> 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 asking for software engineering experience serving external customers Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&recipient=external&page=17 1,225 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers, from 554 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $173,000 to $231,000. **1,225** postings · **554** companies · **928** with pay · median **$205,000** · middle half $173,000–$231,000 · read Nov 6, 2026 Updated Nov 7, 2026 [Credence Management Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/credence-management-solutions) ### [Senior AI Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55eab9f133b0cbaa) Mclean, VA 2w ago $155,000–$200,000 [TetraScience](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tetrascience) ### [Senior Scientific Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e21192b291ed4ac4) Boston, MA 2w ago $140,000–$200,000 [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 2w ago $170,000–$210,000 [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 2w ago $184,000–$356,500 [OPEN Data Jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/open-data-jobs) ### [Software Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d92029b43f50d7a4) Washington, DC Remote 2w ago $92,000–$133,000 [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) ### [Software Engineer, Foundry & AI Applications – Clearance Required](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b323e12bac469e92) Fort Bragg, NC 2w ago $115,000–$135,000 [Egnyte](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/egnyte) ### [Sr Consultant, Professional Services - AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/32b2dbcba482b20b) US Remote 2w ago $125,000–$140,000 [Very Big Things](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/very-big-things) ### [Lead AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6a56845282e5c78a) US Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [Albert Invent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/albert-invent) ### [Lead Integrations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22537a769cfcd0a6) Oakland, CA · US remote Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) ### [Staff Data Engineer, Foundry & Ontology – Clearance Required](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e90ecc211352df4b) Fort Bragg, NC 2w ago $160,000–$180,000 [Sanas](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sanas) ### [Member of Technical Staff, LLM Post-Training, Applied](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/24ef7254ad020c1f) Palo Alto, CA On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Very Big Things](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/very-big-things) ### [Lead AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43dd771a62c7f2b8) US Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [Sparq](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sparq) ### [Principal AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fdf265823c94b869) US Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [Aliz](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aliz) ### [Rabbit - Customer Engineer, BigQuery](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dbdc7ec293832e13) US Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [Destro AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/destro-ai) ### [Robotics Software Engineer - Field Deployment & Support](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cda51988bba4cfbd) Savannah, GA 2w ago Pay not posted [AI Technology Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ai-technology-partners) ### [Senior AI Engineer, Agentic Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9dbe3a1392c896f0) US Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/44f0de2ca4442dd8) San Mateo, CA On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [InterImage, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/interimage-inc) ### [Software Solution Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1bf192562634981c) Arlington, VA Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [Culmen International](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/culmen-international) ### [Sr. Full-Stack Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4e70b6e2782849f5) Alexandria, VA On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [TeamWorx Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/teamworx-security) ### [Mid-Level Software Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a000ce3ee50e6823) Columbia, MD Remote 2w ago $90,000–$130,000 [Huron](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/huron) ### [Solution Advancement Engineer, Analytics Products](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2bf08c2a1147d21) Chicago, IL Remote 2w ago $110,000–$150,000 [One Brief](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/one-brief) ### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6efeaeb846385ccd) US Remote 2w ago $180,000–$220,000 [Planet Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/planet-labs) ### [Senior Forward Deployment Engineer, Strategic Customer Engagements U.S.](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f88375963f97c85) Arlington, VA Hybrid 2w ago $160,600–$200,800 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developer - DC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b7b5b4df6ccb3034) Washington, DC On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [MongoDB](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mongodb) ### [Senior Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee18b4ffe9431fe6) Seattle, WA · Denver, CO · +5 more Remote 2w ago $126,000–$248,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Horizon](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/391bab75cb85020c) San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago $230,000–$390,000 [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) ### [Senior Platform Engineer, Find My](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bcc832bcdee76cf6) Cupertino, CA 2w ago $150,400–$277,600 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developer - Omaha](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1d7b422f0e86125b) Omaha, NE On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee8d306129529a75) Reston, VA Remote 2w ago $160,000–$230,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [Operations Engineer (Starshield Products)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/37db35ee2b38bbf5) Palo Alto, CA 2w ago $110,000–$175,000 [Provectus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/provectus) ### [AI Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6db5705ffe430ed4) San Francisco Bay Area, CA Remote 2w ago $180,000–$200,000 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developer - St. Louis](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cce11471d7c9ef3d) O'fallon, IL · Scott Afb, IL On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [AI Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2c1259ae52bd2603) US Remote 2w ago $185,000–$225,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [Operations Engineer (Starshield Products)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/69d3d02ace1b1a6e) Washington, DC 2w ago $100,000–$160,000 [Provectus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/provectus) ### [AI Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/59558f34a1fc5add) New York, NY Remote 2w ago $180,000–$200,000 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developer - Tampa](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2b976771942f0cdf) Tampa, FL On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [AI Customer and Partner Solutions Engineer, Cloud Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c6b3d59186ae60b) Kirkland, WA · Sunnyvale, CA 2w ago $183,000–$265,000 [ASI Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/asi-government) ### [Agentic AI Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cc32b57599a5f372) Washington, DC 2w ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Lead Software Engineer, AI Labs (Product and Customer Facing)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2d1c287890786103) San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC · +1 more 2w ago $148,500–$344,700 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developer - Fort Meade](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/51644564b14f0ac6) Fort Meade, MD On-site 2w ago Pay not posted 968 of these 1,225 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dsoftware-engineering%26recipient%3Dexternal%26page%3D17&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dsoftware-engineering%26recipient%3Dexternal%26page%3D17&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers” go out once you have an account. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers pay? 928 of 1,225 postings state a pay range. The median is $205,000, and half of them sit between $173,000 and $231,000, from 377 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers require? Of 1,225 postings, 950 state a minimum number of years, from 484 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 521 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (271), under 3 years (96) or 10 or more years (62). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers? These 1,225 postings come from 554 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (64), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (63), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (47), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (30) and [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (29). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers remote? 267 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 288 are hybrid and 238 are on-site. The remaining 432 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 650 of the 1,225 postings. Counted over the 1,225 postings in this search. 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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