> 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 Red Cell Partners Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-cell-partners 5 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Red Cell Partners across 3 US metros. Median posted base pay $210,000. 4 new in the last 30 days. Venture studio building and scaling technology companies in defense, healthcare, and cyber with operational support and co-founder partnership model. Later private · About 51–200 people **5 postings, 4 new in the last 30 days** 3 metros median posted base $210,000 [Careers at Red Cell Partners ↗](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed) read Nov 6, 2026 Published Oct 22, 2026 ## 5 open FDE roles at Red Cell Partners ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/531129e17d951cad) Seattle, WA · Mclean, VA Remote 4d ago $180,000–$240,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/531129e17d951cad) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed Engineer (New Stealth Startup)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/76021eafcfaa48a6) US Remote 2w ago $150,000–$300,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/76021eafcfaa48a6) ### [Senior/Staff Full Stack Software Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2b085ebb8b7bbc3) Seattle, WA · Mclean, VA Remote 8d ago $180,000–$240,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2b085ebb8b7bbc3) ### [Staff Applied ML Engineer, Federal/National Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d7dbd0967123dff7) Washington, DC Remote 6w ago $180,000–$240,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d7dbd0967123dff7) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f869ffd42e3c9846) Seattle, WA · Mclean, VA Remote 8d ago $180,000–$240,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f869ffd42e3c9846) 4 of 5 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%2Fred-cell-partners&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Red Cell Partners describes FDE work Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 100% against the US average of 42%. Well above average. Red Cell Partners: 5 of 5 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. Red Cell Partners: 5 of 5 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: 100% against the US average of 80%. Well above average. Red Cell Partners: 5 of 5 postings · all postings: 2,554 of 3,183 **100%** of postings · US 80% Well above average Remote allowed Postings that allow remote work Remote allowed: 100% against the US average of 30%. Well above average. Red Cell Partners: 5 of 5 postings · all postings: 696 of 2,331 **100%** of postings · US 30% Well above 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. Red Cell Partners: 5 of 5 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. Red Cell Partners: 0 of 5 postings · all postings: 783 of 3,273 **0%** of postings · US 24% Well below average 0% 50% 100% Red Cell Partners’ postings allow remote work far more often than the US average (100% vs 30%) and mention travel far more often (100% vs 42%). 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 Red Cell Partners Median posted base **$210,000** · US staff-level FDE median **$225,000** 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. ### [Venn](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/venn) Remote (US) · Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +1 · $300,000 5 postings ### [NewRocket](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/newrocket) Remote (US) 6 postings ### [SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid) Remote (US) $181,000 6 postings Other FDE employers in Washington, DC area and Seattle area - [FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv) · 4 Red Cell Partners postings · 130 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Seattle area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=puget-sound) · 3 Red Cell Partners postings · 77 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Started hiring forward deployed engineers Jul 7–10, 2026 →](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-07-10) - [Hiring FDEs like Red Cell Partners? 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