> 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 and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&management=ic&page=19 789 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience, from 494 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $160,000 to $215,000. **789** postings · **494** companies · **558** with pay · median **$187,000** · middle half $160,000–$215,000 · read Nov 6, 2026 Updated Nov 7, 2026 [Relativity Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/relativity-space) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Software Engineer II](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9249f14c5a558fbd) Long Beach, CA 2mo ago $130,000–$196,000 [CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Account Solutions Architect - Engaged](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/162ad9af1f087cf2) Austin, TX 2mo ago $182,000–$242,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer (Starlink)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6ffd533a442c8b3) Hawthorne, CA 2mo ago $125,000–$175,000 [Viral Nation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/viral-nation) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Solutions Architect, AI Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/556e69203d9701bd) US · city not listed 2mo ago Pay not posted [Relativity Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/relativity-space) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1cb310272b380b76) Long Beach, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $154,000–$230,000 [xAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/xai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, Data Center - Memphis](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ce985c7381d0fa5f) Memphis, TN · Southaven, MS On-site 2mo 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 [Pagaya Investments](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pagaya-investments) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/18e45a53bb6a559f) New York, NY 2mo ago $165,000–$205,000 [Flow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1719553ce37c3445) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Torc Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/torc-robotics) Builds for teams inside the company ### [ML Engineer, II - Perception](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7472ea95db9f7d77) US Remote 3mo ago $153,200–$183,800 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Application Software Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f941615166988e2d) Redmond, WA On-site 3mo ago $125,000–$200,000 [Interface AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/interface-ai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Applied AI Engineer, Business Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/414ef0024c84432a) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $220,000–$260,000 [Eagle](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eagle) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/26753904ec10e85d) New York, NY On-site 3mo ago $150,000–$300,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Applied AI Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/894f3a5c14d4cbf9) San Francisco, CA 3mo ago $266,000–$405,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Application Software Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8be8358463053ef7) Cape Canaveral, FL On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [BETA Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/beta-technologies) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, Digital Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc9605f91b1d4784) South Burlington, VT 3mo ago $120,000–$155,000 [IPM Integrated Project Management Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ipm-integrated-project-management-company) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ee1997b079b4b42) Burr Ridge, IL Hybrid 3mo ago $80,000–$140,000 [Tower Research Capital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tower-research-capital) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d936225bcd2dbf95) New York, NY 3mo ago $130,000–$170,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Application Software Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c708ec676c547303) Vandenberg, CA On-site 3mo ago $125,000–$195,000 [Relativity Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/relativity-space) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer (Factory Platform)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8da7b85537e74832) Long Beach, CA On-site 3mo ago $154,000–$230,000 [The Job Sauce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/the-job-sauce) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Product Builder, Vault - Alt](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9f564709fd6ff51b) US Remote 3mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Perplexity](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/perplexity) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise AI Products)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a107ab6384fd73e5) San Francisco, CA 4mo ago $220,000–$405,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Application Software Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8c8172008f3f4518) Starbase, TX On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Crunchyroll](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crunchyroll) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Solutions Engineer, AI Enablement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/21447ebbb33b8d20) Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 4mo ago $183,400–$229,200 [ClickUp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clickup) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer, Internally Deployed Products](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/721341193bc2cc80) US Remote 4mo ago $160,000–$210,000 [Simpson Thacher & Bartlett](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/simpson-thacher-bartlett) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/872d73bbc699ee75) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $180,000–$210,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Application Software Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e1aaf6465f77494f) Bastrop, TX On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Retell AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/retell-ai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Founders Initiatives, Technical Ex-Founders](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1fef50e3f27a227b) Redwood City, CA On-site 5mo ago $180,000–$300,000 [Equinix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/equinix) Builds for teams inside the company ### [GTM Engineer: Customer Experience & Lifecycle](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7335306ba6f00dfe) Dallas, TX · Redwood City, CA · +3 more 5mo ago $136,000–$245,000 [Qventus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qventus) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Tooling Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8c74c174d0281e3d) US Remote 5mo ago $120,000–$150,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/52b5e77d0edc1884) Vandenberg, CA On-site 3mo ago $100,000–$160,000 [Toast](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/toast) Builds for teams inside the company ### [GTM Engineer - Sales Workflow Automation, Revenue Intelligence](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/36ff901415d4e411) US Remote 5mo ago $94,000–$192,000 [Equinix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/equinix) Builds for teams inside the company ### [GTM Engineer: Pipeline and Revenue Generation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5030fdade8f5d9ce) Dallas, TX · Redwood City, CA · +3 more 5mo ago $131,000–$245,000 [Vanta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vanta) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr. AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cb56ec463d0ed5cd) US Remote 5mo ago $195,000–$229,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/438d84d3bcc1166b) Cape Canaveral, FL On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Level](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/level) Builds for teams inside the company ### [ Senior Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe7dfce6c4433d1e) Austin, TX On-site 5mo ago Pay not posted [Socure](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/socure) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6860e3f0a063fa2b) US Remote 5mo ago $220,000–$290,000 [T-Mobile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/t-mobile) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr Engineer, Enterprise AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8a27d4c2b1b4ceb1) Bellevue, WA · Frisco, TX 5mo ago $133,100–$240,100 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fcbbc701723d7380) Mcgregor, TX On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Bluevine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bluevine) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/451b429017139716) Jersey City, NJ Hybrid 5mo ago $153,200–$187,700 500 of these 789 jobs build what the customer runs. - 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[Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience pay? 558 of 789 postings state a pay range. The median is $187,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $215,000, from 341 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience require? Of 789 postings, 604 state a minimum number of years, from 421 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 377 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (107), 6 to 9 years (103) or 10 or more years (17). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience? These 789 postings come from 494 companies. The employers with the most postings are [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) (20), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (18), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (17), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (16) and [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) (12). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience remote? 173 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 188 are hybrid and 196 are on-site. The remaining 232 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 296 of the 789 postings. Counted over the 789 postings in this search. Employer postings · The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. 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