> 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 Anduril Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril 41 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Anduril across 16 US metros. Median posted base pay $222,000. 11 new in the last 30 days. Builds autonomous defense systems (drones, subs, sensors) unified by Lattice OS, an AI command-and-control layer sold to US/allied militaries. Later private · About 5,000+ people **41 postings, 11 new in the last 30 days** 16 metros median posted base $222,000 [Careers at Anduril ↗](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed) read Nov 6, 2026 ## 41 open FDE roles at Anduril ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Connected Warfare (Active Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/35309f31ac8daaee) Colorado Springs, CO · Honolulu, HI · Seattle, WA 4d ago $114,000–$253,000 ### [Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Strategic Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/496735084229ffc9) Costa Mesa, CA · Washington, DC 6w ago $191,000–$254,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/496735084229ffc9) ### [Mission Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cc4b231a5945a37b) Waltham, MA · Reston, VA 3d ago $132,000–$254,000 ### [Senior Mission Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c1488b7ebe96fae2) Waltham, MA 5d ago $191,000–$254,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c1488b7ebe96fae2) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a6a44abf0fdde97) Costa Mesa, CA · Reston, VA · +2 more 6w ago $191,000–$254,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a6a44abf0fdde97) 22 of 41 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%2Fanduril&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Anduril describes FDE work Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 61% against the US average of 42%. Well above average. Anduril: 25 of 41 postings · all postings: 1,380 of 3,286 **61%** of postings · US 42% Well above average Senior or staff level Senior-level responsibility or above Senior or staff level: 98% against the US average of 94%. About average. Anduril: 40 of 41 postings · all postings: 3,005 of 3,212 **98%** of postings · US 94% About average Require production code Postings that involve writing production code Require production code: 92% against the US average of 80%. Above average. Anduril: 36 of 39 postings · all postings: 2,554 of 3,183 **92%** of postings · US 80% Above average Remote allowed Not enough postings say Work for external customers Work done for people outside the company Work for external customers: 73% against the US average of 86%. Below average. Anduril: 30 of 41 postings · all postings: 2,808 of 3,276 **73%** of postings · US 86% Below average Include pre-sales work Evaluation or proposal work before a deal Include pre-sales work: 0% against the US average of 24%. Well below average. Anduril: 0 of 41 postings · all postings: 783 of 3,273 **0%** of postings · US 24% Well below average 0% 50% 100% Anduril’s postings involve pre-sales less often than the US average (0% vs 24%) and mention travel more often (61% vs 42%). 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) ## Pay at Anduril Median posted base **$222,000** · US senior FDE median **$190,000** From 41 posted base ranges, each read at its middle. Bonus and equity are not counted. [See how posted pay differs by level, location and travel →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary#pay-level) ## Compare with similar employers Employers whose postings describe the most similar work. ### [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +16 · $184,000 81 postings ### [SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid) Remote (US) $181,000 6 postings ### [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) Menlo Park, CA · New York, NY · Remote (US) · $239,000 8 postings Other FDE employers in Los Angeles, Washington, DC area and Seattle area - [FDE and deployment jobs in Los Angeles](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=greater-la) · 20 Anduril postings · 72 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv) · 14 Anduril postings · 130 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Seattle area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=puget-sound) · 6 Anduril postings · 77 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Hiring FDEs like Anduril? 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