> 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 Scale AI Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai 21 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Scale AI across 11 US metros. Median posted base pay $233,000. 1 new in the last 30 days. Scale AI's FDE and deployment roles connect customer engineering to data, model evaluation, GenAI applications, and public-sector systems. Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people **21 postings, 1 new in the last 30 days** 11 metros median posted base $233,000 [Careers at Scale AI ↗](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed) read Nov 6, 2026 ## 21 open FDE roles at Scale AI ### [Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7450160035e263a5) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 5mo ago $252,000–$315,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7450160035e263a5) ### [Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67b7c374d76c71b3) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 5mo ago $216,000–$270,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67b7c374d76c71b3) ### [Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aa082644713e92d5) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 5mo ago $180,000–$225,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aa082644713e92d5) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6929ebfd5ba977df) Denver, CO · Honolulu, HI · +1 more 1mo ago $196,000–$245,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6929ebfd5ba977df) ### [Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ce65194d3b4765e8) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 3mo ago $265,000–$331,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ce65194d3b4765e8) 13 of 21 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%2Fscale-ai&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Scale AI describes FDE work Scale AI's postings include Frontier Agents Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Field Engineer, Software Engineer, Deployment Strategist, and technical program and leadership roles. Read the original posting to see whether the job builds systems, coordinates delivery, or supports a public-sector program. Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 38% against the US average of 42%. About average. Scale AI: 8 of 21 postings · all postings: 1,380 of 3,286 **38%** of postings · US 42% About average Senior or staff level Senior-level responsibility or above Senior or staff level: 100% against the US average of 94%. Above average. Scale AI: 21 of 21 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: 86% against the US average of 80%. Above average. Scale AI: 18 of 21 postings · all postings: 2,554 of 3,183 **86%** of postings · US 80% 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. Scale AI: 21 of 21 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: 10% against the US average of 24%. Below average. Scale AI: 2 of 21 postings · all postings: 783 of 3,273 **10%** of postings · US 24% Below average 0% 50% 100% Scale AI’s postings serve external customers more often than the US average (100% vs 86%) and involve pre-sales less often (10% 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 Scale AI Median posted base **$233,000** · US senior FDE median **$190,000** From 21 posted base ranges, each read at its middle. Bonus and equity are not counted. [Compare pay across all Scale AI postings →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/scale-ai) ## Compare with similar employers Employers whose postings describe the most similar work. ### [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC 5 postings ### [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +16 · $184,000 81 postings ### [First Resonance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/first-resonance) Los Angeles, CA · Boston, MA · Bridgeport, CT · +3 · $160,000 7 postings Other FDE employers in New York metro, SF Bay Area and Washington, DC area - [FDE and deployment jobs in New York metro](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=nyc-metro) · 12 Scale AI postings · 436 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area) · 11 Scale AI postings · 482 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv) · 10 Scale AI postings · 130 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [FDE salary data →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) - [Hiring FDEs like Scale AI? 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