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FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers
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587 jobs
$211,000–$302,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise Tech
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
SitrepsProduction engineering
Data Science Lead - Defense Accounts
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
$140,000–$175,000
$180,000–$400,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Startups
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$211,000–$278,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$179,400–$224,250
$210,000–$260,000
NVIDIAProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud-Native Stack – CSP Engagements
Multiple US offices
$184,000–$356,500
$160,000–$210,000 · OTE
$160,000–$500,000
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
$180,000–$245,000
$180,000–$390,000
$265,000–$265,000
$240,000–$280,000
$145,000–$200,000
$180,000–$390,000
$125,000–$200,000
$126,200–$212,754
$199,800–$222,000
$180,000–$250,000
$220,000–$315,000
Pay not posted
Deloitte USTechnical pre-sales
ConvergeHEALTH Life Sciences - Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
$180,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$110,800–$177,300
$190,000–$230,000 · OTE
ChalkDeployment team leadership
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$300,000–$350,000
Pay not posted
$90,000–$160,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Deloitte USTechnical pre-sales
ConvergeHEALTH Life Sciences - Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
$120,840–$145,300
SitrepsDeployment strategy
Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1On-site
$147,000–$185,000
Pay not posted
Deloitte USTechnical pre-sales
ConvergeProsperity - Lead Product Forward Deployed Engineer for FSI Signals - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation
Multiple US offices
$134,500–$265,100
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers pay?
472 of 587 postings state a pay range. The median is $208,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $240,000, across 169 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers require?
Of 587 postings, 252 state a minimum number of years, from 110 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 130 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (82), under 3 years (20) or 10 or more years (20).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers?
These 587 postings come from 228 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (61), Accenture (25), OpenAI (25), Sierra (19) and LangChain (13).
Are FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers remote?
106 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 146 are hybrid and 133 are on-site. The remaining 202 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 299 of the 587 postings.
Counted over the 587 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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