +1 morePurchase, NY +2
$170,000–$323,000
GoviniDeployment team leadership
Pittsburgh, PA · Arlington, VAPittsburgh, PA +1On-site
Pay not posted
Amazon (incl AWS)Deployment team leadership
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreSeattle, WA +3
$220,100–$327,500
The Carlyle GroupInternal deployment & tooling
Washington, DC · New York, NYWashington, DC +1Hybrid
$170,000–$190,000
Applied IntuitionDeployment team leadership
Arlington, VAOn-site
$250,000–$300,000
Scale AIInternal deployment & tooling
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$188,800–$362,000
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28 of 29 postings state a pay range. The median is $212,000, and half of them sit between $179,000 and $250,000, across 19 companies.
Of 29 postings, 19 state a minimum number of years, from 13 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 13 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (4) or 10 or more years (2).
These 29 postings come from 20 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (5), The Carlyle Group (3), Appian (2), Scale AI (2) and Xometry (2).
3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 10 are hybrid and 6 are on-site. The remaining 10 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 14 of the 29 postings.
Counted over the 29 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.