> 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 Sierra Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra 18 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Sierra across 2 US metros. Median posted base pay $285,000. 1 new in the last 30 days. Sierra's FDE work builds and improves AI agents for specific industries and customer workflows in production. Later private · About 201–1,000 people **18 postings, 1 new in the last 30 days** 2 metros median posted base $285,000 [Careers at Sierra ↗](https://sierra.ai/careers) read Nov 6, 2026 ## 18 open FDE roles at Sierra ### [Software Engineer, Horizon](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/391bab75cb85020c) San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago $230,000–$390,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/391bab75cb85020c) ### [Software Engineer, Agent (Spanish speaking)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/40c6ef60c2833ae8) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago $180,000–$390,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/40c6ef60c2833ae8) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Tech, Media & Telecom](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2923518d5a20cafe) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2923518d5a20cafe) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Travel , Transportation & Hospitality](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c9c7e1018bc4a91a) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c9c7e1018bc4a91a) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Insurance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1b61ff2f39d335e) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1b61ff2f39d335e) 13 of 18 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%2Fsierra&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Sierra describes FDE work Sierra's roles cover public sector, retail, healthcare, insurance, financial services, travel, and hospitality. Agent engineers connect an agent to customer systems and improve the workflow in production. Healthcare Integrations Architect and Deployed Infrastructure Engineer roles sit near systems and delivery. Strategist, Agent Development roles sit closer to deployment strategy and agent design. Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 0% against the US average of 42%. Well below average. Sierra: 0 of 18 postings · all postings: 1,380 of 3,286 **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. Sierra: 18 of 18 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: 89% against the US average of 80%. Above average. Sierra: 16 of 18 postings · all postings: 2,554 of 3,183 **89%** of postings · US 80% Above average Remote allowed Postings that allow remote work Remote allowed: 0% against the US average of 30%. Well below average. Sierra: 0 of 18 postings · all postings: 696 of 2,331 **0%** of postings · US 30% Well below average Work for external customers Work done for people outside the company Work for external customers: 94% against the US average of 86%. Above average. Sierra: 17 of 18 postings · all postings: 2,808 of 3,276 **94%** of postings · US 86% Above average Include pre-sales work Evaluation or proposal work before a deal Include pre-sales work: 11% against the US average of 24%. Below average. Sierra: 2 of 18 postings · all postings: 783 of 3,273 **11%** of postings · US 24% Below average 0% 50% 100% Sierra’s postings mention travel far less often than the US average (0% vs 42%) and allow remote work far less often (0% vs 30%). 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 Sierra Median posted base **$285,000** · US senior FDE median **$190,000** From 17 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. ### [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CA · Austin, TX · +16 · $213,000 24 postings ### [Pace](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pace) New York, NY 5 postings ### [Wyetech](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wyetech) Ft. Meade, MD · Laurel, MD · Fort Meade, MD · 7 postings Other FDE employers in SF Bay Area and New York metro - [FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area) · 16 Sierra postings · 482 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in New York metro](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=nyc-metro) · 2 Sierra postings · 436 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [the FDE career-path guide →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths/forward-deployed-engineer) - [Started hiring forward deployed engineers Jun 16–19, 2026 →](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-06-19) - [Hiring FDEs like Sierra? Tell us the role →](https://nextmove.md/fde/employers?intent=hiring_discussion#hiring-form)