> 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 Robots & Pencils Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/robots-pencils 6 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Robots & Pencils across 2 US metros. Median posted base pay $197,000. 2 new in the last 30 days. Robots & Pencils builds enterprise digital and AI solutions and combines consulting with Tiger Pistol’s marketing automation platform for digital advertising. Subsidiary · About 51–200 people **6 postings, 2 new in the last 30 days** 2 metros median posted base $197,000 [Careers at Robots & Pencils ↗](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed) read Nov 8, 2026 Published Oct 24, 2026 ## 6 open FDE roles at Robots & Pencils ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/16fa9ed350e26103) US Remote 3mo ago $177,375–$209,625 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/16fa9ed350e26103) ### [Staff Engineer / AI Builder - Mountain View](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c9bdcf6343a2389c) Mountain View, CA 6d ago $165,604–$228,491 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c9bdcf6343a2389c) ### [Staff Engineer / AI Builder - NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4e49f67a548e2f7d) New York, NY 6d ago $165,604–$228,491 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4e49f67a548e2f7d) ### [Staff AI/ML Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e002aca59f28dd0d) US Remote 7w ago Pay not posted - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e002aca59f28dd0d) ### [Principal AI Engineering Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9faf33c159661967) US Remote 3mo ago $180,375–$230,625 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9faf33c159661967) All 6 postings are hands-on engineering in the customer’s own systems. 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%2Frobots-pencils&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Robots & Pencils describes FDE work Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 0% against the US average of 42%. Well below average. Robots & Pencils: 0 of 6 postings · all postings: 1,394 of 3,308 **0%** of postings · US 42% Well below average Senior or staff level Senior-level responsibility or above Senior or staff level: 100% against the US average of 94%. Above average. Robots & Pencils: 6 of 6 postings · all postings: 3,026 of 3,234 **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. Robots & Pencils: 6 of 6 postings · all postings: 2,573 of 3,204 **100%** of postings · US 80% Well above 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. Robots & Pencils: 6 of 6 postings · all postings: 2,829 of 3,298 **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. Robots & Pencils: 0 of 6 postings · all postings: 788 of 3,295 **0%** of postings · US 24% Well below average 0% 50% 100% Robots & Pencils’ postings mention travel far less often than the US average (0% 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 Robots & Pencils Median posted base **$197,000** · 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. ### [Obin AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/obin-ai) New York, NY $240,000 5 postings ### [eClerx](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eclerx) Austin, TX · New York, NY 5 postings ### [Tiger Analytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tiger-analytics) Remote (US) · Remote (Austin, TX) · Dallas, TX · 6 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) · 1 Robots & Pencils posting · 438 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area) · 1 Robots & Pencils posting · 483 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Hiring FDEs like Robots & Pencils? 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