> 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 Apple Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple 8 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Apple across 4 US metros. Median posted base pay $223,000. 2 new in the last 30 days. Designs and sells iPhone, Mac, iPad, Watch, and Vision Pro plus a $100B+ Services layer (App Store, iCloud, Apple Pay, Music, TV+) atop a 2.5B device installed base. Public · About 5,000+ people **8 postings, 2 new in the last 30 days** 4 metros median posted base $223,000 [Careers at Apple ↗](https://jobs.apple.com) read Nov 6, 2026 ## 8 open FDE roles at Apple Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Platform Engineer, Find My](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bcc832bcdee76cf6) Cupertino, CA 2w ago $150,400–$277,600 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bcc832bcdee76cf6) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8a17699f6adcec65) Cupertino, CA 2mo ago Pay not posted - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8a17699f6adcec65) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Evaluation Platform](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5abd9b340f0d4b8b) Seattle, WA 5mo ago Pay not posted - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5abd9b340f0d4b8b) ### [Senior Software Engineer Enterprise Technology Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/48ea6e4a20c0ae98) Sunnyvale, CA 3w ago $184,700–$277,600 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/48ea6e4a20c0ae98) ### [People AI Enablement Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0c5b453899f1a6c) Austin, TX 2mo ago $149,200–$249,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0c5b453899f1a6c) 7 of 8 postings build for teams inside the company. 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%2Fapple&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Apple describes FDE work Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 0% against the US average of 42%. Well below average. Apple: 0 of 8 postings · all postings: 1,380 of 3,286 **0%** of postings · US 42% Well below average Senior or staff level Senior-level responsibility or above Senior or staff level: 100% against the US average of 94%. Above average. Apple: 8 of 8 postings · all postings: 3,005 of 3,212 **100%** of postings · US 94% Above average Require production code Postings that involve writing production code Require production code: 50% against the US average of 80%. Well below average. Apple: 4 of 8 postings · all postings: 2,554 of 3,183 **50%** of postings · US 80% Well below average Remote allowed Not enough postings say Work for external customers Work done for people outside the company Work for external customers: 25% against the US average of 86%. Well below average. Apple: 2 of 8 postings · all postings: 2,808 of 3,276 **25%** of postings · US 86% Well 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. Apple: 0 of 8 postings · all postings: 783 of 3,273 **0%** of postings · US 24% Well below average 0% 50% 100% Apple’s postings serve external customers far less often than the US average (25% vs 86%) and mention travel far less often (0% 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) ## Compare with similar employers Employers whose postings describe the most similar work. ### [F5](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/f5) Seattle, WA · IL, IN, WI · MA, NJ, NY · +2 · $182,000 6 postings ### [Citi (Citigroup Inc.)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citi-citigroup-inc) Irving, TX · New York, NY · Jersey City, NJ · +1 · $178,000 11 postings ### [Citigroup](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citigroup) New York, NY · Irving, TX · Jersey City, NJ · +1 · $187,000 10 postings Other FDE employers in SF Bay Area, Austin and Seattle area - [FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area) · 6 Apple postings · 482 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Austin](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=austin) · 1 Apple posting · 65 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Seattle area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=puget-sound) · 1 Apple posting · 77 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Hiring FDEs like Apple? Tell us the role →](https://nextmove.md/fde/employers?intent=hiring_discussion#hiring-form)