> 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 for individual contributors asking for consulting experience at growth-stage companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&companyStage=growth&management=ic 19 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience at growth-stage companies, from 13 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $164,000 to $205,000. **19** postings · **13** companies · 15 state pay: median **$175,000**, half $164,000–$205,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) Builds what the customer runs ### [AI deployment engineer (East)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eabde487202a4488) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 more Hybrid New · 2d ago $146,000–$204,000 [Guru](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/guru) Builds what the customer runs ### [Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fed1598802d35f69) Philadelphia, PA · US remote Remote New · 3d ago $132,000–$193,000 [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) Builds what the customer runs ### [AI deployment engineer (West)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba1a9664d6547bbb) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 more Hybrid New · 2d ago $146,000–$204,000 [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) Builds what the customer runs ### [AI deployment engineer (Central)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f106a3ca48ce33ec) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 more Hybrid New · 2d ago $132,000–$184,000 [Doss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doss) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d3d88f6a394e10a0) US Remote New · Today $120,000–$210,000 [Gradial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gradial) ### [Forward Deployed Product Analyst](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a374eba29c9e4ad9) Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +1 more 13d ago $120,000–$135,000 [Nitra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nitra) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b41bda2f25147188) Washington, DC Hybrid 4mo ago Pay not posted [FERMÀT](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ferm-t) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71295e354cc993d7) San Francisco, CA 8mo ago From $200,000 [Doss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doss) ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23ac7c632f5cc670) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $120,000–$210,000 [Nitra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nitra) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5359f251ba3144fd) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago Pay not posted [Bilt Rewards](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bilt-rewards) ### [Solutions Engineer - Dallas](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0bd19fe32c8eb08d) Dallas, TX 2mo ago $180,000–$280,000 [Acceldata](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/acceldata) ### [Senior Solutions Consultant - ADOC (Acceldata Data Observability Cloud)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a9202b7a614f2c0d) CA On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) ### [Senior AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6616645944655d3e) Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5mo ago $120,000–$210,000 [Serval](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/serval) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e026ec3d5884a44d) San Francisco, CA On-site 9mo ago $150,000–$280,000 [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) ### [AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d525aaf211dfd27) Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA · +1 more Hybrid 13mo ago $120,000–$190,000 [Lightfield](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lightfield) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/99e691095b205253) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2w ago $170,000–$250,000 [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Founding Deployment Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b2e16f199cb02c1) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA Hybrid 3mo ago $185,000–$260,000 [Taktile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/taktile) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr. Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a14b0e74ab61af1) New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $160,000–$200,000 [TRM Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/trm-labs) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Deployment Strategist, Public Sector (Regulators)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9b7ccbd7c96f1024) US Remote 6mo ago Pay not posted 8 of 19 integrate and configure the product. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dconsulting%26companyStage%3Dgrowth%26management%3Dic&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience at growth-stage companies go out by email once you have an account and set an alert. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience at growth-stage companies pay? 15 of 19 postings state a pay range. The median is $175,000, and half of them sit between $164,000 and $205,000, from 10 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience at growth-stage companies require? Of 19 postings, 13 state a minimum number of years, from 10 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 11 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (1) or 6 to 9 years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience at growth-stage companies? These 19 postings come from 13 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) (3), [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) (3), [Doss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doss) (2), [Nitra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nitra) (2) and [Acceldata](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/acceldata) (1). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience at growth-stage companies remote? 3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 10 are hybrid and 3 are on-site. The remaining 3 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 4 of the 19 postings. Counted over the 19 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. 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