> 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 jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&role=builds-for-customers&page=27 1,060 forward deployed engineer jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience, from 512 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $172,000 to $230,000. **1,060** postings · **512** companies · **791** with pay · median **$204,000** · middle half $172,000–$230,000 · read Nov 8, 2026 [Eloquent AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eloquent-ai) ### [AI Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e6b93d389bf36ca) San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025 Pay not posted [Atolio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/atolio) ### [Senior Deployment Engineer -USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ae605d9d682d89e) US Remote Since 2025 Pay not posted [TrueFoundry](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/truefoundry) ### [Senior AI/ML Engineer — LLM & Agent Stack (Customer Facing)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/245ead0bc1b975e3) San Francisco, CA Hybrid Since 2025 Pay not posted [Thread AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thread-ai) ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e482392c6a3ac014) New York, NY On-site Since 2025 $145,000–$200,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Ground Software Engineer, Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/33f26e7ec9153f1d) Washington, DC Since 2025 $191,000–$254,000 [Zencore](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zencore) ### [Software Engineer (Short Term Contract)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0e5d4a710b46e4c5) US Remote Since 2025 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 Since 2025 $170,000–$240,000 [Rise8](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rise8) ### [Senior Software Engineer (Cleared)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6d316eb9aa08e46f) Colorado Springs, CO · Aurora, CO · +1 more Hybrid Since 2025 $143,824–$179,780 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Ground Software Engineer, Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a22af88501440ae) Washington, DC Since 2025 $167,000–$222,000 [Two Dots](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/two-dots) ### [Member of the Technical Staff - Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df3f0d46445696a0) San Francisco, CA Since 2025 $175,000–$225,000 [Shield AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/shield-ai) ### [Applications Engineer, Autonomy (open level)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/428fb983eb69a54d) San Diego, CA Hybrid Since 2024 $152,000–$318,000 [Rise8](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rise8) ### [Senior Software Engineer (Cleared)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b64d596a70473e51) US Remote Since 2024 $143,824–$179,780 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Software Engineer, Connected Warfare](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b365e775127b47d) Washington, DC Since 2024 $129,000–$253,000 [Qvest US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qvest-us) ### [Senior Engineer (Applied AI / ML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/70128a2831842945) Austin, TX Remote Since 2024 Pay not posted [Mactores Innovations](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mactores-innovations) ### [AWS Data Engineer (Senior)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a5d8f94e6ff054a) Seattle, WA Remote Since 2022 Pay not posted [N1 Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/n1-health) ### [Associate Data Ops Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/596275016a8bf32c) Boston, MA On-site Since 2022 Pay not posted [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Ground Software Engineer, Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2dc8b654e8021d2c) Costa Mesa, CA Since 2024 $191,000–$254,000 [Qvest US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qvest-us) ### [Staff Engineer (Applied AI / ML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/374b971316ce9f16) Austin, TX Remote Since 2024 Pay not posted [Peregrine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/peregrine) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6a6cea813225066d) San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2022 $120,000–$190,000 [Hippocratic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hippocratic-ai) ### [Forward Deployment Engineer (Residency Program)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/53f2b52abf645413) Menlo Park, CA On-site 7w ago Pay not posted All 1,060 of these jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dsoftware-engineering%26role%3Dbuilds-for-customers%26page%3D27&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dsoftware-engineering%26role%3Dbuilds-for-customers%26page%3D27&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience” go out once you have an account. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience pay? 791 of 1,060 postings state a pay range. The median is $204,000, and half of them sit between $172,000 and $230,000, from 339 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience require? Of 1,060 postings, 845 state a minimum number of years, from 450 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 478 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (242), under 3 years (83) or 10 or more years (42). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience? These 1,060 postings come from 512 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (57), [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (51), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (35), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (27) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (25). ### Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience remote? 234 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 252 are hybrid and 193 are on-site. The remaining 381 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 564 of the 1,060 postings. Counted over the 1,060 postings in this search. Employer postings · The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. 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