> 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 Striveworks Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks 12 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Striveworks across 7 US metros. Median posted base pay $208,000. 2 new in the last 30 days. Cloud-to-edge AIOps platform that helps defense and other high-stakes teams build, deploy, evaluate, and maintain AI models in contested, fast-changing environments. Growth (Series B–C) · About 51–200 people **12 postings, 2 new in the last 30 days** 7 metros median posted base $208,000 [Careers at Striveworks ↗](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed) read Nov 6, 2026 ## 12 open FDE roles at Striveworks ### [Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Team Lead (Active Secret Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/932fd0bec7a14bd1) Austin, TX Remote 4d ago $230,000–$280,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/932fd0bec7a14bd1) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer–Field Engagement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/01bd9fbbdf18cce5) Washington, DC · Seattle, WA Hybrid 12d ago $160,000–$200,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/01bd9fbbdf18cce5) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic Systems (Active Secret Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee6dd71d9378887b) Austin, TX Remote 4w ago $185,000–$230,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee6dd71d9378887b) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active TS/SCI Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9b5add863240574f) Fort Belvoir, VA · Falls Church, VA Hybrid 2mo ago $185,000–$230,000 ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a58e0daafcbeb6f3) Austin, TX · Tacoma, WA Hybrid 3mo ago $185,000–$230,000 11 of 12 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%2Fstriveworks&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Striveworks describes FDE work Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 100% against the US average of 42%. Well above average. Striveworks: 12 of 12 postings · all postings: 1,380 of 3,286 **100%** of postings · US 42% Well above average Senior or staff level Senior-level responsibility or above Senior or staff level: 92% against the US average of 94%. About average. Striveworks: 11 of 12 postings · all postings: 3,005 of 3,212 **92%** of postings · US 94% About average Require production code Postings that involve writing production code Require production code: 100% against the US average of 80%. Well above average. Striveworks: 12 of 12 postings · all postings: 2,554 of 3,183 **100%** of postings · US 80% Well above average Remote allowed Postings that allow remote work Remote allowed: 33% against the US average of 30%. About average. Striveworks: 4 of 12 postings · all postings: 696 of 2,331 **33%** of postings · US 30% About 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. Striveworks: 12 of 12 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: 8% against the US average of 24%. Well below average. Striveworks: 1 of 12 postings · all postings: 783 of 3,273 **8%** of postings · US 24% Well below average 0% 50% 100% Striveworks’ postings mention travel far more often than the US average (100% 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 Striveworks Median posted base **$208,000** · US senior FDE median **$190,000** From 12 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. ### [Venn](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/venn) Remote (US) · Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +1 · $300,000 5 postings ### [Glean](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/glean) Remote (US) · Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +1 · $215,000 5 postings ### [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) Chicago, IL · New York, NY · Boston, MA · +61 · $146,000 13 postings Other FDE employers in Austin, Washington, DC area and Seattle area - [FDE and deployment jobs in Austin](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=austin) · 6 Striveworks postings · 65 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv) · 3 Striveworks postings · 130 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Seattle area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=puget-sound) · 3 Striveworks postings · 77 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Hiring FDEs like Striveworks? 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