> 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 Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&management=ic&page=3 103 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience, from 84 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $153,000 to $210,000. **103** postings · **84** companies · 74 state pay: median **$175,000**, half $153,000–$210,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Pear-VC](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pear-vc) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Founding Deployment Strategist - Polynomic](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/845827d55892ae84) New York, NY On-site 8d ago $180,000–$250,000 [Tallwave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tallwave) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/42404271b04fb94a) US Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [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 [Persona](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/persona) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Product Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4826db2a1ad629f7) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2w ago $90,000–$100,000 [Auctor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/auctor) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a261fb2e096567b6) New York, NY On-site 6w ago $130,000–$230,000 [Campfire](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/campfire) Integrates and configures it ### [Accounting Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1dd74adc6abbd094) San Francisco, CA On-site 7w ago $130,000–$160,000 [Concourse](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/concourse) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [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) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3b39f64b68bac2bf) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [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 [Endeavor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/endeavor) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [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) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6833631848861e2f) New York, NY On-site 5mo ago $100,000–$160,000 [Pryzm](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pryzm) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf66bd8d122782a3) Washington, DC On-site 5mo ago $100,000–$140,000 [Sapien](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sapien) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [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) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4c6c26232e5adc8a) San Francisco, CA On-site 19mo ago $150,000–$180,000 [American Express](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/american-express) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer II - Forward Deployment Engineer - Enterprise AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ef18b4ef7495f629) Sunnyvale, CA · New York, NY 13d ago Pay not posted [Sinclair, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sinclair-inc) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/912da7f265658690) Hunt Valley, MD On-site 3w ago $140,000–$175,000 [JPMorganChase](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/jpmorganchase) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Prototyping & Transformation Senior Associate](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a994a1ec086f9a9b) Columbus, OH 2mo ago Pay not posted [CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Account Solutions Architect - Engaged](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/162ad9af1f087cf2) Austin, TX 2mo ago $182,000–$242,000 [Carnegie Mellon University](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/carnegie-mellon-university) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Solutions Architect - Computing Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dfaad0c5e51b1029) Pittsburgh, PA 6mo ago Pay not posted [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 [Commure](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/commure) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Operations Manager, Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/abb91756fc6adb7b) Mountain View, CA On-site 6mo ago $120,000–$160,000 [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/484d5a806f49b322) US Remote 7w ago $68,443–$92,398 [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 [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 pay? 74 of 103 postings state a pay range. The median is $175,000, and half of them sit between $153,000 and $210,000, from 59 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience require? Of 103 postings, 81 state a minimum number of years, from 69 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 52 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (21), 6 to 9 years (6) or 10 or more years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience? These 103 postings come from 84 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (4), [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) (3), [TikTok](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tiktok) (3), [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) (3) and [Adyen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/adyen) (2). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience remote? 15 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 25 are hybrid and 31 are on-site. The remaining 32 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 39 of the 103 postings. Counted over the 103 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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