$211,000–$335,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept
605 postings · 382 companies · 428 state pay: median $180,000, half $150,000–$215,000
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$180,000–$400,000
$125,000–$220,000
$184,000–$356,500
$211,000–$278,000
Pay not posted
$135,000–$230,000
$184,000–$356,500
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
Pay not posted
$200–$350,000
Pay not posted
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Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$180,000–$225,000
$175,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$200,000–$240,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$180,000–$230,000 · total compensation
$98,500–$184,900
$145,000–$200,000
$170,000–$240,000
$180,000–$390,000
Pay not posted
$120,000–$190,000
Fanatics CollectiblesBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer— Strategic Finance
New York, NY
$145,000–$181,250
Pay not posted
CitigroupBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Transformation -Senior Vice President
Tampa, FL
$141,440–$212,160
Citi (Citigroup Inc.)Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Transformation -Senior Vice President
Irving, TXHybrid
$156,160–$234,240
$125,370–$179,100
MillenniumBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Equities Technology
Miami, FL
$175,000–$250,000
$150,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$160,000–$200,000
Citi (Citigroup Inc.)Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Assistant Vice President
New York, NY
$121,200–$181,800
Healthpeak Properties, Inc.Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Software Engineer
New York, NY
$100,000–$120,000
SermoBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Delivery and Operations
US · city not listed
Pay not posted
$180,200–$252,300
Citi (Citigroup Inc.)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Vice President
New York, NY
$142,320–$213,480
346 of 605 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept pay?
428 of 605 postings state a pay range. The median is $180,000, and half of them sit between $150,000 and $215,000, from 257 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept require?
Of 605 postings, 325 state a minimum number of years, from 241 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 191 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (62), 6 to 9 years (58) or 10 or more years (14).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept?
These 605 postings come from 382 companies. The employers with the most postings are SpaceX (19), Accenture (13), Google (10), OpenAI (10) and Palantir (10).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept remote?
129 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 133 are hybrid and 150 are on-site. The remaining 193 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 217 of the 605 postings.
Counted over the 605 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings