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$110,800–$177,300
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$100,000–$160,000
$144,000–$200,000
Layer HealthProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Data Scientist
Boston, MA · New York, NYBoston, MA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
$156,060–$211,140
OpenAIProduction engineering
Physical Design Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$302,000
$144,000–$200,000
$152,900–$210,155
$168,912–$253,368
$220,000–$239,000
Lila SciencesProduction engineering
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences (Level Flexible)
Cambridge, MA
$192,000–$256,000
$220,000–$239,000
$102,100–$202,200
AccentureProduction engineering
Agentic Identity Security Consultant
Irving, TX · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreIrving, TX +40
$54,400–$205,800
EYProduction engineering
EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - Software Engineer - Sr Assoc/Consultant
New York, NY · Atlanta, GA · +12 moreNew York, NY +13Hybrid
$130,000–$185,000
Pay not posted
StriveworksProduction engineering
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active TS/SCI Clearance)
Fort Belvoir, VAHybrid
$185,000–$230,000
$142,800–$203,200
Chatham FinancialProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer
New York, NY · Kennett Square, PANew York, NY +1
$100,000–$140,000
AMDProduction engineering
Sr. Manager Agentic AI / Data Software Development - DC GPU
San Jose, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
NVIDIAProduction engineering
Senior MLOps Engineer - DSX Enablement
Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remoteSanta Clara, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
$150,000–$225,000
Trase SystemsProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (Product + Platform Development)
Seattle, WA · Mclean, VASeattle, WA +1Remote
$180,000–$240,000
StriveworksProduction engineering
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Tacoma, WAHybrid
$185,000–$230,000
$200,000–$400,000
Pay not posted
Distyl AIProduction engineering
Research Engineers, Agents
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$250,000
$185,000–$230,000
Pay not posted
One BriefProduction engineering
Customer Success Engineer [Ft. Leavenworth] - Relocation Provided
Leavenworth, KSOn-site
$135,000–$170,000
$200–$350,000
StriveworksProduction engineering
Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Austin, TXHybrid
$140,000–$165,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$150,000–$400,000
$142,800–$331,200
$200,000–$300,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreMountain View, CA +5
$159,300–$212,800
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving production implementation serving external customers and internal teams pay?
73 of 90 postings state a pay range. The median is $198,000, and half of them sit between $152,000 and $235,000, across 51 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving production implementation serving external customers and internal teams require?
Of 90 postings, 33 state a minimum number of years, from 27 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 15 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (10), under 3 years (6) or 10 or more years (2).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving production implementation serving external customers and internal teams?
These 90 postings come from 63 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (12), Striveworks (4), Altruist (3), OpenAI (3) and Afresh (2).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving production implementation serving external customers and internal teams remote?
17 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 31 are hybrid and 25 are on-site. The remaining 17 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 36 of the 90 postings.
Counted over the 90 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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