> 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 Cape Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cape 3 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Cape across 3 US metros. Median posted base pay $205,000. Builds a privacy-first mobile carrier for government, enterprises, and consumers, using its own cloud mobile core and SIMs to secure cellular connectivity at the network layer. Growth (Series B–C) · About 51–200 people **3 postings** 3 metros median posted base $205,000 [Careers at Cape ↗](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Cape) read Nov 6, 2026 ## 3 open FDE roles at Cape Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/728a84b27825028c) Arlington, VA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 5mo ago $175,000–$235,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/728a84b27825028c) Leads the deployment team ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/039f144406f00838) New York, NY Hybrid 7mo ago $200,000–$275,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/039f144406f00838) Integrates and configures it ### [Solutions Architect, Special Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a914952b7f9b71ca) Washington, DC Hybrid 2mo ago $180,000–$220,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a914952b7f9b71ca) 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%2Fcape&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Cape describes FDE work One posting describes production code, versus 80% of US FDE postings. All three 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. ### [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) Austin, TX · Tacoma, WA · Falls Church, VA · +4 · $208,000 12 postings ### [PhysicsX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/physicsx) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA $190,000 9 postings ### [Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA $225,000 7 postings Other FDE employers in Washington, DC area and New York metro - [FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv) · 2 Cape postings · 130 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in New York metro](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=nyc-metro) · 2 Cape postings · 436 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Hiring FDEs like Cape? Tell us the role →](https://nextmove.md/fde/employers?intent=hiring_discussion#hiring-form)