MastercardInternal deployment & tooling
Director, Forward-Deployed AI Engineer - AI Mobilization & Transformation
Purchase, NY · Arlington, VA · +1 morePurchase, NY +2
$170,000–$323,000
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Iterative HealthInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Product Manager – AI
New York, NY · Boston, MANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$170,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
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MastercardInternal deployment & tooling
Manager, Forward-Deployed AI Engineer — AI Mobilization & Transformation
Purchase, NY · Arlington, VA · +1 morePurchase, NY +2
$140,000–$266,000
ZiplineInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Operations
South San Francisco, CAOn-site
$112,500–$300,000
$115,000–$155,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$215,000–$275,000
$111,900–$190,200
PalantirInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government
Honolulu, HIHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$190,000–$225,000
WonderschoolInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI
Gallup, NM · San Francisco, CAGallup, NM +1On-site
Pay not posted
BrexInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Agent Builder
New York, NYHybrid
$152,000–$240,000
$145,200–$217,800
PalantirInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Enablement Engineer - Customer Success
Washington, DCOn-site
$110,000–$147,000
$140,000–$200,000
BrexInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Agent Builder
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$152,000–$240,000
Lila SciencesInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Life Sciences
Cambridge, MA
$192,000–$256,000
PalantirInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government
Washington, DCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$100,000–$200,000
PalantirInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
EYInternal deployment & tooling
Business Performance - Supply Chain - Manufacturing Operations Solutions - Manager - Consulting
Chicago, ILRemote
$128,400–$267,400
$130,000–$140,000
Pay not posted
T. Rowe PriceInternal deployment & tooling
Senior AI Software Engineer — T. Rowe Price Lab (NY or MD)
New York, NY · Baltimore, MDNew York, NY +1Hybrid
$121,000–$258,000
$140,000–$270,250
$255,000–$351,000
$115,000–$135,000
$175,000–$190,000
CadwellInternal deployment & tooling
AI Strategy & Enterprise Enablement Analyst
US · city not listedHybrid
$95,000–$130,000
NscaleInternal deployment & tooling
Foundry Engineering Lead
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$200,000–$220,000
GoogleInternal deployment & tooling
Applied AI and Commercial Operations Specialist
Los Angeles, CA · Atlanta, GA · +4 moreLos Angeles, CA +5
$186,000–$269,000
$117,000–$150,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
260 of 323 postings state a pay range. The median is $189,000, and half of them sit between $157,000 and $220,000, across 172 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 323 postings, 123 state a minimum number of years, from 98 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 100 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (23).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 323 postings come from 214 companies. The employers with the most postings are SpaceX (11), Anduril (10), Palantir (9), Amazon (incl AWS) (8) and OpenAI (7).
Are FDE jobs remote?
51 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 87 are hybrid and 83 are on-site. The remaining 102 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 44 of the 323 postings.
Counted over the 323 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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- Production code · 1678 jobs · 625 companies · 1678
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- External customers · 1656 jobs · 525 companies · 1656
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- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
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- 25% or more · 448 jobs · 140 companies · 448