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FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving production implementation
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Vannevar LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Modernization (TS/SCI Clearance Required)
Washington, DCOn-site
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
$155,000–$190,000
$155,600–$306,800
$155,000–$210,000 · OTE
$182,000–$250,208
OpenAI Deployment CompanyProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$155,600–$306,800
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
$120,000–$158,000
Deloitte USProduction engineering
Senior Snowflake Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS
Multiple US offices
$155,600–$306,800
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
C3.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer (Atlanta, Houston)
Atlanta, GA · Houston, TXAtlanta, GA +1
Pay not posted
$134,500–$265,100
AccentureProduction engineering
AI/ML Sr Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services
US · city not listed
$182,000–$250,208
AdobeProduction engineering
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Creative AI
San Jose, CA · New York, NYSan Jose, CA +1
$159,200–$301,600
$189,200–$372,900
SnowflakeProduction engineering
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI
Menlo Park, CAHybrid
$200,000–$270,000
$182,000–$250,208
$190,200–$360,500
AccentureProduction engineering
Sr. AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
$236,000–$339,250
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers Associate Manager
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$220,400
Scale AIProduction engineering
Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$180,000–$225,000
$182,000–$250,208
$310,000–$350,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Sr. AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Manager· Databricks · Reinvention Centers
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$80,400–$293,800
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$150,000–$300,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving production implementation pay?
798 of 964 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $164,000 and $226,000, across 308 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving production implementation require?
Of 964 postings, 460 state a minimum number of years, from 235 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 200 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (194), 10 or more years (38) or under 3 years (28).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving production implementation?
These 964 postings come from 397 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (67), Databricks (58), Amazon (incl AWS) (26), Accenture (21) and OpenAI (17).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving production implementation remote?
182 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 256 are hybrid and 161 are on-site. The remaining 365 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 430 of the 964 postings.
Counted over the 964 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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