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AccentureProduction engineering
Advanced AI Architect
Morristown, NJ · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreMorristown, NJ +40
$87,400–$293,800
AnthropicProduction engineering
Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$405,000–$485,000
$120,000–$190,000
$180,000–$230,000
Pay not posted
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Denver, COHybrid
$90,000–$200,000
$150,000–$220,000
$150,000–$190,000
Pay not posted
$140,000–$180,000
$180,000–$250,000
$200,000–$250,000
One BriefProduction engineering
Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Colorado Springs (Top Secret Clearance Required, Relocation Provided)
Colorado Springs, COOn-site
$180,000–$220,000
$140,000–$180,000
MolocoProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer - Ad Serving - Moloco Commerce Media
Menlo Park, CA
$220,000–$275,000
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Charlotte, NCHybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
ReplyProduction engineering
Senior AI Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreAtlanta, GA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Columbus, OHHybrid
Pay not posted
$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
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Philadelphia, PAHybrid
Pay not posted
$140,000–$240,000
$152,000–$241,500
$200,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
LiberateProduction engineering
Staff AI Agent Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
$180,000–$245,000
StriveworksProduction engineering
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Austin, TXRemote
$210,000–$260,000
NominalProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Mission Dev - U.S. Government
New York, NY · Washington, DCNew York, NY +1
$150,000–$215,000
LiberateProduction engineering
Staff AI Agent Engineer
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
$185,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
$120,000–$200,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations pay?
541 of 675 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $166,000 and $227,000, across 252 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations require?
Of 675 postings, 314 state a minimum number of years, from 185 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 138 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (123), 10 or more years (30) or under 3 years (23).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations?
These 675 postings come from 327 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (28), Databricks (20), Accenture (17), Amazon (incl AWS) (17) and OpenAI (14).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads with ongoing operations remote?
140 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 183 are hybrid and 131 are on-site. The remaining 221 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 274 of the 675 postings.
Counted over the 675 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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