> 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 involving pre-sales with configuration work Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=configuration&stage=presales&page=5 165 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs involving pre-sales with configuration work, from 107 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $140,000 to $209,000. **165** postings · **107** companies · 115 state pay: median **$173,000**, half $140,000–$209,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Deployment Strategist - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1bb783c00bcb2ec0) Fayetteville, NC Hybrid 9mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Deployment Strategist - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/657885bd4aca696f) Honolulu, HI On-site 55mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Deployment Strategist - Intel](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5472299bdd089131) Washington, DC On-site 61mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [HiddenLayer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hiddenlayer) Proves it works before the sale ### [AI Solutions Architect- Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0f0c7b5f29f9f077) US Remote 4mo ago Pay not posted [AMD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amd) Leads the deployment team ### [Director, Cluster Forward Deployment Engineering Data Center GPU](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcbb2b5305ef3d6b) Santa Clara, CA 2w ago Pay not posted 80 of 165 plan what the customer deploys first. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales with configuration work pay? 115 of 165 postings state a pay range. The median is $173,000, and half of them sit between $140,000 and $209,000, from 72 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales with configuration work require? Of 165 postings, 83 state a minimum number of years, from 67 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 50 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (18), under 3 years (13) or 10 or more years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales with configuration work? These 165 postings come from 107 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (22), [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) (7), [Code Metal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/code-metal) (4), [EliseAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eliseai) (4) and [Rivet Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rivet-industries) (4). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales with configuration work remote? 36 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 45 are hybrid and 57 are on-site. The remaining 27 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 80 of the 165 postings. Counted over the 165 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) ## Related pages - [FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?stage=presales) · 787 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales with production coding](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&stage=presales) · 483 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept with configuration work](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=configuration&stage=poc) · 108 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales with prototype and scripting work](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=prototype&stage=presales) · 86 jobs - [Every FDE job search](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse)