Distyl AIProduction engineering
AI Engineer, Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
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AccentureProduction engineering
Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer
Albany, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreAlbany, NY +40
$80,400–$266,300
Pay not posted
$191,000–$253,000
Distyl AIProduction engineering
AI Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$250,000
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Native Transformation Enterprise Consultant
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$54,400–$196,000
$140,000–$190,000
$191,000–$253,000
Pay not posted
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Native Transformation Manager
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$80,400–$266,300
$120,000–$190,000
$166,000–$253,000
StriveworksProduction engineering
Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Austin, TXHybrid
$140,000–$165,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Advanced AI Architect
Morristown, NJ · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreMorristown, NJ +40
$87,400–$293,800
$120,000–$190,000
$166,000–$220,000
$120,000–$318,000
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Federal - Top Secret Clearance
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remoteNew York, NY +1 · US remoteRemote
$170,000–$300,000 · OTE
SitrepsProduction engineering
Data Science Lead - Defense Accounts
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
$140,000–$175,000
$166,000–$253,000
$200,000–$250,000
$180,000–$245,000
NominalProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Mission Dev - U.S. Government
New York, NY · Washington, DCNew York, NY +1
$150,000–$215,000
$166,000–$253,000
StriveworksProduction engineering
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Austin, TXRemote
$210,000–$260,000
NODA AIProduction engineering
Senior Solution Engineer / Solution Architect
Austin, TX · Washington, DCAustin, TX +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
$140,000–$200,000
$166,000–$253,000
NominalProduction engineering
Software Engineer - Mission Dev
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$130,000–$230,000
$166,000–$253,000
$220,000–$292,000
AccentureImplementation & delivery
AI Architect - FDE Associate Director
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreNew York, NY +41
$62,800–$218,800
DatabricksDeployment strategy
Sr. Engagement Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Financial Services
US · city not listed
$115,800–$199,100
$137,000–$270,000
Deloitte USTechnical pre-sales
ConvergeHEALTH Life Sciences - Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation
Multiple US offices
$105,400–$207,800
$190,000–$230,000 · OTE
$90,000–$160,000
Live Nation EntertainmentInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
Los Angeles, CA · Beverly Hills, CALos Angeles, CA +1Remote
$166,000–$208,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreMountain View, CA +5
$159,300–$212,800
Pay not posted
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What do FDE and deployment jobs with significant travel pay?
378 of 448 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $166,000 and $230,000, across 107 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs with significant travel require?
Of 448 postings, 212 state a minimum number of years, from 78 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 93 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (76), under 3 years (24) or 10 or more years (19).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs with significant travel?
These 448 postings come from 140 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (68), Palantir (38), Accenture (31), Anduril (20) and OpenAI (13).
Are FDE and deployment jobs with significant travel remote?
90 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 110 are hybrid and 72 are on-site. The remaining 176 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 448 of the 448 postings.
Counted over the 448 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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