> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # FDE jobs at Alation Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation 5 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Alation. Median posted base pay $157,000. AI-powered data intelligence platform helping enterprises find, understand, and trust data for analytics, governance, and AI readiness Later private · About 201–1,000 people **5 postings** median posted base $157,000 [Careers at Alation ↗](https://alation.wd503.myworkdayjobs.com/ExternalSite) read Nov 6, 2026 ## 5 open FDE roles at Alation ### [Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19479baf50cbb536) US Remote 4w ago $152,152–$205,405 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19479baf50cbb536) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2d0c2690ef3af1c0) US Remote 7w ago $124,646–$168,272 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2d0c2690ef3af1c0) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Staff Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/315e13504a747835) US Remote 2mo ago $141,781–$191,404 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/315e13504a747835) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Staff Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e035988bf608b960) US Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e035988bf608b960) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/484d5a806f49b322) US Remote 7w ago $68,443–$92,398 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/484d5a806f49b322) 2 of 5 postings are hands-on engineering in the customer’s own systems. Rows that do other work name it. Compare these roles with [pay ranges at other US FDE employers](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary). - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fcompanies%2Falation&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Alation describes FDE work Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 60% against the US average of 42%. Well above average. Alation: 3 of 5 postings · all postings: 1,380 of 3,286 **60%** of postings · US 42% Well above average Senior or staff level Senior-level responsibility or above Senior or staff level: 80% against the US average of 94%. Below average. Alation: 4 of 5 postings · all postings: 3,005 of 3,212 **80%** of postings · US 94% Below average Require production code Not enough postings say Remote allowed Postings that allow remote work Remote allowed: 100% against the US average of 30%. Well above average. Alation: 5 of 5 postings · all postings: 696 of 2,331 **100%** of postings · US 30% Well above average Work for external customers Work done for people outside the company Work for external customers: 100% against the US average of 86%. Above average. Alation: 5 of 5 postings · all postings: 2,808 of 3,276 **100%** of postings · US 86% Above average Include pre-sales work Evaluation or proposal work before a deal Include pre-sales work: 60% against the US average of 24%. Well above average. Alation: 3 of 5 postings · all postings: 783 of 3,273 **60%** of postings · US 24% Well above average 0% 50% 100% Alation’s postings allow remote work far more often than the US average (100% vs 30%) and involve pre-sales far more often (60% vs 24%). Shares leave out postings that say nothing about a measure. Travel counts silence as no mention. [Compare with all US FDE postings and read the method →](https://nextmove.md/fde/research) ## Compare with similar employers Employers whose postings describe the most similar work. ### [Cisco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cisco) Remote (Austin, TX) · Remote (Boulder, CO) · Remote (Reston, VA) · +8 · $321,000 5 postings ### [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · Chicago, IL · +13 · $205,000 16 postings ### [Caylent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/caylent) Remote (US) · New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · $176,000 5 postings Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Hiring FDEs like Alation? Tell us the role →](https://nextmove.md/fde/employers?intent=hiring_discussion#hiring-form)