> 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 prove the product works before the sale asking for software engineering experience Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&role=presales 16 forward deployed engineer jobs that prove the product works before the sale asking for software engineering experience, from 11 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $184,000 to $276,000. **16** postings · **11** companies · 10 state pay: median **$250,000**, half $184,000–$276,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Clera](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clera) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e8ac95759d5f75ca) New York, NY Hybrid New · 5d ago Pay not posted [TrueFoundry](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/truefoundry) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - GTM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e3b8689e2e966d02) New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Atlas Technica](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/atlas-technica) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7b201a435cd0cb43) US Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [NeuraFlash](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/neuraflash) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AI & Agentforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cb80b88cedd676e6) US Remote 3w ago Pay not posted [Greptile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/greptile) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ea315669e7fc622) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $140,000–$220,000 [TrueFoundry](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/truefoundry) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer GTM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/24be4f894f4801ed) US · city not listed Hybrid 4mo ago Pay not posted [StackAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stackai) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5225873c20a5c99f) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $153,000–$200,000 [Mintlify](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mintlify) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (NYC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/10cda808b23e54f9) New York, NY 6mo ago $250,000–$315,000 [Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1af269a9dbe0e40) San Francisco, CA On-site 8mo ago $165,000–$230,000 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Applied AI, Research Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ad03554ab362a16c) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $300,000–$400,000 [HiddenLayer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hiddenlayer) ### [AI Solutions Architect- Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0f0c7b5f29f9f077) US Remote 4mo ago Pay not posted [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Engineer (Bay Area)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a596ddfc7a1ad70) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $185,000–$315,000 · OTE [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Applied AI Architect, Commercial](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3c3610a4cc4fc4d6) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $240,000–$315,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Engineer (NYC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a593282280776759) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $185,000–$315,000 · OTE [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Engineer (Early Career- SF)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf677e9e9ca98360) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $160,000–$185,000 · OTE [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Engineer (Seattle)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e03d5804545775cf) Seattle, WA 5mo ago $165,000–$380,000 · OTE All 16 prove the product works before the sale. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dsoftware-engineering%26role%3Dpresales&placement=alert) New fde jobs that prove the product works before the sale asking for software engineering experience 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 jobs that prove the product works before the sale asking for software engineering experience pay? 10 of 16 postings state a pay range. The median is $250,000, and half of them sit between $184,000 and $276,000, from 6 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that prove the product works before the sale asking for software engineering experience require? Of 16 postings, 12 state a minimum number of years, from 8 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 8 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (2) or 6 to 9 years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that prove the product works before the sale asking for software engineering experience? These 16 postings come from 11 companies. The employers with the most postings are [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) (4), [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) (2), [TrueFoundry](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/truefoundry) (2), [Atlas Technica](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/atlas-technica) (1) and [Clera](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clera) (1). ### Are FDE jobs that prove the product works before the sale asking for software engineering experience remote? 3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 6 are hybrid and 5 are on-site. The remaining 2 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 9 of the 16 postings. Counted over the 16 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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