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
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept
374 jobs
Pay not posted
OpenAIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Digital Natives
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$251,000–$278,000
SierraProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Agent (Brazilian Portuguese speaking)
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$180,000–$390,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer
Albany, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreAlbany, NY +40
$80,400–$266,300
$200,000–$260,000
Distyl AIProduction engineering
Research Engineers, Agents
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$200,000–$260,000
SpaceXProduction engineering
Mission Integration Engineer, AI (Starshield) - Top Secret Clearance
Hawthorne, CA
$100,000–$135,000
BCGProduction engineering
BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$150,000
$215,000–$300,000
$86,800–$198,000
$135,000–$230,000
Pay not posted
$98,500–$184,900
Pay not posted
$125,000–$220,000
$310,000–$500,000
$211,000–$302,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise Tech
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
$220,000–$350,000
$180,000–$400,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Startups
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$211,000–$278,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$179,400–$224,250
$220,000–$350,000
$200–$350,000
NVIDIAProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud-Native Stack – CSP Engagements
Multiple US offices
$184,000–$356,500
$160,000–$500,000
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
$210,000–$260,000
$180,000–$390,000
$240,000–$280,000
Pay not posted
$145,000–$200,000
$180,000–$390,000
$142,800–$331,200
Live Oak BankInternal deployment & tooling
Summer 2027 Intern: AI Enablement & Forward-Deployed Engineering
Wilmington, NCOn-site
$19.77–$32.12/hr
$85,000–$100,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept pay?
Of 374 postings, 291 list a pay range. The median posted range is $153,000–$230,000 across 153 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept require?
Of 374 postings, 145 state a minimum number of years, from 95 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 78 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (41), under 3 years (22) or 10 or more years (4).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept?
These 374 postings come from 204 companies. The employers with the most postings are SpaceX (15), Accenture (13), OpenAI (13), Sierra (12) and LangChain (11).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept remote?
Of 374 postings, 264 state a work arrangement, from 158 companies. Of those, 67 are remote, 91 are hybrid and 106 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 140 of the 374 postings.
Counted over the 374 postings in this search, as read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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