OpenAIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Gov
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
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$175,000–$240,000 · OTE
$175,000–$250,000
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$140,000–$200,000
ElizaProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
Pay not posted
$180,000–$400,000
$130,000–$275,000
$180,000–$300,000
$165,000–$330,000
$166,500–$291,400
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Sr. Delivery Consultant - AI/ML, WWPS ProServe
Jersey City, NJ · Austin, TX · +6 moreJersey City, NJ +7
$153,600–$239,000
$207,000–$300,000
$150,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$215,000–$260,000
TrueFoundryProduction engineering
Senior AI/ML Engineer — LLM & Agent Stack (Customer Facing)
San Mateo, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Edison ScientificProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff, Cloud Software Engineer
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$175,000–$240,000
$118,000–$176,000
EYProduction engineering
EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - AI/ML Engineer - Sr Associate/Consultant
New York, NY · Atlanta, GA · +12 moreNew York, NY +13Hybrid
$130,000–$185,000
BainProduction engineering
Lead, AI Engineering
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +8 moreAtlanta, GA +9Hybrid
$179,500–$203,500
GoogleProduction engineering
Senior Agent Engineer, Google Cloud, Applied AI
Sunnyvale, CA · Kirkland, WASunnyvale, CA +1
$174,000–$252,000
MetaProduction engineering
Business Engineer, Business Agents
Menlo Park, CA · Seattle, WA · +2 moreMenlo Park, CA +3
$149,000–$210,000
EYProduction engineering
EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - Software Engineer - Sr Assoc/Consultant
New York, NY · Atlanta, GA · +12 moreNew York, NY +13Hybrid
$130,000–$185,000
TikTokProduction engineering
Senior Solution Engineer - Global E-commerce, Seller Business
San Jose, CA
Pay not posted
GoogleProduction engineering
Staff Applied AI Agent Developer
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$207,000–$300,000
$149,000–$210,000
AMDProduction engineering
Sr. Manager Agentic AI / Data Software Development - DC GPU
San Jose, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
ServiceNowProduction engineering
Senior Staff AI Agent Engineer – Moveworks | Customer Deployment
San Francisco, CARemote
$190,900–$334,100
MetaProduction engineering
Solutions Architect, Business Agents
Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$130,000–$185,000
$180,000–$390,000
NVIDIAProduction engineering
Senior Solutions Architect, Agentic AI — Safety and Security
Santa Clara, CARemote
$184,000–$287,500
$176,100–$308,200
LangChainProduction engineering
Deployed Engineer, Professional Services (San Francisco)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$150,000–$215,000
$150,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
ServiceNowProduction engineering
Senior AI Agent Engineer | Moveworks - Federal
San Francisco, CARemote
$143,200–$243,400
$136,000–$183,000
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What do FDE jobs pay?
535 of 670 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $187,000 and $254,000, across 228 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 670 postings, 261 state a minimum number of years, from 150 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 135 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (74), under 3 years (32) or 10 or more years (20).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 670 postings come from 289 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (26), NVIDIA (24), Sierra (21), Google (18) and Scale AI (15).
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72 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 222 are hybrid and 218 are on-site. The remaining 158 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 210 of the 670 postings.
Counted over the 670 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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