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$135,000–$200,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
Tessera LabsProduction engineering
Forward-Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
$180,000–$233,000
VercelProduction engineering
Forward-Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$137,000–$207,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Edge Autonomous Systems
Washington, DCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$160,000–$270,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$250,000–$300,000
$190,000–$210,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems C2
Seattle, WAHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$160,000–$190,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
SmartsheetProduction engineering
Senior Principal Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Remote Eligible)
USRemote
$235,000–$315,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems C2
Palo Alto, CAHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$180,000–$264,000
Pay not posted
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Los Angeles, CA
$182,000–$250,208
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
GoviniProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Data Scientist
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Japan Forward Deployed
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Seattle, WA
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Korea Forward Deployed
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Dallas, TX
$182,000–$250,208
ElevenLabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - North America
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Tactical Edge
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Chicago, IL
$182,000–$250,208
GoviniProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Senior Data Scientist
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
reflection.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - LLM Post-training
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Boston, MA
$182,000–$250,208
GoviniProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
$150,000–$275,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
San Diego, CAOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
New York, NY
$182,000–$250,208
webAIProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Austin, TX · Washington, DCAustin, TX +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs involving production implementation serving external customers pay?
1,280 of 1,640 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $230,000, across 380 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs involving production implementation serving external customers require?
Of 1,640 postings, 628 state a minimum number of years, from 271 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 293 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (217), under 3 years (72) or 10 or more years (46).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs involving production implementation serving external customers?
These 1,640 postings come from 520 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (74), Databricks (66), Amazon (incl AWS) (58), Palantir (50) and Accenture (41).
Are FDE and deployment jobs involving production implementation serving external customers remote?
289 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 412 are hybrid and 399 are on-site. The remaining 540 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 777 of the 1,640 postings.
Counted over the 1,640 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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