> 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 Focused Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/focused 12 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Focused across 2 US metros. Median posted base pay $160,000. 6 new in the last 30 days. Focused is a software consultancy that builds custom applications and AI agents integrated with clients' existing systems, and works alongside client engineering teams. Later private · About 51–200 people **12 postings, 6 new in the last 30 days** 2 metros median posted base $160,000 [Careers at Focused ↗](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed) read Nov 6, 2026 Published Oct 24, 2026 ## 12 open FDE roles at Focused ### [Platform Engineer, AI Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7feb3482fb151d04) Chicago, IL · Denver, CO Hybrid 4d ago $140,000–$175,000 ### [Data Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4d3f4a936d54900a) Chicago, IL · Denver, CO Hybrid 4d ago $140,000–$175,000 ### [Lead Agent Engineer (Langchain)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5bff43269bd70426) US · Chicago, IL · Denver, CO 6w ago $175,000–$250,000 ### [Senior Agent Engineer (Langchain)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/026e2d6af843f231) US · Chicago, IL · Denver, CO 6w ago $120,000–$170,000 ### [Senior Site Reliability Engineer, AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5598fd62ad462af3) Denver, CO · Chicago, IL Hybrid 4d ago $160,000–$200,000 11 of 12 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%2Ffocused&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Focused describes FDE work Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 100% against the US average of 42%. Well above average. Focused: 12 of 12 postings · all postings: 1,380 of 3,286 **100%** of postings · US 42% Well above average Senior or staff level Senior-level responsibility or above Senior or staff level: 83% against the US average of 94%. Below average. Focused: 10 of 12 postings · all postings: 3,005 of 3,212 **83%** of postings · US 94% Below average Require production code Postings that involve writing production code Require production code: 83% against the US average of 80%. About average. Focused: 10 of 12 postings · all postings: 2,554 of 3,183 **83%** of postings · US 80% About average Remote allowed Postings that allow remote work Remote allowed: 17% against the US average of 30%. Below average. Focused: 2 of 12 postings · all postings: 696 of 2,331 **17%** of postings · US 30% Below average Work for external customers Work done for people outside the company Work for external customers: 100% against the US average of 86%. Above average. Focused: 12 of 12 postings · all postings: 2,808 of 3,276 **100%** of postings · US 86% Above 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. Focused: 0 of 12 postings · all postings: 783 of 3,273 **0%** of postings · US 24% Well below average 0% 50% 100% Focused’s postings mention travel far more often than the US average (100% vs 42%) and involve pre-sales less often (0% vs 24%). 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 Focused Median posted base **$160,000** · US senior FDE median **$190,000** From 12 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. ### [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) Chicago, IL · New York, NY · Boston, MA · +61 · $146,000 13 postings ### [Venn](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/venn) Remote (US) · Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +1 · $300,000 5 postings ### [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) Austin, TX · Tacoma, WA · Falls Church, VA · +4 · $208,000 12 postings Other FDE employers in Chicago and Denver–Boulder - [FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=chicagoland) · 5 Focused postings · 74 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Denver–Boulder](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=front-range) · 5 Focused postings · 39 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Hiring FDEs like Focused? 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