> 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 on-site Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&work=onsite&page=4 322 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience on-site, from 226 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $169,000 to $238,000. **322** postings · **226** companies · 219 state pay: median **$200,000**, half $169,000–$238,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [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 [Vantor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vantor) ### [Senior Applied AI/ML Engineer (TS/SCI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/51a25d8d796e6817) Springfield, VA On-site 3w ago $140,000–$187,000 [Titan](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/titan) ### [Software Engineer - Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d60dbdf9f047bc4f) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 3w ago $180,000–$480,000 [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 [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) ### [Engineering Lead, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/134ddbfeed5b6395) Pleasanton, CA On-site 3w ago $160,000–$220,000 [Clockwork Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clockwork-systems) ### [Senior Software Engineer, TorchPass Product Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15c23388a215b20d) Palo Alto, CA On-site 3w ago $150,000–$230,000 [Barbaricum](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/barbaricum) ### [Senior Palantir Foundry Engineer — Fort Bragg, NC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/880c0ba4c83ef14b) Fort Bragg, NC On-site 4w ago Pay not posted [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 [Sand Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sand-technologies) ### [Technical Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f7a3bd5628efadfc) US · city not listed On-site 4w ago Pay not posted [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Public Sector ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71513f5a11931534) Washington, DC On-site 4w ago $280,000–$320,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Security Services and Observability, Amazon Web Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5703d11db556846) Irvine, CA · Herndon, VA · +1 more On-site 4w ago $168,100–$227,400 [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 [Two Six Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/two-six-technologies) ### [Senior Data Scientist (Onsite)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/326561de34f2aa71) Arlington, VA · Laurel, MD On-site 4w ago $150,000–$200,000 [Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nightwing-intelligence-solutions-llc) ### [AI/ML Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4785cd9f2f75dc39) Arlington, VA On-site 4w ago $99,000–$206,000 [Glimpse](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/glimpse) ### [Founding Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/83ef0ecb2369345d) New York, NY On-site 5w ago $195,000–$250,000 [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 [Axon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axon) ### [AfroTech 2026 Mission Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/88f39f2b8e9bbcfe) Tampa, FL · Miami, FL · +18 more On-site 5w ago Pay not posted [Altana](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/altana) ### [Senior Staff Implementation Delivery Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/28306742057e7321) Washington, DC On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [Pallet](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pallet) ### [Software Engineer, Agent Delivery ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b57b956a1cadd20f) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $135,000–$180,000 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developer - Falls Church](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8fd51a8c9b027c65) Falls Church, VA On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [EXL](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exl) ### [Assistant Vice President](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/206fd4304eb32014) US · city not listed On-site 7w ago Pay not posted [Armory](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/armory) ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b91b4149e9c174c) New York, NY On-site 7w ago $140,000–$200,000 [Pangram Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pangram-labs) ### [Software Engineer - Customer Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d573e50d121dc1bf) New York, NY On-site 7w ago $120,000–$150,000 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developer - Doral](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fae983a06c3a6364) Doral, FL On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [LMArena](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmarena) ### [Applied AI Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7c8d205bebb130c) US · city not listed On-site 1mo ago $150,000–$250,000 [Maxima](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/maxima) ### [Deployment Engineer - San Mateo](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3321c5afac6894e6) San Mateo, CA On-site 1mo ago Pay not posted [Hitachi Energy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hitachi-energy) ### [Federal Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9798b9bebc97700) Washington, DC On-site 1mo ago $160,000–$205,000 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developer - Arlington (VA)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/29b76736ff4d8a87) Arlington, VA On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Edison Scientific](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/edison-scientific) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Cloud Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec956d3e06abdc40) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $175,000–$240,000 [Axon Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axon-enterprise) ### [Mission Engineer II - Memphis](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c117dd7c43157fd4) Memphis, TN On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Raft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/raft) ### [Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1e9109507935f142) Fort Hood, TX On-site 2mo ago $160,000–$220,000 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developer - Honolulu](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6b5a59ca41c97813) Honolulu, HI On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Wyetech](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wyetech) ### [Software Engineer 3](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf5d85e8aef36a37) Laurel, MD On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Variance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/variance) ### [Software Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a38ffba49062e2d) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Applied Intuition](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-intuition) ### [Robotics Integration Engineer, Tech Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6fb93c7f671aa958) Sunnyvale, CA On-site 2mo ago $180,000–$210,000 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developer - Colorado Springs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/91cafed6822ac17c) Colorado Springs, CO On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Wyetech](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wyetech) ### [Software Engineer 3](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7b36a38fa51b4bc6) Laurel, MD On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Helios](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/helios) ### [Applied Intelligence Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5981309e6f071152) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $165,000–$225,000 [Sand Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sand-technologies) ### [Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e6df734610e7e90a) US · city not listed On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developers (Various Locations)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1efe5878851b5957) Colorado Springs, CO · Falls Church, VA · +7 more On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted 197 of 322 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 on-site pay? 219 of 322 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $169,000 and $238,000, from 157 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience on-site require? Of 322 postings, 256 state a minimum number of years, from 186 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 152 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (51), 6 to 9 years (45) or 10 or more years (8). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience on-site? These 322 postings come from 226 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) (11), [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) (11), [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) (7), [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) (5) and [Twenty](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/twenty) (5). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience on-site remote? 0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 322 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 113 of the 322 postings. Counted over the 322 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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