> 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=8 803 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience, from 499 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $158,000 to $216,000. **803** postings · **499** companies · 570 state pay: median **$187,000**, half $158,000–$216,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Chiri](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chiri) ### [Applied AI Engineer – Document Intelligence](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d9d8e54444424712) Santa Ana, CA On-site New · Today Pay not posted [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) ### [Software Engineer - Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62ba0cdc84fdffe7) San Francisco, CA On-site New · Yesterday $173,800–$212,400 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Senior Staff Software Engineer_Voice AI Agent Prompting](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d423e0a0f5dccf01) Santa Clara, CA New · Yesterday $190,900–$334,100 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Mission Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cc4b231a5945a37b) Waltham, MA New · 2d ago $132,000–$175,000 [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 [Provectus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/provectus) ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a0f5c5ba5b3f6656) New York, NY Hybrid New · 2d ago $180,000–$200,000 [Kunai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/kunai) ### [AI Delivery Engineer - 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DSX Enablement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e4aefdc2fda0cf12) US · city not listed 13d ago $184,000–$356,500 [Sleuth Insights](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sleuth-insights) ### [Senior Software / Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8680836a0da5ee33) San Francisco, CA · Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 13d ago $170,000–$210,000 [CADDi](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/caddi) ### [Senior Solutions Architect Expert](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9b33b67a7df5b6dd) Chicago, IL 13d ago $150,000–$225,000 [OPEN Data Jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/open-data-jobs) ### [Software Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d92029b43f50d7a4) Washington, DC Remote 13d ago $92,000–$133,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Cloud-Native Stack – CSP Engagements](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43f11df2b1b90b61) US · city not listed 13d ago $184,000–$356,500 516 of 803 build what the customer runs. [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? 570 of 803 postings state a pay range. The median is $187,000, and half of them sit between $158,000 and $216,000, from 343 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience require? Of 803 postings, 613 state a minimum number of years, from 423 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 385 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (106), 6 to 9 years (105) or 10 or more years (17). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience? These 803 postings come from 499 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) (17) and [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) (15). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience remote? 173 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 192 are hybrid and 198 are on-site. The remaining 240 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 300 of the 803 postings. Counted over the 803 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. 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