NebiusProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Physical AI
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TXSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
Pay not posted
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$70,500–$203,400
$180,000–$200,000
$207,000–$300,000
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Booz AllenProduction engineering
Agentic Forward Deployed Engineer
Mclean, VA · Arlington, VAMclean, VA +1
$99,000–$225,000
$207,000–$300,000
$206,600–$229,000
$200,000–$400,000
$120,000–$150,000
GoogleProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Higher Education, Google Public Sector
Sunnyvale, CA
$207,000–$300,000
IntercomProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, ILSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$160,000–$200,000
$200,000–$400,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
$207,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$200,000–$400,000
$180,000–$230,000
GoogleProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, State and Local Government, Google Public Sector
New York, NY
$207,000–$300,000
$150,000–$250,000
$200,000–$400,000
$237,150–$320,850
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Agentic AI Forward-Deployed Engineer
Mclean, VA · Arlington, VAMclean, VA +1
$99,000–$225,000
$192,010–$274,300
SecurityScorecardProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · Austin, TXNew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$260,000
$140,000–$190,000
$189,000–$330,000
$192,010–$274,300
$240,000–$280,000
$200,000–$400,000
$120,000–$200,000
$162,000–$207,000
$145,000–$180,000
$130,000–$160,000
$102,100–$202,200
CapgeminiProduction engineering
Capgemini Invent - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Consultant
San Francisco, CA · Dallas, TX · +4 moreSan Francisco, CA +5
$112,600–$212,700
Deloitte USProduction engineering
ConvergeHEALTH - Forward Deployed Engineer, Data Studio - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
PwC (US)Production engineering
Forward Deployed Data Engineering - Experienced Associate
New York, NY · Boston, MA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$63,000–$153,000
GoogleProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Generative AI, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Austin, TX · +5 moreNew York, NY +6
$174,000–$252,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do production engineering jobs for individual contributors serving external customers pay?
380 of 520 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $230,000, across 175 companies.
How much experience do production engineering jobs for individual contributors serving external customers require?
Of 520 postings, 166 state a minimum number of years, from 104 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 86 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (43), under 3 years (35) or 10 or more years (2).
Which companies are hiring for production engineering jobs for individual contributors serving external customers?
These 520 postings come from 247 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (32), Anduril (21), Booz Allen (19), Accenture (17) and OpenAI (13).
Are production engineering jobs for individual contributors serving external customers remote?
71 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 125 are hybrid and 165 are on-site. The remaining 159 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 245 of the 520 postings.
Counted over the 520 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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