> 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 Benchling Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/benchling 3 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Benchling across 2 US metros. Median posted base pay $182,000. Cloud platform for biotech R&D that unifies experiments, structured scientific data, automation, and AI across discovery, development, and in vivo workflows. Later private · About 201–1,000 people **3 postings** 2 metros median posted base $182,000 [Careers at Benchling ↗](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/benchling) read Nov 6, 2026 ## 3 open FDE roles at Benchling ### [Technical Solution Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/970d4add91d36440) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $154,000–$209,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/970d4add91d36440) ### [Enterprise Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6a5d4204b7c7e9d1) Boston, MA Hybrid 3mo ago $154,000–$208,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6a5d4204b7c7e9d1) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, Tools and Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c4a1efdff7ee042a) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 1mo ago $195,000–$265,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c4a1efdff7ee042a) 2 of 3 postings integrate and configure the product. 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%2Fbenchling&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Benchling describes FDE work One posting describes production code, versus 80% of US FDE postings. 2 of 3 serve external customers, versus 86% of US FDE postings. One includes pre-sales work, versus 24% of US FDE postings. All three are read as senior or staff roles, versus 94% of US FDE postings. 2 of 3 mention travel, versus 42% of US FDE postings. Read from the current postings listed here, not from company-wide policy. [Compare with all US FDE postings and read the method →](https://nextmove.md/fde/research) ## Compare with similar employers Employers at a similar size or stage. ### [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY $285,000 18 postings ### [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA $231,000 12 postings ### [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · Seattle, WA · $203,000 11 postings Other FDE employers in SF Bay Area and Boston area - [FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area) · 2 Benchling postings · 482 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Boston area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=greater-boston) · 1 Benchling posting · 82 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Hiring FDEs like Benchling? Tell us the role →](https://nextmove.md/fde/employers?intent=hiring_discussion#hiring-form)