OpenAIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Digital Natives
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$251,000–$278,000
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Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, WWPS ProServe
Jersey City, NJ · Austin, TX · +8 moreJersey City, NJ +9
$131,300–$204,300
$166,000–$220,000
SierraProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Agent (Brazilian Portuguese speaking)
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$180,000–$390,000
Pay not posted
Distyl AIProduction engineering
AI Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$250,000
$200,000–$400,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer
Albany, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreAlbany, NY +40
$80,400–$266,300
$191,000–$253,000
Pay not posted
IntrinsicProduction engineering
Customer Success Engineer, Robotics Software and Automation
Mountain View, CA
$132,000–$180,400
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Native Transformation Enterprise Consultant
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$54,400–$196,000
$191,000–$253,000
$200,000–$260,000
Pay not posted
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$166,000–$253,000
$200,000–$260,000
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SpaceXProduction engineering
Mission Integration Engineer, AI (Starshield) - Top Secret Clearance
Hawthorne, CA
$100,000–$135,000
Pay not posted
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Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
$135,000–$230,000
SalesforceProduction engineering
Sr. Enterprise Architect, Agentforce Supply Chain
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1
$150,100–$247,900
BCGProduction engineering
BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$150,000
$140,000–$190,000
$125,000–$220,000
$215,000–$300,000
$175,000–$230,000
$140,000–$200,000
$220,000–$350,000
$215,000–$300,000
$166,000–$220,000
$86,800–$198,000
$220,000–$350,000
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Software Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
MercorProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Enterprise Applied AI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$145,000–$285,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers pay?
590 of 800 postings state a pay range. The median is $187,000, and half of them sit between $157,000 and $225,000, across 252 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers require?
Of 800 postings, 241 state a minimum number of years, from 145 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 130 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (58), under 3 years (50) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers?
These 800 postings come from 359 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (47), Amazon (incl AWS) (22), Anduril (21), Booz Allen (20) and LangChain (20).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers remote?
137 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 192 are hybrid and 253 are on-site. The remaining 218 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 346 of the 800 postings.
Counted over the 800 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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