> 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 and internal teams Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&recipient=both&page=3 135 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams, from 111 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $168,000 to $249,000. **135** postings · **111** companies · 107 state pay: median **$212,000**, half $168,000–$249,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Eliza](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eliza) Leads the deployment team ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75b9eec8a84d5e58) Remote, OR Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Cadre AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cadre-ai) Leads the deployment team ### [Staff Forward Deployed AI Engineer | San Diego, CA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b144c00238ccf58c) San Diego, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $165,000–$200,000 [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 [Second Front Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/second-front-systems) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Implementation Focus](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8a389d79760f752c) US Remote 4mo ago $160,000–$190,000 [Re:Build Manufacturing](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/re-build-manufacturing) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dbded1b3added542) US · city not listed 4mo ago $120,223–$180,334 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr. Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b4ded7186675aeb) New York, NY 4mo ago $184,900–$250,200 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Leads the deployment team ### [Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b65ace4a79082c1) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 more New · 2d ago $196,700–$329,210 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) Leads the deployment team ### [Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering – Tax & Audit](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d9f81e00f9c3d172) Brooklyn, NY · New York, NY · +4 more Hybrid New · 4d ago $118,400–$253,000 [Johnson & Johnson](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/johnson-johnson) Leads the deployment team ### [Director, Global Forward Deployed AI Programs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/04c44465b7f0e445) Raritan, NJ · Horsham, PA 2w ago $164,000–$282,900 [Citigroup](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citigroup) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Director](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f68e58efe7bf09e0) Jersey City, NJ 2w ago $170,000–$300,000 [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Senior Manager - Financial Services - Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dc2bf3fabf4291c0) Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 more Hybrid 7w ago $144,000–$374,000 [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 [HighRadius](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/highradius) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Architect | Record to Report](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62f275f3fed603d8) Houston, TX 3mo ago Pay not posted [Climb](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/climb) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed AI Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7de6abbbf1ae1617) US Remote 4mo ago Pay not posted [Harper](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/harper) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80b7ff167e547412) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago $125,000–$175,000 [Perficient](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/perficient) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4d224a571cb5f2bc) US Remote 5mo ago $118,100–$202,730 [OneSchema](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oneschema) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed PM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f7dd7c70a2985e0) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago Pay not posted [Mintlify](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mintlify) Proves it works before the sale ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (NYC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/10cda808b23e54f9) New York, NY 6mo ago $250,000–$315,000 [Twenty](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/twenty) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - TS/SCI (CI Poly)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e8638d9df6ab3ccc) Fort Meade, MD On-site 6mo ago $192,000–$455,000 [Labelbox](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/labelbox) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, RL Environments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d5c67750fd6fd53a) SF Bay Area 7mo ago $140,000–$200,000 [Cape](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cape) Leads the deployment team ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/039f144406f00838) New York, NY Hybrid 7mo ago $200,000–$275,000 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) Leads the deployment team ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b3763b34dd9cb0d) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7mo ago $200,000–$320,000 [Thatch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thatch) Integrates and configures it ### [Partner Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0e7fcf68f87dedb) Austin, TX · New York, NY · +1 more · US remote Remote 8d ago $160,000–$195,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Solutions Architect, AI Inference](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ff50f4b70982a72) US · city not listed 13d ago $184,000–$356,500 [Leidos](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/leidos) Integrates and configures it ### [Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b49927ed6da65f2f) Columbus, OH · Chantilly, VA 2w ago $87,100–$157,450 [CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Specialist Field Engineer - SaaS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c383682d25fbd0ee) Sunnyvale, CA · San Francisco, CA 1mo ago $182,000–$242,000 [Oracle](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oracle) Integrates and configures it ### [Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac7f57aab926fa58) Nashville, TN 2mo ago $114,600–$234,600 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Solutions Architect, AI Inference](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d22e034dd514242b) Santa Clara, CA · US remote Remote 2mo ago $184,000–$356,500 [Future Secure AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/future-secure-ai) Integrates and configures it ### [Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/872020bc3f51493c) Austin, TX 7mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Solutions Architect, AI Compute – NPN](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ddf732e0a62a246a) Multiple US offices 6mo ago $184,000–$356,500 [Gyde](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gyde) Leads the deployment team ### [Head of AI Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba7b23671ec1f28a) Austin, TX · New York, NY New · 4d ago $215,000–$245,000 [Broadview Federal Credit Union](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/broadview-federal-credit-union) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7333b801f5f9e647) Albany, NY 13d ago $115,000–$150,000 [HealthEdge](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/healthedge) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9f08393ed5502c5a) US Remote 13d ago Up to $135,000 [Stripe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stripe) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2da873ae60f23bfb) Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +2 more 4w ago $172,600–$258,800 [Headstart AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/headstart-ai) Leads the deployment team ### [Engineering Manager, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7fcca81372b018ea) New York, NY Hybrid 5w ago $285,000–$285,000 [Kaizen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/kaizen) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3e6d386ef21efa91) New York, NY Hybrid 1mo ago $150,000–$200,000 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Proves it works before the sale ### [Applied AI, Research Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ad03554ab362a16c) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $300,000–$400,000 [Ciridae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ciridae) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Platform Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/63b9ca33c41caa45) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, Safety Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/830735363503685c) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $207,000–$385,000 77 of 135 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 asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams pay? 107 of 135 postings state a pay range. The median is $212,000, and half of them sit between $168,000 and $249,000, from 85 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams require? Of 135 postings, 121 state a minimum number of years, from 102 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 57 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (36), 10 or more years (16) or under 3 years (12). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams? These 135 postings come from 111 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (9), [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) (6), [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) (3), [monday.com](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/monday-com) (3) and [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (2). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience serving external customers and internal teams remote? 36 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 33 are hybrid and 18 are on-site. The remaining 48 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 47 of the 135 postings. Counted over the 135 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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