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$200,000–$240,000
H CompanyProduction engineering
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$160,000–$220,000
BCGProduction engineering
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Campus, United States - BCG X
Boston, MA · Los Angeles, CA · +10 moreBoston, MA +11
$110,000–$190,000
Layer HealthProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Data Scientist
Boston, MA · New York, NYBoston, MA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
Thomson ReutersProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +2 moreFrisco, TX +3
$118,400–$219,800
Pay not posted
BCGProduction engineering
Forward Deployed AI Scientist, Campus, United States - BCG X
Boston, MA · Chicago, IL · +10 moreBoston, MA +11On-site
$110,000–$190,000
trmlabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - US National Security
US · city not listedHybrid
Pay not posted
$130,000–$275,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$165,000–$350,000
TenstorrentProduction engineering
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
Austin, TX · Santa Clara, CAAustin, TX +1Remote
$100,000–$500,000 · base + variable
$185,000–$300,000
$100,000–$140,000
$200,000–$400,000
VoltaiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$130,000–$190,000
$180,000–$230,000
$182,000–$250,208
VoltaiProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
SiftProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Marina Del Rey, CASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$125,000–$175,000
Cubic CorporationProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer – Forward Deployed (Fort Meade)
Fort Meade, MDOn-site
$159,000–$184,000
$143,500–$225,500
$168,000–$252,000
$180,000–$230,000
Pay not posted
$130,000–$240,000
$150,000–$250,000
$254,000–$297,000
Istari DigitalProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer (Commercial / International)
Seattle, WAOn-site
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$200,000–$300,000
SalesforceProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector, Nonprofit & Education
Mclean, VA · Chicago, IL · +8 moreMclean, VA +9Remote
$88,970–$316,750
Pay not posted
NeticProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Intern - 2026-2027
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$156,060–$211,140
Pay not posted
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving production implementation pay?
796 of 1,053 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $157,000 and $225,000, across 347 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving production implementation require?
Of 1,053 postings, 355 state a minimum number of years, from 222 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 190 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (85), under 3 years (74) or 10 or more years (6).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving production implementation?
These 1,053 postings come from 481 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (59), Amazon (incl AWS) (25), Anduril (24), OpenAI (22) and Accenture (20).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving production implementation remote?
175 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 263 are hybrid and 322 are on-site. The remaining 293 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 397 of the 1,053 postings.
Counted over the 1,053 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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