> 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 Nominal Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal 6 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Nominal across 6 US metros. Median posted base pay $180,000. Nominal provides connected cloud and edge software for hardware teams to capture, analyze, automate, and operate mission-critical tests. Growth (Series B–C) · About 201–1,000 people **6 postings** 6 metros median posted base $180,000 [Careers at Nominal ↗](https://jobs.gem.com) read Nov 6, 2026 ## 6 open FDE roles at Nominal ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dec8d400dcdba3a8) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +3 more 4w ago Pay not posted - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dec8d400dcdba3a8) ### [Software Engineer, Mission Dev - U.S. Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/25571084cdc5fffa) New York, NY · Washington, DC 8mo ago $150,000–$215,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/25571084cdc5fffa) Integrates and configures it ### [Baremetal Infrastructure Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/58792dc4d00351d2) New York, NY · Seattle, WA · +2 more 5mo ago $120,000–$230,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/58792dc4d00351d2) Integrates and configures it ### [Mission Operations - U.S. Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f506739291ea74bf) Washington, DC · Los Angeles, CA 10mo ago $150,000–$210,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f506739291ea74bf) ### [Software Engineer - Mission Dev](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/930f583e6dd485a0) Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Since 2025 $130,000–$230,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/930f583e6dd485a0) 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%2Fnominal&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Nominal describes FDE work Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 100% against the US average of 42%. Well above average. Nominal: 6 of 6 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: 100% against the US average of 94%. Above average. Nominal: 6 of 6 postings · all postings: 3,005 of 3,212 **100%** of postings · US 94% Above average Require production code Postings that involve writing production code Require production code: 83% against the US average of 80%. About average. Nominal: 5 of 6 postings · all postings: 2,554 of 3,183 **83%** of postings · US 80% About 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. Nominal: 6 of 6 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: 50% against the US average of 24%. Well above average. Nominal: 3 of 6 postings · all postings: 783 of 3,273 **50%** of postings · US 24% Well above average 0% 50% 100% Nominal’s postings mention travel far more often than the US average (100% vs 42%) and involve pre-sales more often (50% 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 Nominal Median posted base **$180,000** · US senior FDE median **$190,000** From 5 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. ### [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) Rosslyn, VA · Huntsville, AL $200,000 79 postings ### [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) San Mateo, CA 7 postings ### [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · Boston, MA · +18 · $216,000 73 postings Other FDE employers in Los Angeles, New York metro and Austin - [FDE and deployment jobs in Los Angeles](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=greater-la) · 5 Nominal postings · 72 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in New York metro](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=nyc-metro) · 5 Nominal postings · 436 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Austin](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=austin) · 4 Nominal postings · 65 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Hiring FDEs like Nominal? 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