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PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - US Government
New York, NYOn-site
$120,000
$130,000–$165,000
$200,000–$400,000
$131,100–$211,400
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$120,000
H CompanyProduction engineering
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Inception LabsProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed AI Engineer
San Mateo, CAOn-site
$175,000–$275,000
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Associate Manager · Databricks · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$261,500
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - Commercial
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$145,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)Production engineering
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Pleasanton, CAOn-site
$130,000–$180,000
$112,700–$183,900
AccentureProduction engineering
AI/ML Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Associate Manager · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$220,400
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$145,000
The Job SauceProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Planhat
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$160,000–$220,000
$100,000–$150,000
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Handshake AI Enterprise
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$157,000–$175,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - US Government
New York, NYOn-site
$135,000–$145,000
PMGProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineering Principal
Dallas, TX · New York, NY · +1 moreDallas, TX +2
Pay not posted
$150,000–$350,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
Physical Design Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$302,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Year at Palantir - Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - Commercial
New York, NYOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
$152,900–$210,155
$120,000–$200,000
$140,000–$225,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Year at Palantir - Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - USG
Washington, DCOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$220,000–$239,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Year at Palantir - Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - USG
New York, NYOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$220,000–$239,000
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
$150,000–$180,000
AmplitudeProduction engineering
Engineering: Senior Customer Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Pay not posted
$150,000–$200,000
$130,000–$170,000
AdobeProduction engineering
Senior AEM Forward Deployed Engineer
San Jose, CA · Austin, TX · +3 moreSan Jose, CA +4
$159,200–$301,600
$150,000–$250,000
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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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