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LiberateImplementation & delivery
AI Agent Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreBoston, MA +2Hybrid
$120,000–$190,000
$120,000–$160,000
$165,000–$380,000 · OTE
$110,000–$170,000
$200,000–$290,000
$150,000–$280,000
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
$110,000–$170,000
$211,000–$278,000
$200,000–$285,000
$150,000–$220,000
$130,000–$140,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
TaniumInternal deployment & tooling
Corporate AI Engineer
Addison, TX · Bellevue, WA · +3 moreAddison, TX +4Hybrid
$154,000–$200,000
$160,000–$180,000
$115,000–$168,000
AnthropicTechnical pre-sales
Applied AI Architect, Cyber
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$240,000–$315,000
Oaktree Capital ManagementInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Associate, Forward Deployment Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
$130,000–$160,000
$160,000–$220,000
$179,500–$269,300
Pay not posted
$119,800–$261,000
RELXInternal deployment & tooling
Finance Systems AI/Automation Engineer
Dayton, OH · Raleigh, NCDayton, OH +1
$78,800–$131,300
$300,000–$425,000
X-energyInternal deployment & tooling
Engineer IV, AI & Digital Engineering
Rockville, MD · Gaithersburg, MDRockville, MD +1Hybrid
$180,000–$205,000
$182,000–$242,000
Allied SolutionsInternal deployment & tooling
Artificial Intelligence Engineer (On-Site, IN)
Carmel, INOn-site
Pay not posted
$215,000–$300,000
$117,250–$167,500
$140,000–$170,000
Pay not posted
$190,000–$265,000
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
$166,640–$250,000
$200,000–$200,000
$125,000–$195,000
Pay not posted
$160,000–$175,000 · OTE
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept pay?
291 of 374 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $158,000 and $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?
67 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 91 are hybrid and 106 are on-site. The remaining 110 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 140 of the 374 postings.
Counted over the 374 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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