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DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Chicago, ILRemote
$182,000–$250,208
$175,000–$265,000
Pay not posted
$140,000–$245,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Dallas, TX
$182,000–$250,208
PoeticProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$160,000–$225,000
Fundamental Research LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Full-Stack Engineer
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$165,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Austin, TX
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$175,000–$290,000
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Atlanta, GA
$182,000–$250,208
$153,000–$325,000
$200,000–$275,000
$200,000–$300,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
$200,000–$225,000
$185,000–$325,000
$200,000–$270,000
$182,000–$250,208
$150,000–$175,000
$140,000–$220,000
reflection.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Lead - LLM Post-training
New York, NYOn-site
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
ProfoundProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$140,000–$260,000
$140,000–$225,000
$125,000–$200,000
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$140,000–$200,000
NuvoProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$135,000–$300,000
$182,000–$250,208
ModalProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Systems
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$180,000–$240,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Gov
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
PicogridProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
El Segundo, CA · Fort Bragg, NCEl Segundo, CA +1
$120,000–$200,000
$175,000–$240,000 · OTE
$175,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs involving production implementation serving external customers pay?
1,293 of 1,657 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $230,000, across 381 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs involving production implementation serving external customers require?
Of 1,657 postings, 654 state a minimum number of years, from 282 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 308 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (223), under 3 years (74) or 10 or more years (49).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs involving production implementation serving external customers?
These 1,657 postings come from 524 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (75), Databricks (66), Amazon (incl AWS) (58), Palantir (50) and Accenture (43).
Are FDE and deployment jobs involving production implementation serving external customers remote?
290 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 414 are hybrid and 400 are on-site. The remaining 553 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 785 of the 1,657 postings.
Counted over the 1,657 postings in this search. Postings read on September 19, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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