$230,000–$300,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations
Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description.
All filters
Counts show jobs matching each option and your other filters. Select several options to match any of them.
Location
Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.
Pay
Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.
Arrangement
Type of work
Level
Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.
Experience
Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.
Posted
Travel
Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.
Individual contributor or managerIndividual contributor
Company stage
Coding work
Project stagesOngoing operations
Implementation share
Estimated from the job description, not measured working hours.
Who you build for
Visa sponsorship
Company size
Estimated from public information about the company. Bands are approximate. Companies without a stated size are listed as not stated.
871 jobs match
Location
Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.
871 jobs match
Pay
Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.
871 jobs match
Arrangement
871 jobs match
Type of work
871 jobs match
Level
Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.
871 jobs match
Experience
Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.
871 jobs match
Posted
871 jobs match
Travel
Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.
871 jobs match
871 jobs
$200,000–$325,000
$135,000–$200,000
Vannevar LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Oahu (TS/SCI Clearance Required)
Honolulu, HIHybrid
$135,000–$205,000
$190,400–$285,600
Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Edge Autonomous Systems
Washington, DCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
Tessera LabsProduction engineering
Forward-Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
$180,000–$233,000
Pay not posted
GoviniProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Data Scientist
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems C2
Seattle, WAHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
reflection.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - LLM Post-training
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
GoviniProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems C2
Palo Alto, CAHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$150,000–$275,000
webAIProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Austin, TX · Washington, DCAustin, TX +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Korea Forward Deployed
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
$155,000–$210,000
$120,000–$220,000
$200,000–$287,500
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Tactical Edge
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
$180,000–$300,000
$150,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
$150,000–$275,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
San Diego, CAOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
$160,000–$270,000
$140,000–$245,000
PoeticProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$160,000–$225,000
$125,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$200,000–$275,000
$200,000–$300,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
Fayetteville, NCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$140,000–$220,000
Compare pay across US FDE roles →
Employer postings · Postings read on · Sources
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations pay?
661 of 871 postings state a pay range. The median is $188,000, and half of them sit between $157,000 and $224,000, across 308 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations require?
Of 871 postings, 295 state a minimum number of years, from 192 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 164 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (71), under 3 years (56) or 10 or more years (4).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations?
These 871 postings come from 417 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (50), Anduril (23), LangChain (19), Booz Allen (18) and Accenture (17).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations remote?
144 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 224 are hybrid and 272 are on-site. The remaining 231 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 324 of the 871 postings.
Counted over the 871 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Related job searches
FDE jobs by project stage
- Ongoing operations · 1629 jobs · 621 companies · 1629
FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Individual contributor · 1090 jobs · 497 companies · 1090
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 630 jobs · 296 companies · 630
FDE jobs by kind of work
- Production engineering · 439 jobs · 216 companies · 439
FDE jobs by location
- New York metro · 241 jobs · 146 companies · 241
- Washington, DC area · 113 jobs · 36 companies · 113
- Seattle area · 60 jobs · 33 companies · 60
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 49 jobs · 23 companies · 49
FDE jobs by company stage
- Later private · 215 jobs · 100 companies · 215
- Public · 209 jobs · 62 companies · 209
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 155 jobs · 69 companies · 155
FDE jobs by work arrangement
- Remote · 144 jobs · 107 companies · 144
More searches
FDE jobs by location
- New York metro · 241
- Washington, DC area · 113
- Seattle area · 60
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 49
- Austin · 48
- Chicago · 47
- Boston area · 37
FDE jobs by company stage
- Later private · 215
- Public · 209
- Subsidiary · 16
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 630
FDE jobs by kind of work
- Production engineering · 439
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 155
FDE jobs by work arrangement
- Remote · 144
FDE jobs by level
- Staff+ · 38
FDE jobs by coding work
- Prototypes / scripts · 27
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 16