> 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 serving external customers and internal teams Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&management=ic&recipient=both 61 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams, from 56 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $165,000 to $242,000. **61** postings · **56** companies · 47 state pay: median **$192,000**, half $165,000–$242,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Banyan Software](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/banyan-software) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ef36dca5262629a4) US · city not listed New · Yesterday Pay not posted [6sense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/6sense) ### [Sr. ML Ops Engineer, Forward-Deployed ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/06ba4bd7675e00f2) San Francisco, CA Remote 9d ago $191,475–$260,830 [Ford Motor Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ford-motor-company) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Ford Energy](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1662dcb9b9e62543) Dearborn, MI Hybrid 13d ago $115,000–$192,900 [Base Power](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/base-power) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d3793125c1576b59) Austin, TX On-site 3w ago Pay not posted [NewRocket](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/newrocket) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer-Anthropic-US West](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b1d8f6214ffc95c) US Remote 1mo ago Pay not posted [Hatch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hatch) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e5d882139568e59c) US Remote 2mo ago $144,000–$200,000 [Middesk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/middesk) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4733b2449ae72e66) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $148,000–$255,000 [Coinflow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coinflow) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ceb0df1eb6dcf832) Chicago, IL On-site 10mo ago $120,000–$160,000 [Guru](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/guru) ### [Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fed1598802d35f69) Philadelphia, PA · US remote Remote New · 3d ago $132,000–$193,000 [Exiger](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exiger) ### [Senior AI Product Builder ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/899eadff5bb6cf7b) Richmond, VA · Mclean, VA Hybrid New · 3d ago Pay not posted [Elorian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/elorian) ### [Software Engineer - Applications](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0686c28278c3efd2) Palo Alto, CA On-site New · 5d ago $250,000–$400,000 [Oxbridge Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oxbridge-health) ### [Data Integration Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d2e32ddff2ac4f57) Norwalk, CT 9d ago Pay not posted [xCures](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/xcures) ### [AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ead6b432bd4852e5) US Remote 13d ago $100,000–$160,000 [Steampunk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/steampunk) ### [Senior AI Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cb8b69d1738c04e1) Mclean, VA 13d ago $140,000–$190,000 [Steampunk, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/steampunk-inc) ### [Senior AI Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/722427035bd5d16d) Mclean, VA 13d ago $140,000–$190,000 [Performance Drone Works](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/performance-drone-works) ### [Senior Field Software Engineer, Advanced Missions Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3405965391f916e4) US Remote 13d ago $140,000–$190,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Senior MLOps Engineer - DSX Enablement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e4aefdc2fda0cf12) US · city not listed 13d ago $184,000–$356,500 [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 [Dura Digital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dura-digital) ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/18513c603510b369) US Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Destro AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/destro-ai) ### [Robotics Software Engineer - Field Deployment & Support](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/42967df7691bfe95) Sumner, WA 13d ago Pay not posted [Braid Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/braid-robotics) ### [Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d236737e4e703afd) Boston, MA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Agentic AI Security Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1194584ee0c3cc60) IL 3w ago $138,000–$200,000 [Pulley](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pulley) ### [AI Operations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e641d7edbdd4483a) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4w ago $150,000–$190,000 [Niantic Spatial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/niantic-spatial) ### [Senior/Staff Product Engineer, Embodied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19e6cf58dd331caa) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5w ago $207,000–$265,000 [OpenAI Foundation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai-foundation) ### [AI Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/848302912d64ec39) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6w ago $350,000–$450,000 [Planet Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/planet-labs) ### [Senior Site Reliability Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b1b842af550d39a1) US Remote 2mo ago $142,800–$203,200 [Chatham Financial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chatham-financial) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ab690f3bd67052fd) New York, NY · Kennett Square, PA 2mo ago $100,000–$140,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Senior MLOps Engineer - DSX Enablement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d111a9977bdaacbb) Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remote Remote 2mo ago $184,000–$356,500 [Zus Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zus-health) ### [Staff Integrations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f395eb966bbbdb02) Boston, MA Remote 2mo ago $160,000–$200,000 [Tempo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tempo) ### [Product Engineer, Blockchain (Remote - USA)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7c79450ac70f0fa) US Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Mia Labs, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mia-labs-inc) ### [Senior Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d58f02a787a71954) Austin, TX Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Tailor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tailor) ### [Full-Stack Software Engineer (Remote, US West Timezone Overlap)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5290e219eebc78d6) US Remote 3mo ago $120,000–$160,000 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7808131a88984b8) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Tempo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tempo) ### [Product Engineer, Blockchain (SF)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/25f95ddd6ba1c9e2) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Zus Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zus-health) ### [Staff Integrations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b63389e46f4a4275) US Remote 6mo ago Pay not posted [Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Applied Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/991b159eed68c984) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 18mo ago $170,000–$240,000 [CLEAR](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clear) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer I](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/243f4b1b0871222a) New York, NY On-site 4w ago $129,500–$150,500 [Habitat Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/habitat-health) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward-Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e3acd6d78333c8e8) US Remote 3mo ago $181,000–$235,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5965a8234fffc00e) Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 more 7w ago $175,100–$247,600 [Shield AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/shield-ai) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment - open level (R5497)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/00652d251b47d57a) San Diego, CA Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted 36 of 61 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dsoftware-engineering%26management%3Dic%26recipient%3Dboth&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams 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 FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams pay? 47 of 61 postings state a pay range. The median is $192,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $242,000, from 44 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams require? Of 61 postings, 53 state a minimum number of years, from 49 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 34 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (9), 6 to 9 years (9) or 10 or more years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams? These 61 postings come from 56 companies. The employers with the most postings are [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) (3), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (2), [Tempo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tempo) (2), [Zus Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zus-health) (2) and [6sense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/6sense) (1). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams remote? 17 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 15 are hybrid and 12 are on-site. The remaining 17 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 16 of the 61 postings. Counted over the 61 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. Postings that state no experience requirement, or ask for experience outside the five we list, are left out. 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