Shield AIImplementation & delivery
Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment (R5497)
San Diego, CAHybrid
$152,000–$318,000
1,626 postings from 613 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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1,626 jobs match
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1,626 jobs match
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Shield AIImplementation & delivery
San Diego, CAHybrid
$152,000–$318,000
$115,000–$130,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$170,000
IntercomImplementation & delivery
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, ILSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$190,000–$237,000
$115,000–$130,000
ReevoImplementation & delivery
San Francisco, CA · Santa Clara, CASan Francisco, CA +1On-site
Pay not posted
$116,000–$176,000
$180,000–$200,000
KognitosImplementation & delivery
Mountain View, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$210,000–$250,000
$85,000–$150,000
LiberateImplementation & delivery
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
$140,000–$180,000
PalantirImplementation & delivery
Palo Alto, CAHybrid
$135,000–$145,000
$300,000–$500,000
$105,000–$135,000
LiberateImplementation & delivery
Boston, MA · San Francisco, CABoston, MA +1Hybrid
$120,000–$180,000
PalantirInternal deployment & tooling
Washington, DCHybrid
$135,000–$145,000
Pay not posted
Hubs.isDeployment strategy
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$105,000–$135,000
$160,000–$200,000
PalantirImplementation & delivery
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$145,000
Pay not posted
$170,000–$225,000
$150,000–$200,000
$100,000–$300,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Deployment team leadership
Mountain View, CA · San Diego, CA · +8 moreMountain View, CA +9
$220,100–$342,300
Scale AIDeployment strategy
New York, NY · Washington, DCNew York, NY +1
$200,000–$345,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
StripeInternal deployment & tooling
Chicago, IL · US remoteRemote
$132,000–$198,000
DatabricksDeployment team leadership
Washington, DCHybrid
$211,800–$291,300
snaplogicImplementation & delivery
San Mateo, CA · San Francisco, CASan Mateo, CA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
$140,000–$175,000
HuronDeployment strategy
Chicago, ILRemote
$145,000–$170,000
$130,000–$170,000 · OTE
$115,000–$180,000
$300,000–$450,000
DatabricksDeployment strategy
Washington, DC
$140,400–$193,050
Pay not posted
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1,243 of 1,626 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $225,000, across 444 companies.
Of 1,626 postings, 469 state a minimum number of years, from 283 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 374 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (95).
These 1,626 postings come from 613 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (68), Amazon (incl AWS) (55), Databricks (42), Booz Allen (38) and Anduril (36).
294 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 411 are hybrid and 439 are on-site. The remaining 482 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 622 of the 1,626 postings.
Counted over the 1,626 postings in this search. Postings read on September 19, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.