> 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 STR Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/str 10 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at STR across 9 US metros. Median posted base pay $208,000. 6 new in the last 30 days. Employee-owned national-security R&D firm building AI, cyber, sensing, and systems technology for U.S. defense and intelligence customers. Bootstrapped · About 201–1,000 people **10 postings, 6 new in the last 30 days** 9 metros median posted base $208,000 [Careers at STR ↗](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed) read Nov 6, 2026 ## 10 open FDE roles at STR ### [Principal Mission Engineer - Full Stack (Secret Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/36c74c6c3896751b) Arlington, VA · Boston, MA · +5 more +3 Hybrid Yesterday $240,000–$290,000 ### [Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack (Secret Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/327ed3709e5c23cc) US Remote 3d ago $175,000–$240,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/327ed3709e5c23cc) ### [Lead Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/56679558d2e6536f) Woburn, MA · Arlington, VA 2w ago $180,000–$230,000 ### [Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/473a8eb7a795e70f) Denver, CO · San Diego, CA · +2 more +2 6w ago $175,000–$240,000 All 10 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%2Fstr&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How STR describes FDE work Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 80% against the US average of 42%. Well above average. STR: 8 of 10 postings · all postings: 1,380 of 3,286 **80%** 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. STR: 10 of 10 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. STR: 10 of 10 postings · all postings: 2,554 of 3,183 **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. STR: 10 of 10 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: 20% against the US average of 24%. About average. STR: 2 of 10 postings · all postings: 783 of 3,273 **20%** of postings · US 24% About average 0% 50% 100% STR’s postings mention travel far more often than the US average (80% vs 42%) and describe production code more often (100% vs 80%). 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 STR Median posted base **$208,000** · US senior FDE median **$190,000** From 10 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. ### [Glean](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/glean) Remote (US) · Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +1 · $215,000 5 postings ### [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Atlanta, GA · Columbus, OH · Dallas, TX · +45 · $170,000 44 postings ### [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) Austin, TX · Tacoma, WA · Falls Church, VA · +4 · $208,000 12 postings Other FDE employers in Washington, DC area, Boston area and San Diego - [FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv) · 5 STR postings · 130 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Boston area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=greater-boston) · 5 STR postings · 82 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in San Diego](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=san-diego) · 4 STR postings · 19 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Hiring FDEs like STR? 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