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1,379 postings from 488 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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UncountableImplementation & delivery
ML Solution Consultant
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1
$110,000–$130,000
$150,000–$225,000
NominalImplementation & delivery
Deployment Systems Engineer
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$120,000–$230,000
Pay not posted
Distyl AITechnical pre-sales
Enterprise AI Architect
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$275,000
$200,000–$300,000
Scale AIInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Network Engineer, App Platform
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$1–$1
AnthropicTechnical pre-sales
Applied AI Architect, Cyber
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$240,000–$315,000
CapgeminiDeployment team leadership
Capgemini Invent- AI Solutions Architecture & Engineering Managing Consultant
Chicago, IL
$127,500–$249,350
Applied IntuitionDeployment team leadership
Engineering Manager - Forward Deployment (Defense)
Arlington, VAOn-site
$250,000–$300,000
$77,600–$176,000
$127,000–$177,000
$250,000–$425,000
Pay not posted
TuringDeployment team leadership
Staff Research Engineer
Palo Alto, CA · San Francisco, CA · +1 morePalo Alto, CA +2On-site
$250,000–$400,000 · OTE
$220,000–$350,000
ImpiricusTechnical pre-sales
Product Solutions Architect
New York, NY · Atlanta, GANew York, NY +1Remote
$170,000–$210,000
$275,000–$360,000
$182,000–$242,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$164,500–$296,700
$190,000–$265,000
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
$150,000–$200,000
$240,000–$300,000
MercorDeployment team leadership
Enterprise Applied AI Leader
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$300,000–$520,000
OrbDeployment team leadership
Manager, Implementation Architects- New York City
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$195,000–$275,000
$251,000–$335,000
AnthropicDeployment team leadership
Manager, Applied AI Engineering, Beneficial Deployments (Life Sciences)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$320,000–$405,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$190,000–$230,000
$143,000–$210,000
SalesforceInternal deployment & tooling
Partner Technical Architect - Agentforce
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +2 moreChicago, IL +3
$172,500–$285,800
$250,000–$400,000
$165,000–$380,000 · OTE
$112,800–$257,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,053 of 1,379 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $228,000, across 352 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,379 postings, 510 state a minimum number of years, from 252 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 244 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (174), under 3 years (59) or 10 or more years (33).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,379 postings come from 488 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (64), Amazon (incl AWS) (53), Booz Allen (40), Palantir (29) and Capgemini (22).
Are FDE jobs remote?
248 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 338 are hybrid and 358 are on-site. The remaining 435 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 487 of the 1,379 postings.
Counted over the 1,379 postings in this search. Postings read on September 19, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Browse jobs by location and work
FDE jobs by location
- SF Bay Area · 692 jobs · 289 companies · 692
- New York metro · 605 jobs · 264 companies · 605
- Washington, DC area · 304 jobs · 74 companies · 304
- Seattle area · 152 jobs · 52 companies · 152
- Chicago · 139 jobs · 46 companies · 139
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 126 jobs · 35 companies · 126
- Los Angeles · 126 jobs · 51 companies · 126
- Austin · 118 jobs · 51 companies · 118
- Boston area · 112 jobs · 47 companies · 112
- Atlanta · 92 jobs · 33 companies · 92
- Denver–Boulder · 78 jobs · 21 companies · 78
- Houston · 51 jobs · 16 companies · 51
- San Diego · 46 jobs · 12 companies · 46
- Raleigh–Durham · 46 jobs · 18 companies · 46
- Philadelphia · 39 jobs · 11 companies · 39
- Minneapolis–St. Paul · 39 jobs · 8 companies · 39
- Miami · 37 jobs · 12 companies · 37
- Kansas City · 30 jobs · 5 companies · 30
- Phoenix · 25 jobs · 6 companies · 25
- Portland · 23 jobs · 4 companies · 23
- Salt Lake City · 4 jobs · 3 companies · 4
FDE jobs by work arrangement
FDE jobs by kind of work
- Production engineering · 1091 jobs · 385 companies · 1091
- Internal deployment & tooling · 404 jobs · 257 companies · 404
- Implementation & delivery · 364 jobs · 211 companies · 364
- Deployment strategy · 164 jobs · 93 companies · 164
- Deployment team leadership · 107 jobs · 74 companies · 107
- Technical pre-sales · 42 jobs · 26 companies · 42
- Customer adoption & accounts · 22 jobs · 20 companies · 22
FDE jobs by level
FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Individual contributor · 1090 jobs · 494 companies · 1090
- Technical lead · 992 jobs · 406 companies · 992
- People manager · 107 jobs · 80 companies · 107
FDE jobs by company stage
- Later private · 729 jobs · 212 companies · 729
- Public · 674 jobs · 142 companies · 674
- Growth (Series B–C) · 353 jobs · 160 companies · 353
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 289 jobs · 148 companies · 289
- Bootstrapped · 76 jobs · 33 companies · 76
- Subsidiary · 73 jobs · 38 companies · 73
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1718 jobs · 639 companies · 1718
- Configuration / integration · 263 jobs · 162 companies · 263
- Prototypes / scripts · 99 jobs · 62 companies · 99
- No coding · 62 jobs · 42 companies · 62
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2148 jobs · 722 companies · 2148
- Ongoing operations · 1666 jobs · 632 companies · 1666
- Proof of concept · 809 jobs · 345 companies · 809
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 616 jobs · 268 companies · 616
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1688 jobs · 531 companies · 1688
- Internal teams · 342 jobs · 229 companies · 342
- Both · 161 jobs · 108 companies · 161
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 461 jobs · 141 companies · 461