> 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 jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=staff&role=builds-for-customers 136 staff-level forward deployed engineer jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience, from 89 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $205,000 to $259,000. **136** postings · **89** companies · 113 state pay: median **$226,000**, half $205,000–$259,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Ingram Micro](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ingram-micro) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2fdc34e1d9832ea5) Irvine, CA New · Today $133,400–$226,800 [Red Cell Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-cell-partners) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/531129e17d951cad) Seattle, WA · Mclean, VA Remote New · 2d ago $180,000–$240,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/146d6ad38b32164b) Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 more New · 3d ago $168,100–$227,400 [SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c02a7615ae059b6d) US Remote New · 3d ago Pay not posted [Analog Devices](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/analog-devices) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55ab1cb03c40426b) San Jose, CA · Boston, MA 7d ago $197,800–$271,975 [Gradial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gradial) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0c5715c904689d35) Seattle, WA 8d ago $155,000–$225,000 [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0fe67c4c90ee64d6) Menlo Park, CA 8d ago $200,000–$287,500 [6sense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/6sense) ### [Staff Data Scientist, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/858a50fe32ba1077) San Francisco, CA Remote 9d ago $194,736.75–$265,613.9 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6bb0ae9f5fef1b81) Denver, CO · Jessup, MD · +3 more 10d ago $168,100–$227,400 [Palo Alto Networks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palo-alto-networks) ### [Distinguished Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3e0f76a5b93bf30e) Charlotte, NC Remote 13d ago $248,700–$341,250 [UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ukg-ultimate-kronos-group) ### [Sr Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5c9c55dd0c886058) Seattle, WA 13d ago $145,600–$240,695 [Supermove](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/supermove) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d35e07e253edcc9a) US Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f5bf574259f324a9) Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 more 10d ago $168,100–$250,200 [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b56b79b36aa36a5) Menlo Park, CA · Seattle, WA · +2 more 2w ago $183,997–$257,000 [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) ### [Senior Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b237f99c5265790) Menlo Park, CA Hybrid 2w ago $304,000–$437,000 [PagerDuty](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pagerduty) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (SDEV)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15b28a239b800a08) New York, NY Remote 3w ago $191,000–$289,300 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7ff23fbf052dee22) Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$250,200 [Extreme Networks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/extreme-networks) ### [Lead Senior Principal Forward Deployed Engineer (10566)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e9f2233e5d663d09) Seattle, WA Hybrid 3w ago Pay not posted [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer I, Frontier Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df82a2a7144b8407) Menlo Park, CA Hybrid 3w ago $264,000–$379,500 [PagerDuty](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pagerduty) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (SDEV)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3ae51c535b88f698) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3w ago $191,000–$289,300 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Sr Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/05bf5078ed5d3f1b) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Aerovy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aerovy) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ed9b7623426bad3) Seattle, WA Hybrid 3w ago $150,000–$200,000 [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) ### [Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19479baf50cbb536) US Remote 4w ago $152,152–$205,405 [Extreme Networks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/extreme-networks) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer (10567)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/29cf05040976386c) Seattle, WA Hybrid 4w ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/01117a360ce4eb64) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Lovable](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lovable) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/28e30f0bcb12a23f) New York, NY On-site 4w ago $199,000–$325,000 [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Manager - Financial Services - Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6356c5612e0166c9) Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 more Hybrid 4w ago $125,500–$261,600 [OpenLoop Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openloop-health) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43810c230434bf4d) Des Moines, IA · US remote Remote 4w ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1132657e1724cf67) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Docker, Inc](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/docker-inc) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b6d3e67e51b2bef4) San Francisco, CA Remote 4w ago $198,000–$319,000/mo [CrossCountry Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crosscountry-consulting) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer & Agentic Workflow Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97bb62bb48a619ce) US · city not listed Hybrid 5w ago $150,000–$285,000 [AHEAD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ahead) ### [Principal Technical Consultant – Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a195c1904c87ad48) US Remote 5w ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b9357990c31169e) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Standard Bots](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/standard-bots) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/63104783ef6d97b3) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 6w ago $215,000–$275,000 [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 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) ### [Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8c6d98a56ed501dd) New York, NY · Frisco, TX · +7 more Hybrid 6w ago $158,900–$340,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23de35c0893990fc) Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 more 2w ago $168,100–$250,200 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Partner Forward Deployed Engineer V, GenAI, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f3df4a9c8b00d69d) New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CA 6w ago $262,000–$364,000 [Veeam Software](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/veeam-software) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b90677b8c9d0226) San Jose, CA Hybrid 6w ago $158,520–$294,360 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) ### [Staff Software Engineer / Architect - AI, CoCounsel FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d70716e0efd8a9ba) Frisco, TX · Ann Arbor, MI · +1 more Hybrid 6w ago $137,100–$254,700 All 136 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%26role%3Dbuilds-for-customers&placement=alert) New staff-level fde jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience 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 jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience pay? 113 of 136 postings state a pay range. The median is $226,000, and half of them sit between $205,000 and $259,000, from 70 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience require? Of 136 postings, 122 state a minimum number of years, from 82 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 60 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (35) or 10 or more years (27). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience? These 136 postings come from 89 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (17), [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) (6), [Robots & Pencils](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/robots-pencils) (5), [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) (4) and [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) (4). ### Are staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience remote? 32 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 38 are hybrid and 16 are on-site. The remaining 50 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 66 of the 136 postings. Counted over the 136 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · 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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