> 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. # Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Austin Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=staff®ion=austin 17 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Austin, from 14 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $182,000 to $219,000. **17** postings · **14** companies · 11 state pay: median **$198,000**, half $182,000–$219,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 10, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) ### [Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/024ec55baa0bac4d) Austin, TX · Pleasanton, CA On-site 6w ago $170,000–$220,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d71e3d95228a376e) Austin, TX · New York, NY · +40 more 7w ago $112,900–$302,400 [Pelico](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pelico) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dfb96c4234bfc85b) Austin, TX · Miami, FL · +1 more Hybrid 2mo ago Pay not posted [Cisco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cisco) ### [Staff Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f665de6bff21392) Austin, TX · Reston, VA · +6 more Remote New · 6d ago $246,800–$394,300 [Zebra Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zebra-technologies) ### [Advanced AI Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/962ba2e671b8c3ed) Austin, TX Hybrid 4w ago $138,800–$208,200 [Samsara](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/samsara) ### [Solutions Integration Engineer IV](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/81d21a9b115bb353) Austin, TX · Chicago, IL · +3 more Remote 3mo ago $105,910–$160,200 [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) ### [BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d4252868cd1a506) Austin, TX · Atlanta, GA · +16 more 5mo ago $190,000 [GlobalFoundries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/globalfoundries) Leads the deployment team ### [Director — FDE Office (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/625c021509d75450) Austin, TX · Richardson, TX 3w ago $191,000–$332,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a60e7ba97aa7fff1) Austin, TX · Arlington, VA · +39 more 6w ago $80,400–$316,300 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Architect - FDE Associate Director](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d150bad0c0de3100) Austin, TX · New York, NY · +40 more 7w ago $62,800–$218,800 [Gyde](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gyde) Leads the deployment team ### [Head of AI Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba7b23671ec1f28a) Austin, TX · New York, NY New · 3d ago $215,000–$245,000 [webAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/webai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Platform Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c446f9aec340c4a) Austin, TX 2w ago Pay not posted [General Motors](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/general-motors) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Principal Engineer, AI Acceleration](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/57176efe95bc6ba7) Austin, TX · Warren, MI Remote 3w ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Development Engineer, Frontier AI Tools](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/595786cb37da4bed) Austin, TX · Seattle, WA · +1 more 5w ago $168,100–$227,400 [Navan](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/navan) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior GTM Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a1539166273430e) Austin, TX 7w ago Pay not posted [Cirrus Logic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cirrus-logic) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ab84d1b7ca93f0ac) Austin, TX Hybrid 2mo ago Pay not posted [webAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/webai) Leads the deployment team ### [Director of Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80efef3cae855049) Austin, TX Hybrid 5mo ago Pay not posted 7 of 17 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dsoftware-engineering%26level%3Dstaff%26region%3Daustin&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in austin 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 staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Austin pay? 11 of 17 postings state a pay range. The median is $198,000, and half of them sit between $182,000 and $219,000, from 9 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Austin require? Of 17 postings, 16 state a minimum number of years, from 13 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 10 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (3) or 10 or more years (3). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Austin? These 17 postings come from 14 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (3), [webAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/webai) (2), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (1), [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) (1) and [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) (1). 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 · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. 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