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# Senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=prototype&level=senior&management=ic

40 senior forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work, from 34 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $150,000 to $249,000.

**40** postings · **34** companies · 26 state pay: median **$186,000**, half $150,000–$249,000

Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026

[Varick-Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/varick-agents) Builds what the customer runs

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c0e43d77dbd84030)

San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago

$175,000–$250,000

[Crogl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crogl) Builds what the customer runs

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3f8883b8ecacb706)

US Remote 6mo ago

Pay not posted

[Roe AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/roe-ai) Builds what the customer runs

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b26d84c0bb8db523)

San Mateo, CA Hybrid 10mo ago

$100,000–$120,000

[Exiger](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exiger) Builds what the customer runs

### [Senior AI Product Builder ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/899eadff5bb6cf7b)

Richmond, VA · Mclean, VA Hybrid New · 3d ago

Pay not posted

[Performance Drone Works](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/performance-drone-works) Builds what the customer runs

### [Senior Field Software Engineer, Advanced Missions Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3405965391f916e4)

US Remote 13d ago

$140,000–$190,000

[Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Builds what the customer runs

### [Applied AI Engineer, Public Sector ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71513f5a11931534)

Washington, DC On-site 4w ago

$280,000–$320,000

[Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) Builds what the customer runs

### [Solutions Architect, Business Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67acea4b3b24feb5)

Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +1 more 2mo ago

$130,000–$185,000

[Rackner](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rackner) Builds what the customer runs

### [Software/AI developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ef57c9c24ffb289)

US Remote 5mo ago

Pay not posted

[NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Builds what the customer runs

### [Senior Software Engineer, Cloud-Native Stack – CSP Engagements](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df4aff725c16c5b2)

Multiple US offices 6mo ago

$184,000–$356,500

[DeepTempo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deeptempo) Builds what the customer runs

### [Founding Solution Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5acdd1630379cf59)

Menlo Park, CA Hybrid 7mo ago

Pay not posted

[Nebius](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nebius) Builds what the customer runs

### [Senior Applied AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/49b178f26034018f)

US Remote 7mo ago

$200–$350,000

[Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Builds what the customer runs

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

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

$200,000–$320,000

[Cyvl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cyvl) Integrates and configures it

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7f8ad900049af0f4)

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA On-site 5w ago

$120,000–$195,000

[Nearform](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nearform) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Forward Deployed Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ab013f5a2ebefc5e)

US · city not listed New · Today

Pay not posted

[BlackRock](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/blackrock) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Forward Deployed Business Analyst, Associate - BTO](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/215a18b796bead8d)

New York, NY · Atlanta, GA Hybrid 10d ago

$95,000–$137,500

[Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Senior Legal Engineer, Legal Products Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec42914b1144c712)

Frisco, TX · New York, NY Hybrid 10d ago

$94,900–$203,000

[zaimler](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zaimler) Proves it works before the sale

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fcbb7df283900a11)

New York, NY Hybrid 7w ago

Pay not posted

[Goodfire AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/goodfire-ai) Integrates and configures it

### [Forward Deployed Research Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a9ab45854d306c11)

San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo ago

$220,000–$315,000

[SnapLogic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snaplogic) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/91a7ef17e9add3f1)

US Remote 2mo ago

Pay not posted

[Labelbox](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/labelbox) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Forward Deployed Research Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8e3a7e6aecde2b63)

San Francisco, CA 6mo ago

$200,000–$300,000

[FERMÀT](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ferm-t) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71295e354cc993d7)

San Francisco, CA 8mo ago

From $200,000

[Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) Proves it works before the sale

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1af269a9dbe0e40)

San Francisco, CA On-site 8mo ago

$165,000–$230,000

[TikTok](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tiktok) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [AI Deployment Strategist — Ads Vertical - Global Monetization Product and Technology](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d29c1cb6b44af5e)

San Francisco, CA New · 4d ago

$159,000–$272,000

[Vivenu](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vivenu) Integrates and configures it

### [Solution Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/00e47b850145aba5)

New York, NY On-site 5mo ago

Pay not posted

[Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) Integrates and configures it

### [Senior AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6616645944655d3e)

Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5mo ago

$120,000–$210,000

[ElevenLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/elevenlabs) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Deployment Strategist - North America](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d7a3e5d817e3edaf)

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Remote 6mo ago

Pay not posted

[Credal.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/credal-ai) Integrates and configures it

### [Customer Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/53fff08bd856ffd3)

Brooklyn, NY On-site 6mo ago

$120,000–$160,000

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Integrates and configures it

### [Applied AI Engineer, Codex](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a9cd2e2a8964bdce)

San Francisco, CA 11mo ago

$211,000–$278,000

[Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Deployment Strategist - Warp Speed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15a8c679383b2398)

New York, NY Hybrid 21mo ago

$110,000–$170,000

[Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee55009ccd480304)

New York, NY Hybrid 47mo ago

$110,000–$170,000

[Motion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/motion) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc8c83765297f30f)

US Remote 12mo ago

Pay not posted

[Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4db610fee594adf8)

Chicago, IL Hybrid 55mo ago

Pay not posted

[Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Proves it works before the sale

### [Applied AI, Research Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ad03554ab362a16c)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago

$300,000–$400,000

[JPMorganChase](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/jpmorganchase) Builds for teams inside the company

### [AI Prototyping & Transformation Senior Associate](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a994a1ec086f9a9b)

Columbus, OH 2mo ago

Pay not posted

[CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave) Keeps customers running after launch

### [Account Solutions Architect - Engaged](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/162ad9af1f087cf2)

Austin, TX 2mo ago

$182,000–$242,000

[Klaviyo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/klaviyo) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Sr. AI Systems & Solutions Architect, Customer Success](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/274f76ab8863115b)

Denver, CO 2mo ago

$120,000–$180,000

[SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a52f0355fad92673)

Starbase, TX On-site 3mo ago

Pay not posted

[Carnegie Mellon University](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/carnegie-mellon-university) Builds for teams inside the company

### [AI Solutions Architect - Computing Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dfaad0c5e51b1029)

Pittsburgh, PA 6mo ago

Pay not posted

[Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Proves it works before the sale

### [Applied AI Architect, Commercial](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3c3610a4cc4fc4d6)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago

$240,000–$315,000

[Klaviyo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/klaviyo) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Sr. AI Systems & Solutions Architect, Global Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f58292f015126a1b)

Denver, CO 3mo ago

$120,000–$180,000

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## Frequently asked questions

### What do senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work pay?

26 of 40 postings state a pay range. The median is $186,000, and half of them sit between $150,000 and $249,000, from 21 companies.

### How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work require?

Of 40 postings, 19 state a minimum number of years, from 16 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 15 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (2), under 3 years (1) or 10 or more years (1).

### Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work?

These 40 postings come from 34 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) (4), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (3), [Klaviyo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/klaviyo) (2), [BlackRock](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/blackrock) (1) and [Carnegie Mellon University](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/carnegie-mellon-university) (1).

### Are senior FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work remote?

7 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 13 are hybrid and 8 are on-site. The remaining 12 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 20 of the 40 postings.

Counted over the 40 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.

Employer postings · Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. 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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