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OpenAIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$251,000–$278,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VAArlington, VA +1
$131,300–$177,600
$180,000–$390,000
Pay not posted
$251,000–$278,000
$208,000–$261,000
$180,000–$390,000
Fidelity National Information ServicesProduction engineering
Forward Deployment Engineer Principal
Jacksonville, FLRemote
Pay not posted
OpenAIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Digital Natives
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$251,000–$278,000
GenesysProduction engineering
Senior Principal, AI Software Engineer– Agentic & Industry Solutions
TX, NC
$205,200–$360,800
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, WWPS ProServe
Jersey City, NJ · Austin, TX · +8 moreJersey City, NJ +9
$131,300–$204,300
SierraProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Agent (Brazilian Portuguese speaking)
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$180,000–$390,000
$266,000–$362,000
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AccentureProduction engineering
Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer
Albany, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreAlbany, NY +40
$80,400–$266,300
$108,000–$170,000
$200,000–$260,000
Pay not posted
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SpaceXProduction engineering
Mission Integration Engineer, AI (Starshield) - Top Secret Clearance
Hawthorne, CA
$100,000–$135,000
$200,000–$260,000
$120,000–$200,000
BCGProduction engineering
BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$190,000
$135,000–$230,000
$200,000–$260,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$288,000–$360,000
BCGProduction engineering
BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$150,000
$125,000–$220,000
$215,000–$300,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Advanced AI Architect
Morristown, NJ · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreMorristown, NJ +40
$87,400–$293,800
$86,800–$198,000
$220,000–$350,000
Pay not posted
$98,500–$184,900
$180,000–$230,000
$220,000–$350,000
$180,000–$250,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers pay?
472 of 587 postings state a pay range. The median is $208,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $240,000, across 169 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers require?
Of 587 postings, 252 state a minimum number of years, from 110 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 130 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (82), under 3 years (20) or 10 or more years (20).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers?
These 587 postings come from 228 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (61), Accenture (25), OpenAI (25), Sierra (19) and LangChain (13).
Are FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers remote?
106 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 146 are hybrid and 133 are on-site. The remaining 202 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 299 of the 587 postings.
Counted over the 587 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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