> 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 plan what the customer deploys first asking for consulting experience Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&role=strategist&page=3 103 forward deployed engineer jobs that plan what the customer deploys first asking for consulting experience, from 81 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $165,000 to $215,000. **103** postings · **81** companies · 65 state pay: median **$195,000**, half $165,000–$215,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) ### [Staff Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/315e13504a747835) US Remote 2mo ago $141,781–$191,404 [Didero](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/didero) ### [AI Deployment Strategist (NYC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b4e60c5ebf7ad95) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $160,000–$250,000 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Deployment Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/105d5ad33f153b39) Austin, TX · Menlo Park, CA · +1 more Hybrid 2mo ago $180,000–$235,000 [Transformworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/transformworks) ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7aead1061220e04a) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $150,000–$300,000 [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 [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) ### [Staff Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e035988bf608b960) US Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Freehand](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/freehand) ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/90963fefc9f8ed32) San Francisco, CA 3mo ago $130,000–$180,000 [Auger](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/auger) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/313b568f8c37f29a) Dallas, TX On-site 3mo ago $180,000–$220,000 [Intapp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/intapp) ### [AI Firm Deployed Engineer, Legal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac6cf31e02882bff) New York, NY 3mo ago Pay not posted [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) ### [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) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f8f52f3f7c8a63bd) Chicago, IL On-site 3mo ago $125,000–$225,000 [Usul](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/usul) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc9099f16c8dfd11) San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC On-site 3mo ago $140,000–$200,000 [BackOps.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/backops-ai) ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/93166d78a3657405) San Francisco, CA 3mo ago Pay not posted [Hippocratic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hippocratic-ai) ### [Deployment Strategist (Life Sciences)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/99a220aa78f1dd26) Menlo Park, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [Ciridae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ciridae) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ae950227da4dd580) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [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 [Pryzm](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pryzm) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf66bd8d122782a3) Washington, DC On-site 5mo ago $100,000–$140,000 [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 [Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/artificial-intelligence-underwriting-company-aiuc) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/905f2a10e440ea13) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $150,000–$275,000 [Nevis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nevis) ### [Deployment Strategist, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e9d84c5ad8b52253) New York, NY On-site 8mo ago Pay not posted [Flume Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flume-health) ### [Deployment Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f4471be247f97eff) New York, NY Remote 8mo ago $120,000–$130,000 [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 All 103 plan what the customer deploys first. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first asking for consulting experience pay? 65 of 103 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $215,000, from 55 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first asking for consulting experience require? Of 103 postings, 91 state a minimum number of years, from 70 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 54 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (18), 6 to 9 years (12) or 10 or more years (7). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first asking for consulting experience? These 103 postings come from 81 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Hippocratic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hippocratic-ai) (5), [Didero](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/didero) (4), [Exiger](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exiger) (3), [TikTok](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tiktok) (3) and [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) (2). ### Are FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first asking for consulting experience remote? 25 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 28 are hybrid and 33 are on-site. The remaining 17 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 55 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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