> 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 with production coding serving external customers

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&recipient=external&page=40

1,922 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers, from 846 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $165,000 to $230,000.

**1,922** postings · **846** companies · **1,407** with pay · median **$199,000** · middle half $165,000–$230,000 · read Nov 8, 2026

[Liquid AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liquid-ai)

### [Member of Technical Staff - Post Training, Applied](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/58539013dd9b1dd8)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 9mo ago

Pay not posted

[Headstart AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/headstart-ai)

### [Staff Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/76a2f242cb8848a1)

New York, NY Hybrid 9mo ago

$265,000–$265,000

[CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cgs-federal-contact-government-services)

### [FSR Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ff51573224e8a02)

New York, NY On-site 9mo ago

Pay not posted

[Modus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/modus)

### [Member of Technical Staff](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a38bade6988c3a33)

New York, NY On-site 9mo ago

$150,000–$350,000

[Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon)

### [Field Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8035440dea35abbb)

New York, NY On-site 9mo ago

$200,000–$240,000

[Reka AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reka-ai)

### [Member of Technical Staff (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7b8699da5ce99bd9)

US Remote 9mo ago

Pay not posted

[CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cgs-federal-contact-government-services)

### [FSR Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/740b62f52808ab2e)

Washington, DC On-site 9mo ago

Pay not posted

[Reply](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reply)

### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/228263ef4ba73d0f)

Seattle, WA Hybrid 10mo ago

$140,000–$180,000

[Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon)

### [Agent Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3254a9d27b739979)

San Francisco, CA On-site 9mo ago

$175,000–$230,000

[Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic)

### [Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61bf3caa773548de)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 10mo ago

$200,000–$320,000

[Cartesia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cartesia)

### [Enterprise Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/18c1909e6d2fb8f0)

San Francisco, CA On-site 10mo ago

$180,000–$250,000

[SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid)

### [Full-Stack Software Engineer – Remote](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eaecef80f28d9b04)

US Remote 10mo ago

$120,000–$200,000

[Mithrl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mithrl)

### [Member of Technical Staff, Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/50bb73d71dec3142)

San Francisco, CA On-site 10mo ago

$180,000–$220,000

[Govini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/govini)

### [Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/37e698b87f44f455)

Pittsburgh, PA On-site 11mo ago

Pay not posted

[Reply](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reply)

### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/87aa4d82142fa09a)

Chicago, IL Hybrid 11mo ago

$140,000–$180,000

[AHEAD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ahead)

### [Senior AI Engineer, AI Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/31682f4b1780b3d8)

US Remote 11mo ago

Pay not posted

[Oumi](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oumi)

### [Senior Field ML Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5580bbfedf9711f9)

San Francisco, CA · Bellevue, WA · +1 more Hybrid 11mo ago

Pay not posted

[Typeface](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/typeface)

### [Solutions Architect ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3efe382e7af45e15)

US Remote 11mo ago

$160,000–$210,000 · OTE

[Reply](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reply)

### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e4e6425a106f87a)

Atlanta, GA · Kansas City, MO · +1 more Hybrid 11mo ago

Pay not posted

[Tavus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tavus)

### [Customer Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8ee31e5e457753a2)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 11mo ago

$180,000–$230,000 · total compensation

[West Monroe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/west-monroe)

### [Principal AI Software Engineer, TechEx (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a4fa989247e7868)

Boston, MA · Chicago, IL · +7 more 11mo ago

$152,200–$205,900

[Applied Compute](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-compute)

### [Applied Research Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec99a6997bc027a9)

San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025

$200,000–$320,000

[Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai)

### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/94e4c37ab2250de2)

San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025

$180,000–$225,000

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai)

### [Backend Software Engineer, Gov](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/36c1a30a9341507f)

Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA · +1 more Hybrid Since 2025

$207,000–$385,000

[Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril)

### [Staff Software Engineer, Active Clearance, Air Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/07fb96b46de82a44)

Irvine, CA Since 2025

$220,000–$292,000

[Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture)

### [Cleared GenAI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c6ee9d149976dd2a)

Washington, DC Since 2025

$98,500–$184,900

[Qualytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qualytics)

### [Senior Sales Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e8131113365a3ff7)

US Remote Since 2025

Pay not posted

[Percepta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/percepta)

### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cc60b7334e6d79fe)

New York, NY On-site Since 2025

$150,000–$400,000

[Commerce Architects](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/commerce-architects)

### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/04ee8bec5fcd3c50)

Spokane, WA Remote Since 2025

Pay not posted

[Bluenote](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bluenote)

### [Software Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2968caaa1a27ff8a)

San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025

Pay not posted

[HavocAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/havocai)

### [Mission Software Engineer - Honolulu, HI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/31f4048356648863)

Honolulu, HI On-site Since 2025

$150,000–$185,000

[PhysicsX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/physicsx)

### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/774e7ed1f294a9c8)

New York, NY Hybrid Since 2025

$200,000–$250,000

[C3.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/c3-ai)

### [ Data Scientist (Federal) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22c6231358814fa8)

Tysons, VA On-site Since 2025

$136,000–$183,000

[Eudia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eudia)

### [Member of Technical Staff](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/01a82ae1893d794f)

Palo Alto, CA Since 2025

$180,000–$210,000

[Eloquent AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eloquent-ai)

### [AI Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e6b93d389bf36ca)

San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025

Pay not posted

[TrueFoundry](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/truefoundry)

### [Senior AI/ML Engineer — LLM & Agent Stack (Customer Facing)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/245ead0bc1b975e3)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid Since 2025

Pay not posted

[Brain Co.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/brain-co)

### [Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d6f1187acbf90f7c)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid Since 2025

$190,000–$325,000

[Thread AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thread-ai)

### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e482392c6a3ac014)

New York, NY On-site Since 2025

$145,000–$200,000

[Chai Discovery](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chai-discovery)

### [Software Engineer, Scientific Products](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d944765beb4d795d)

San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025

Pay not posted

[Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril)

### [Senior Ground Software Engineer, Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/33f26e7ec9153f1d)

Washington, DC Since 2025

$191,000–$254,000

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## Frequently asked questions

### What do FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers pay?

1,407 of 1,922 postings state a pay range. The median is $199,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $230,000, from 561 companies.

### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers require?

Of 1,922 postings, 1,082 state a minimum number of years, from 526 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 582 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (313), under 3 years (121) or 10 or more years (66).

### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers?

These 1,922 postings come from 846 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (72), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (59), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (58), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (48) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (43).

### Are FDE and deployment jobs with production coding serving external customers remote?

392 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 456 are hybrid and 499 are on-site. The remaining 575 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 932 of the 1,922 postings.

Counted over the 1,922 postings in this search.

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)

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