> 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 for individual contributors with configuration work Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=configuration&management=ic&role=builds-for-customers 23 forward deployed engineer jobs that build what the customer runs for individual contributors with configuration work, from 22 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $127,000 to $233,000. **23** postings · **22** companies · 17 state pay: median **$185,000**, half $127,000–$233,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 24, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Syntiant](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/syntiant) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e0bcf35f10ba6dd1) Redwood City, CA New · 2d ago $195,000–$225,000 [Aurelian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aurelian) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4261eb924e4d3dcb) Seattle, WA On-site New · 3d ago $100,000–$120,000 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ffbd3b08d110bff9) Arlington, VA 9d ago $77,600–$176,000 [FlowGen Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flowgen-labs) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9fa7ffc811510f1d) San Francisco, CA On-site 12d ago $200,000–$375,000 [Bluprintx](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bluprintx) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4c3d9f83beb8b1ff) New York Remote 13d ago $280,000–$320,000 [Uare.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/uare-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (U.S. Government / IL5)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b4730e997dcec701) San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CA On-site 2w ago $130,000–$170,000 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9cdbef53b9f816c) Mclean, VA 3w ago $62,000–$141,000 [Thought Machine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thought-machine) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22b777fc009a76d3) New York, NY Hybrid 4w ago $140,000–$220,000 [Silkline](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/silkline) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0b66251f9fb73a9b) Seattle, WA · Chicago, IL 6w ago $150,000–$225,000 [Strix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/strix) ### [Forward-Deployed Security Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97911d9a42244ce4) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Skiffra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/skiffra) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e3fd47c183cc8879) Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $215,000–$250,000 [Clera](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clera) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7d45a70feeb21283) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [YOOBIC](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/yoobic) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - New York](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e8252e9d426c0243) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $250,000 [Lumbra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lumbra) ### [Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ff67fdc057ed9c55) Arlington, VA On-site 4mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [SalesPatriot](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salespatriot) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/82c1c50f87111b84) San Francisco, CA · Miami, FL · +1 more On-site 5mo ago $150,000–$220,000 [Modal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/modal) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c0acbfff78099976) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA On-site 13mo ago $180,000–$240,000 [Bretton AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bretton-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c0beadc15df3ef3d) San Francisco, CA 21mo ago Pay not posted [Composio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/composio) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Internship (Fall 2026 & Winter 2027)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/105b08281f5082cd) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Focused](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/focused) ### [Senior Site Reliability Engineer, AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee79a029387546d9) Denver, CO Hybrid New · 2d ago $160,000–$195,000 [Aliz](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aliz) ### [Rabbit - Customer Engineer, BigQuery](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dbdc7ec293832e13) US Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Persona](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/persona) ### [Field Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/40116663481493ba) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2w ago $100,000–$110,000 [Evolver](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/evolver) ### [Product Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6782189f5fa9fb07) Palo Alto, CA 3mo ago Pay not posted [UnitX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/unitx) ### [Product Operations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2e575c0e0198b540) Milpitas, CA On-site 5mo ago $100,000–$120,000 All 23 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fcoding%3Dconfiguration%26management%3Dic%26role%3Dbuilds-for-customers&placement=alert) New fde jobs that build what the customer runs for individual contributors with configuration work 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 build what the customer runs for individual contributors with configuration work pay? 17 of 23 postings state a pay range. The median is $185,000, and half of them sit between $127,000 and $233,000, from 16 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for individual contributors with configuration work require? Of 23 postings, 13 state a minimum number of years, from 13 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 9 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (3) or 6 to 9 years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for individual contributors with configuration work? These 23 postings come from 22 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) (2), [Aliz](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aliz) (1), [Aurelian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aurelian) (1), [Bluprintx](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bluprintx) (1) and [Bretton AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bretton-ai) (1). ### Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for individual contributors with configuration work remote? 2 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 5 are hybrid and 10 are on-site. The remaining 6 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 10 of the 23 postings. Counted over the 23 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. 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