> 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 on-site Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&role=builds-for-customers&work=onsite 17 forward deployed engineer jobs that build what the customer runs asking for consulting experience on-site, from 16 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $163,000 to $203,000. **17** postings · **16** companies · 11 state pay: median **$170,000**, half $163,000–$203,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Dryft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dryft) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/731b4e96e4cfa35f) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago Pay not posted [First Resonance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/first-resonance) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Integrations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1dda61a93727c155) Los Angeles, CA On-site 5w ago $150,000–$190,000 [Petra Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/petra-security) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac67d87a1e5c0c2c) San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo ago Pay not posted [Standard Template Labs (STLabs)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/standard-template-labs-stlabs) ### [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) ### [Forward-Deployed Security Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97911d9a42244ce4) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Halluminate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/halluminate) ### [Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eb88eb3f3b97061e) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $215,000–$275,000 [Planhat](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/planhat) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer | Americas](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/760df506cf3445ee) Pacific Palisades, CA On-site 4mo ago $170,000–$250,000 · OTE [Neuroscale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/neuroscale-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/96062865293dcd19) Reston, VA On-site 5mo ago $125,000–$180,000 [One Brief](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/one-brief) ### [Customer Success Engineer, AtomEngine](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e334cb38d3da0467) Fort Belvoir, VA On-site 7d ago $135,000–$180,000 [Axon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axon) ### [AfroTech 2026 Mission Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/88f39f2b8e9bbcfe) Tampa, FL · Miami, FL · +18 more On-site 5w ago Pay not posted [Hitachi Energy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hitachi-energy) ### [Federal Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9798b9bebc97700) Washington, DC On-site 1mo ago $160,000–$205,000 [Axon Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axon-enterprise) ### [Mission Engineer II - Memphis](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c117dd7c43157fd4) Memphis, TN On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 All 17 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dconsulting%26role%3Dbuilds-for-customers%26work%3Donsite&placement=alert) New fde jobs that build what the customer runs asking for consulting experience on-site 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 jobs that build what the customer runs asking for consulting experience on-site pay? 11 of 17 postings state a pay range. The median is $170,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $203,000, from 10 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for consulting experience on-site require? Of 17 postings, 16 state a minimum number of years, from 15 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 9 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (4) or under 3 years (3). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for consulting experience on-site? These 17 postings come from 16 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Appian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/appian) (2), [Axon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axon) (1), [Axon Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axon-enterprise) (1), [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) (1) and [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) (1). ### Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for consulting experience on-site remote? 0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 17 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 10 of the 17 postings. Counted over the 17 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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