> 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 that build what the customer runs asking for consulting experience Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&role=builds-for-customers&page=3 90 forward deployed engineer jobs that build what the customer runs asking for consulting experience, from 62 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $163,000 to $224,000. **90** postings · **62** companies · 68 state pay: median **$184,000**, half $163,000–$224,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Architect, Cyber](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b06e9ce264f77358) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4mo ago $295,000–$345,000 [Nexxa.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nexxa-ai) ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43259435117e1837) Sunnyvale, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Palantir AI and Data Science Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1e9c05699af49ee9) Rosslyn, VA 2mo ago $107,700–$179,500 [Appian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/appian) ### [Principal Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/764c7313fac282e8) Mclean, VA On-site 3mo ago $100,000–$225,000 [Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai) ### [AI Field Engineer - Strategic Partnerships](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/586637615ffab02a) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 4mo ago $200,000–$260,000 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Agent Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2e3f4229557ee1e) New York, NY On-site 5mo ago $175,000–$230,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Palantir AI and Data Science Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97c77738f88c05c8) Huntsville, AL 2mo ago Pay not posted [Appian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/appian) ### [Principal Consultant (Public Sector)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8c1b5eb92e40777d) Mclean, VA On-site 6mo ago $100,000–$225,000 [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/94e4c37ab2250de2) San Francisco, CA On-site 12mo ago $180,000–$225,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Palantir AI and Data Science Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f47692deaec94223) Huntsville, AL 2mo ago Pay not posted All 90 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for consulting experience pay? 68 of 90 postings state a pay range. The median is $184,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $224,000, from 45 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for consulting experience require? Of 90 postings, 80 state a minimum number of years, from 56 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 46 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (26), under 3 years (4) or 10 or more years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for consulting experience? These 90 postings come from 62 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (6), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (5), [AvePoint](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avepoint) (4), [Appian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/appian) (3) and [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) (3). ### Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for consulting experience remote? 22 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 25 are hybrid and 17 are on-site. The remaining 26 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 56 of the 90 postings. Counted over the 90 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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