> 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 Los Angeles Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=staff®ion=greater-la 24 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Los Angeles, from 15 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $185,000 to $248,000. **24** postings · **15** companies · 22 state pay: median **$224,000**, half $185,000–$248,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Ingram Micro](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ingram-micro) Builds what the customer runs ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2fdc34e1d9832ea5) Irvine, CA New · Today $133,400–$226,800 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) Builds what the customer runs ### [Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8c6d98a56ed501dd) Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY · +7 more Hybrid 6w ago $158,900–$340,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Builds what the customer runs ### [AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d71e3d95228a376e) Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY · +40 more 7w ago $112,900–$302,400 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Software Engineer, Security Services and Observability, Amazon Web Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5703d11db556846) Irvine, CA · Herndon, VA · +1 more On-site 4w ago $168,100–$227,400 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Software Engineer, Active Clearance, Air Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/07fb96b46de82a44) Irvine, CA 12mo ago $220,000–$292,000 [Sony Pictures Entertainment](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sony-pictures-entertainment) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/686f939e336de340) Culver City, CA 4w ago $195,000–$270,000 [First Resonance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/first-resonance) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Leader](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/193374f55d11f147) Los Angeles, CA On-site 5w ago $180,000–$220,000 [Prologis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/prologis) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5974981b5313d0c) Denver, CO · Atlanta, GA · +8 more 6w ago $200,000–$285,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/54139ba3c218c1dc) Irvine, CA · East Palo Alto, CA · +4 more 8d ago $184,900–$287,700 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a60e7ba97aa7fff1) Los Angeles, CA · 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) Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY · +40 more 7w ago $62,800–$218,800 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Staff Software Engineer, Full-Stack (Arsenal 2)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/632a8d8de631dab5) Santa Ana, CA New · 2d ago $220,000–$290,000 [LettrLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lettrlabs) ### [Staff AI Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec19b292670c5264) Los Angeles, CA Remote 9d ago $200,000–$250,000 [CHAOS Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chaos-industries) ### [Production Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9f28faf3f87076e3) El Segundo, CA On-site 4w ago $120,000–$210,000 [Castelion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/castelion) ### [Senior Applied AI Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5dff8632f3ccf496) Torrance, CA 7w ago Pay not posted [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer, Manufacturing Software (ArsenalOS Deployment)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5aae3345672f0dab) Santa Ana, CA 3w ago $220,000–$290,000 [SCAN](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scan) ### [AI Staff Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5e27bd34408f446) Long Beach, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $106,200–$182,983 [Ingram Micro](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ingram-micro) ### [Senior Agentic AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f69d8e7f36f47d97) Irvine, CA 3mo ago $112,200–$190,700 [Match Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/match-group) ### [Principal, Legal AI Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df82766d1de19b1f) West Hollywood, CA Hybrid 4mo ago Pay not posted [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (ArsenalOS Deployment)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/523dce50ac5483f6) Santa Ana, CA 3w ago $191,000–$253,000 [True Anomaly](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/true-anomaly) ### [Senior Platform Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f03a35e95f49ad01) Long Beach, CA · Denver, CO Hybrid 4mo ago $190,000–$285,000 [Faraday Future](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/faraday-future) ### [Senior AI & Business Operations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/52f0d9a5d487411f) El Segundo, CA 6mo ago $130,000–$150,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) Leads the deployment team ### [Lead Mission Software Engineer, EW](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/29ffba50995e18dc) Costa Mesa, CA 4mo ago $220,000–$292,000 [True Anomaly](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/true-anomaly) ### [Staff Platform Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aa3d2770f20cf7fb) Long Beach, CA · Denver, CO Hybrid 4mo ago $225,000–$325,000 14 of 24 build for teams inside the company. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dsoftware-engineering%26level%3Dstaff%26region%3Dgreater-la&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in los angeles 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 Los Angeles pay? 22 of 24 postings state a pay range. The median is $224,000, and half of them sit between $185,000 and $248,000, from 13 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Los Angeles require? Of 24 postings, 21 state a minimum number of years, from 14 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 15 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (4) or 10 or more years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Los Angeles? These 24 postings come from 15 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (5), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (3), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (2), [Ingram Micro](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ingram-micro) (2) and [True Anomaly](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/true-anomaly) (2). Counted over the 24 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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