> 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 Exa (formerly Metaphor) Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exa-formerly-metaphor 4 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Exa (formerly Metaphor) across 2 US metros. Median posted base pay $230,000. 1 new in the last 30 days. Search engine API built for LLMs and AI agents. Growth (Series B–C) · About 51–200 people **4 postings, 1 new in the last 30 days** 2 metros median posted base $230,000 [Careers at Exa (formerly Metaphor) ↗](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/exa) read Nov 8, 2026 ## 4 open FDE roles at Exa (formerly Metaphor) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ca8c96310ebe227) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $160,000–$300,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ca8c96310ebe227) Leads the deployment team ### [FDE Lead, NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/646d9e773b63bea2) New York, NY On-site 9d ago $250,000–$315,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/646d9e773b63bea2) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Product Manager, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5c82ba2222265ca0) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $155,000–$275,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5c82ba2222265ca0) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/754262bce98e3326) San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025 $160,000–$300,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/754262bce98e3326) 2 of 4 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%2Fexa-formerly-metaphor&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Exa (formerly Metaphor) describes FDE work 3 of 4 postings describe production code, versus 80% of US FDE postings. All four serve external customers, versus 86% of US FDE postings. All four include pre-sales work, versus 24% of US FDE postings. 3 of 4 are read as senior or staff roles, versus 94% of US FDE postings. 3 of 4 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 New York metro and SF Bay Area - [FDE and deployment jobs in New York metro](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=nyc-metro) · 2 Exa (formerly Metaphor) postings · 438 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area) · 2 Exa (formerly Metaphor) postings · 483 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Hiring FDEs like Exa (formerly Metaphor)? Tell us the role →](https://nextmove.md/fde/employers?intent=hiring_discussion#hiring-form)