> 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 Sitreps Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps 7 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Sitreps across 6 US metros. Median posted base pay $175,000. 4 new in the last 30 days. Veteran career platform combining recruiting, AI transition guidance, pay data, job discovery, and community for military-to-civilian career moves. Bootstrapped · About 1–50 people **7 postings, 4 new in the last 30 days** 6 metros median posted base $175,000 [Careers at Sitreps ↗](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed) read Nov 6, 2026 ## 7 open FDE roles at Sitreps Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15c784651bcda714) US Remote 2w ago $110,000–$180,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15c784651bcda714) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6c5d5100c300639f) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $167,000–$203,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6c5d5100c300639f) ### [Forward Deployed Mission Engagement Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/05dd92dbb4a39b34) Minneapolis, MN 2w ago $165,000–$185,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/05dd92dbb4a39b34) ### [Forward Deployed Mission Strategist, Unmanned Maritime Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6b9f5c3cb82edd57) Norfolk, VA On-site 2w ago $165,000–$185,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6b9f5c3cb82edd57) ### [Forward Deployed Mission Strategist, Navy](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/31c0835d25642c66) San Diego, CA On-site 2w ago $165,000–$185,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/31c0835d25642c66) 4 of 7 postings plan what the customer deploys first. 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%2Fsitreps&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Sitreps describes FDE work Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 86% against the US average of 42%. Well above average. Sitreps: 6 of 7 postings · all postings: 1,380 of 3,286 **86%** 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. Sitreps: 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: 29% against the US average of 80%. Well below average. Sitreps: 2 of 7 postings · all postings: 2,554 of 3,183 **29%** of postings · US 80% Well below average Remote allowed Postings that allow remote work Remote allowed: 17% against the US average of 30%. Below average. Sitreps: 1 of 6 postings · all postings: 696 of 2,331 **17%** of postings · US 30% Below 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. Sitreps: 7 of 7 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: 57% against the US average of 24%. Well above average. Sitreps: 4 of 7 postings · all postings: 783 of 3,273 **57%** of postings · US 24% Well above average 0% 50% 100% Sitreps’ postings describe production code far less often than the US average (29% vs 80%) and mention travel far more often (86% 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 Sitreps Median posted base **$175,000** · US senior FDE median **$190,000** From 7 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. ### [Rivet Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rivet-industries) Washington, DC · San Jose, CA $170,000 7 postings ### [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +2 · $300,000 9 postings ### [EliseAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eliseai) New York, NY $180,000 6 postings Other FDE employers in Washington, DC area, SF Bay Area and Los Angeles - [FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv) · 3 Sitreps postings · 130 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area) · 2 Sitreps postings · 482 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Los Angeles](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=greater-la) · 1 Sitreps posting · 72 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Hiring FDEs like Sitreps? 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