> 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 software engineering experience with configuration work Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&coding=configuration&role=builds-for-customers 20 forward deployed engineer jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience with configuration work, from 19 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $188,000 to $210,000. **20** postings · **19** companies · 13 state pay: median **$195,000**, half $188,000–$210,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 24, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Syntiant](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/syntiant) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e0bcf35f10ba6dd1) Redwood City, CA New · 2d ago $195,000–$225,000 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ffbd3b08d110bff9) Arlington, VA 9d ago $77,600–$176,000 [Uare.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/uare-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (U.S. Government / IL5)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b4730e997dcec701) San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CA On-site 2w ago $130,000–$170,000 [Forgepoint](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/forgepoint) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ebb6432e308a038a) New York, NY On-site 3w ago $175,000–$215,000 [Ditto](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ditto) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Platform ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c7c329b94a1f3f61) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3w ago $188,000–$240,000 [Silkline](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/silkline) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0b66251f9fb73a9b) Seattle, WA · Chicago, IL 6w ago $150,000–$225,000 [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) ### [Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/024ec55baa0bac4d) Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TX On-site 6w ago $170,000–$220,000 [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 [Skiffra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/skiffra) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e3fd47c183cc8879) Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $215,000–$250,000 [YOOBIC](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/yoobic) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - New York](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e8252e9d426c0243) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $250,000 [NODA AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/noda-ai) ### [Forward-Deployed Solution Engineer - International](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e5fdf8cde7a8eb3a) Austin, TX On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [Pear-VC](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pear-vc) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Solutions) - Atrix](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/16e92c2468a37b1b) New York, NY Hybrid 11mo ago Pay not posted [Modal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/modal) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c0acbfff78099976) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA On-site 13mo ago $180,000–$240,000 [Bretton AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bretton-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c0beadc15df3ef3d) San Francisco, CA 21mo ago Pay not posted [Focused](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/focused) ### [Senior Site Reliability Engineer, AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee79a029387546d9) Denver, CO Hybrid New · 2d ago $160,000–$195,000 [Forgepoint](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/forgepoint) ### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d7fcbb2574928afa) New York, NY On-site New · 2d ago $175,000–$215,000 [Aliz](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aliz) ### [Rabbit - Customer Engineer, BigQuery](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dbdc7ec293832e13) US Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [One Brief](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/one-brief) ### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6efeaeb846385ccd) US Remote 13d ago $180,000–$220,000 [Field AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/field-ai) ### [Robotics Autonomy Engineer (Federal)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/565e7d29aadd3966) Irvine, CA On-site 5mo ago Pay not posted [Atolio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/atolio) ### [Senior Deployment Engineer -USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ae605d9d682d89e) US Remote 14mo ago Pay not posted All 20 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dsoftware-engineering%26coding%3Dconfiguration%26role%3Dbuilds-for-customers&placement=alert) New fde jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience with configuration work 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 software engineering experience with configuration work pay? 13 of 20 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $188,000 and $210,000, from 12 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience with configuration work require? Of 20 postings, 19 state a minimum number of years, from 18 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 14 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (3) or 6 to 9 years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience with configuration work? These 20 postings come from 19 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Forgepoint](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/forgepoint) (2), [Aliz](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aliz) (1), [Atolio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/atolio) (1), [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) (1) and [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) (1). ### Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience with configuration work remote? 3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 5 are hybrid and 8 are on-site. The remaining 4 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 13 of the 20 postings. Counted over the 20 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. Postings that state no experience requirement, or ask for experience outside the five we list, are left out. 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