> 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 and deployment jobs asking for consulting experience at early-stage companies with ongoing operations

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28 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs asking for consulting experience at early-stage companies with ongoing operations, from 26 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $151,000 to $180,000.

**28** postings · **26** companies · 15 state pay: median **$165,000**, half $151,000–$180,000

Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026

[Dryft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dryft) Builds what the customer runs

### [Forward Deployed Engineer - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/731b4e96e4cfa35f)

San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago

Pay not posted

[Standard Template Labs (STLabs)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/standard-template-labs-stlabs) Builds what the customer runs

### [Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aa3e9bae77b0a301)

New York, NY On-site 1mo ago

$140,000–$200,000

[Strix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/strix) Builds what the customer runs

### [Forward-Deployed Security Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97911d9a42244ce4)

New York, NY On-site 2mo ago

Pay not posted

[Neuroscale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/neuroscale-ai) Builds what the customer runs

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/96062865293dcd19)

Reston, VA On-site 5mo ago

$125,000–$180,000

[Growth Protocol](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/growth-protocol) Builds what the customer runs

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/414b8dec06b2f641)

New York, NY Remote 6mo ago

$150,000–$180,000

[DatologyAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/datologyai) Builds what the customer runs

### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Post-Sales)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4564fd55dfb82f47)

San Mateo, CA Hybrid 6mo ago

$230,000–$300,000

[Sema4.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sema4-ai) Builds what the customer runs

### [Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7f80586ba2ff833)

Atlanta, GA Hybrid 10mo ago

Pay not posted

[Summation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/summation) Builds what the customer runs

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/08d1243bbe691639)

Bellevue, WA Hybrid 11mo ago

$170,000–$200,000

[Nexxa.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nexxa-ai) Builds what the customer runs

### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43259435117e1837)

Sunnyvale, CA On-site 4mo ago

Pay not posted

[Chestnut](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chestnut)

### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5797c3dfb19fc5f5)

US Remote 6mo ago

Pay not posted

[DevRev](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/devrev) Integrates and configures it

### [Forward Deployed Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d78b7fd13b932d7)

Austin, TX 18mo ago

Pay not posted

[Nilus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nilus)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (NYC or Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3ceb3b9c9ce49752)

New York, NY Remote 13d ago

Pay not posted

[Artisan](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/artisan)

### [Forward Deployed GTM Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c7c695bb3843447)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 3mo ago

$130,000–$180,000

[Starbridge](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/starbridge) Integrates and configures it

### [Forward Deployed GTME](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5c0049867a00820e)

New York, NY On-site 4mo ago

$125,000–$175,000

[Harper](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/harper) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Forward Deployed Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80b7ff167e547412)

San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago

$125,000–$175,000

[Poetic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/poetic)

### [Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f67c764ba3b6a1f9)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 9mo ago

$160,000–$275,000

[Concourse](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/concourse) Keeps customers running after launch

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f5a1d39021975960)

New York, NY On-site 11mo ago

Pay not posted

[August](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/august) Integrates and configures it

### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4add4f39f8f0faf7)

New York, NY On-site 3w ago

$100,000–$160,000

[Farsight](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/farsight) Integrates and configures it

### [Professional Services Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/36cd5213735b1aea)

New York, NY Hybrid 4w ago

$170,000–$200,000

[Clarasight](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clarasight) Integrates and configures it

### [Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ccf6e86e040c2929)

US Remote 6mo ago

Pay not posted

[Fundamental Research Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fundamental-research-labs)

### [AI Deployment Strategist - Houston ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1fb082404755c964)

Houston, TX On-site 7w ago

Pay not posted

[Concourse](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/concourse)

### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a318e02bbfe8cce)

New York, NY On-site 2mo ago

Pay not posted

[Fulcrum](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fulcrum)

### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3b39f64b68bac2bf)

San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

Pay not posted

[Endeavor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/endeavor)

### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f8f52f3f7c8a63bd)

Chicago, IL On-site 3mo ago

$125,000–$225,000

[August](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/august)

### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6833631848861e2f)

New York, NY On-site 5mo ago

$100,000–$160,000

[Hanover Park](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hanover-park)

### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e53137197166408)

New York, NY On-site 6mo ago

Pay not posted

[Sapien](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sapien)

### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a6c47957f1d535d0)

New York, NY On-site 13mo ago

$125,000–$200,000

[Vooma](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vooma)

### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4c6c26232e5adc8a)

San Francisco, CA On-site 19mo ago

$150,000–$180,000

12 of 28 plan what the customer deploys first.

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## Frequently asked questions

### What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for consulting experience at early-stage companies with ongoing operations pay?

15 of 28 postings state a pay range. The median is $165,000, and half of them sit between $151,000 and $180,000, from 14 companies.

### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for consulting experience at early-stage companies with ongoing operations require?

Of 28 postings, 25 state a minimum number of years, from 23 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 15 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (10).

### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for consulting experience at early-stage companies with ongoing operations?

These 28 postings come from 26 companies. The employers with the most postings are [August](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/august) (2), [Concourse](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/concourse) (2), [Artisan](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/artisan) (1), [Chestnut](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chestnut) (1) and [Clarasight](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clarasight) (1).

### Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for consulting experience at early-stage companies with ongoing operations remote?

4 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 4 are hybrid and 19 are on-site. The remaining 1 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 13 of the 28 postings.

Counted over the 28 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.

Employer postings · The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. Postings that state no experience requirement, or ask for experience outside the five we list, are left out. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)

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