> 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 for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work serving external customers Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=prototype&management=ic&recipient=external 41 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work serving external customers, from 37 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $158,000 to $260,000. **41** postings · **37** companies · 25 state pay: median **$213,000**, half $158,000–$260,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [The Nielsen Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/the-nielsen-company) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Solutions (Gracenote Division)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/31693745d4f72300) Remote, OR Remote New · 2d ago Pay not posted [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15c784651bcda714) US Remote 13d ago $110,000–$180,000 [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 [Baidu USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baidu-usa) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer Intern](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ef0d31c0a644932) Mountain View, CA On-site 7w ago Pay not posted [Canvas](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/canvas) Builds what the customer runs ### [Applied AI Engineer – Test & Evaluation (T&E)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/57fca5ae0922979d) Tullahoma, TN New · Today Pay not posted [Navaide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/navaide) Builds what the customer runs ### [AI Data Analyst](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a1c68357c7ed2e00) San Diego, CA Hybrid New · 2d ago $120,000–$160,000 [Steampunk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/steampunk) Builds what the customer runs ### [AI Innovation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/729f612f91d391af) Mclean, VA 13d ago $120,000–$180,000 [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/43f11df2b1b90b61) US · city not listed 13d ago $184,000–$356,500 [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 [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 [Exiger](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exiger) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Forward Deployed Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/694db57f957b4020) Mclean, VA · Richmond, VA Hybrid 2w ago Pay not posted [Exa (formerly Metaphor)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exa-formerly-metaphor) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Product Manager, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5c82ba2222265ca0) San Francisco, CA On-site 5w ago $155,000–$275,000 [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 [Eliza](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eliza) Proves it works before the sale ### [GTM Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e846080fefa26a7a) Remote, OR Remote 3mo 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 [Aeva](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aeva) Integrates and configures it ### [Software Field Applications Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/74bfc0064b5e09ae) Mountain View, CA On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [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 [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d525aaf211dfd27) Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA · +1 more Hybrid 13mo ago $120,000–$190,000 [Tallwave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tallwave) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/42404271b04fb94a) US Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist, Internship - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/160e6f2c5888f330) Honolulu, HI On-site 10mo ago Pay not posted [Mendix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mendix) Proves it works before the sale ### [Intelligence Center X Engineer - Americas](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0af30c9ac127f183) US · city not listed Hybrid 5w ago $125,300–$334,400 [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 [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 [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fcoding%3Dprototype%26management%3Dic%26recipient%3Dexternal&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work serving external customers 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 and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work serving external customers pay? 25 of 41 postings state a pay range. The median is $213,000, and half of them sit between $158,000 and $260,000, from 21 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work serving external customers require? Of 41 postings, 18 state a minimum number of years, from 15 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 12 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (3), 10 or more years (2) or 6 to 9 years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work serving external customers? These 41 postings come from 37 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) (3), [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) (2), [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) (2), [Aeva](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aeva) (1) and [Baidu USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baidu-usa) (1). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work serving external customers remote? 8 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 9 are hybrid and 11 are on-site. The remaining 13 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 19 of the 41 postings. Counted over the 41 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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