CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Chicago, ILHybrid
$90,000–$200,000
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$180,000–$250,000
$200,000–$250,000
$140,000–$180,000
One BriefProduction engineering
Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Colorado Springs (Top Secret Clearance Required, Relocation Provided)
Colorado Springs, COOn-site
$180,000–$220,000
MolocoProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer - Ad Serving - Moloco Commerce Media
Menlo Park, CA
$220,000–$275,000
SitrepsProduction engineering
Data Science Lead - Defense Accounts
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
$140,000–$175,000
$196,000–$223,000
$191,000–$253,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3On-site
$162,400–$311,000
$140,000–$240,000
$160,000–$210,000 · OTE
$152,000–$241,500
$200,000–$250,000
$180,000–$245,000
NominalProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Mission Dev - U.S. Government
New York, NY · Washington, DCNew York, NY +1
$150,000–$215,000
$185,000–$225,000
StriveworksProduction engineering
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Austin, TXRemote
$210,000–$260,000
$150,000–$180,000
$265,000–$265,000
$120,000–$200,000
$200,000–$320,000
$180,000–$225,000
$170,000–$240,000
NominalProduction engineering
Software Engineer - Mission Dev
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$130,000–$230,000
EYImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Senior Manager - Financial Services - Consulting
Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 moreCharlotte, NC +3Hybrid
$144,000–$374,000
PIMCODeployment strategy
SVP, Forward Deployed Strategist – Transformation & Strategic Change
Newport Beach, CA · New York, NYNewport Beach, CA +1
$250,000–$305,000
$123,000–$156,000
Thomson ReutersDeployment strategy
Senior Solutions Manager, Tax & Audit AI FDE
Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +7 moreFrisco, TX +8Hybrid
$100,100–$214,100
$125,000–$200,000
AccentureImplementation & delivery
AI Architect - FDE Associate Director
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$62,800–$218,800
$180,000–$200,000
DatabricksDeployment strategy
Sr. Engagement Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Financial Services
US · city not listed
$115,800–$199,100
GoogleInternal deployment & tooling
Lead GenAI Forward Deployed Engineer, YouTube GTM Operations
San Bruno, CA · Mountain View, CA · +1 moreSan Bruno, CA +2
$186,000–$269,000
$155,000–$215,000
$126,200–$212,754
DatabricksDeployment strategy
Sr. Field Technical Program Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Healthcare & Life Sciences
US · city not listed
$124,800–$214,500
$120,000–$160,000
$180,000–$250,000
$325,000–$400,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
782 of 783 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $169,000 and $230,000, across 300 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 783 postings, 392 state a minimum number of years, from 187 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 176 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (166), 10 or more years (34) or under 3 years (16).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 783 postings come from 301 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (62), Databricks (59), Amazon (incl AWS) (26), Accenture (19) and OpenAI (17).
Are FDE jobs remote?
141 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 197 are hybrid and 113 are on-site. The remaining 332 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 352 of the 783 postings.
Counted over the 783 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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- Implementation / production · 2128 jobs · 715 companies · 2128
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- External customers · 1671 jobs · 527 companies · 1671
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- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
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- 25% or more · 454 jobs · 140 companies · 454