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$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
$220,000–$239,000
$144,000–$200,000
$179,500–$224,300
$220,000–$239,000
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
NVIDIAProduction engineering
Senior MLOps Engineer - DSX Enablement
Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remoteSanta Clara, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
AMDProduction engineering
Sr. Manager Agentic AI / Data Software Development - DC GPU
San Jose, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$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
Pay not posted
StriveworksProduction engineering
Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Austin, TXHybrid
$140,000–$165,000
Pay not posted
$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
CiscoImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer –Service Provider OSS/BSS Integration (Remote)
San Jose, CARemote
$142,900–$253,200
Shield AIImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment (R5497)
San Diego, CAHybrid
$152,000–$318,000
$99,000–$133,000
$110,000–$170,000
$140,000–$200,000
PalantirImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Enablement Engineer - Customer Success
New York, NYOn-site
$110,000–$147,000
PalantirInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Enablement Engineer - Customer Success
Washington, DCOn-site
$110,000–$147,000
CoreWeaveImplementation & delivery
Senior Specialist Field Engineer - SaaS
Sunnyvale, CA · San Francisco, CASunnyvale, CA +1
$182,000–$242,000
Pay not posted
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations serving external customers and internal teams pay?
63 of 80 postings state a pay range. The median is $192,000, and half of them sit between $142,000 and $230,000, across 43 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations serving external customers and internal teams require?
Of 80 postings, 30 state a minimum number of years, from 25 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 13 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (10), under 3 years (6) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations serving external customers and internal teams?
These 80 postings come from 55 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (14), Striveworks (4), Altruist (3), Amazon (incl AWS) (2) and AMD (2).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations serving external customers and internal teams remote?
16 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 29 are hybrid and 24 are on-site. The remaining 11 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 30 of the 80 postings.
Counted over the 80 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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