> 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 Avathon (formerly SparkCognition) Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition 6 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Avathon (formerly SparkCognition) across 2 US metros. Median posted base pay $188,000. 1 new in the last 30 days. Avathon builds AI for industrial asset performance, renewable energy, and defense/autonomy use cases. Later private · About 201–1,000 people **6 postings, 1 new in the last 30 days** 2 metros median posted base $188,000 [Careers at Avathon (formerly SparkCognition) ↗](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed) read Nov 8, 2026 ## 6 open FDE roles at Avathon (formerly SparkCognition) ### [Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/024ec55baa0bac4d) Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TX On-site 6w ago $170,000–$220,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/024ec55baa0bac4d) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf031a0099eba727) Pleasanton, CA 7mo ago $110,000–$180,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf031a0099eba727) ### [Engineering Lead, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/134ddbfeed5b6395) Pleasanton, CA On-site 4w ago $160,000–$220,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/134ddbfeed5b6395) Leads the deployment team ### [Engagement Director - Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62cd9bf315666be7) Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TX 6w ago $170,000–$220,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62cd9bf315666be7) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Design Lead — Product Lifecycle Management](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/87eb7c87577eea63) Austin, TX · Pleasanton, CA Hybrid 6w ago $170,000–$200,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/87eb7c87577eea63) 3 of 6 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%2Favathon-formerly-sparkcognition&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Avathon (formerly SparkCognition) describes FDE work Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 100% against the US average of 42%. Well above average. Avathon (formerly SparkCognition): 6 of 6 postings · all postings: 1,394 of 3,308 **100%** of postings · US 42% Well above average Senior or staff level Senior-level responsibility or above Senior or staff level: 100% against the US average of 94%. Above average. Avathon (formerly SparkCognition): 6 of 6 postings · all postings: 3,026 of 3,234 **100%** of postings · US 94% Above average Require production code Postings that involve writing production code Require production code: 40% against the US average of 80%. Well below average. Avathon (formerly SparkCognition): 2 of 5 postings · all postings: 2,573 of 3,204 **40%** 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: 100% against the US average of 86%. Above average. Avathon (formerly SparkCognition): 6 of 6 postings · all postings: 2,829 of 3,298 **100%** of postings · US 86% Above average Include pre-sales work Evaluation or proposal work before a deal Include pre-sales work: 17% against the US average of 24%. Below average. Avathon (formerly SparkCognition): 1 of 6 postings · all postings: 788 of 3,295 **17%** of postings · US 24% Below average 0% 50% 100% Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)’s postings mention travel far more often than the US average (100% vs 42%) and describe production code far less often (40% vs 80%). 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 Avathon (formerly SparkCognition) Median posted base **$188,000** · US senior FDE median **$190,000** From 6 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. ### [Didero](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/didero) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA $240,000 7 postings ### [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) Austin, TX · New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · 6 postings ### [Twenty](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/twenty) Chantilly, VA · Fort Meade, MD $324,000 6 postings Other FDE employers in SF Bay Area and Austin - [FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area) · 6 Avathon (formerly SparkCognition) postings · 483 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Austin](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=austin) · 4 Avathon (formerly SparkCognition) postings · 66 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Hiring FDEs like Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)? 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