> 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 at bootstrapped companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=bootstrapped&management=ic&page=2 57 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors at bootstrapped companies, from 29 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $154,000 to $213,000. **57** postings · **29** companies · 27 state pay: median **$188,000**, half $154,000–$213,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cgs-federal-contact-government-services) Integrates and configures it ### [FSR Analyst](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/00c7d53350cadce9) New York, NY On-site 8mo ago Pay not posted [LettrLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lettrlabs) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff AI Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec19b292670c5264) Los Angeles, CA Remote 9d ago $200,000–$250,000 [BJAK](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bjak) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Backend Engineer, AI Internal Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0aebb61a79dd2221) US Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/the-michael-j-fox-foundation-for-parkinson-s-research) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/06e9f2dd8b8dfd33) US · city not listed 5w ago $150,000–$170,000 [Simpson Thacher & Bartlett](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/simpson-thacher-bartlett) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b6baf55b3e41696e) New York, NY Hybrid 5w ago $175,000–$200,000 [Hudson River Trading](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hudson-river-trading) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e2579b39ed9e8cd1) New York, NY 5w ago $200,000–$300,000 [BJAK](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bjak) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Full Stack Engineer, AI Internal Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ded6ad6d23ebac1c) US Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Vitol](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vitol) Builds for teams inside the company ### [GenAI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4c357ee88efba928) Houston, TX 6w ago Pay not posted [TLDR](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tldr) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1d5258b38ff3b08c) US Remote 7w ago $298,000–$358,000 [Tower Research Capital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tower-research-capital) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d936225bcd2dbf95) New York, NY 3mo ago $130,000–$170,000 [BJAK](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bjak) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead Engineer, AI Internal Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6331ba1cdf30b6eb) US · city not listed Hybrid 13d ago Pay not posted [The Job Sauce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/the-job-sauce) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Product Builder, Vault - Alt](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9f564709fd6ff51b) US Remote 3mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Simpson Thacher & Bartlett](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/simpson-thacher-bartlett) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/872d73bbc699ee75) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $180,000–$210,000 [DRW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/drw) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer - Cumberland/Options Front Office Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1758c0a8b0d3009b) Chicago, IL 7mo ago $175,000–$225,000 [DRW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/drw) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer - Cumberland/Options Front Office Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f93bccc1da79e132) New York, NY 7mo ago $175,000–$225,000 [DRW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/drw) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer - Cumberland/FICCO Front Office Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fa7a4a1da8701965) Greenwich, CT 7mo ago $175,000–$225,000 [DRW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/drw) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, Cumberland/Options Tools Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/26111f18bfb6aca9) New York, NY 11mo ago $175,000–$225,000 30 of 57 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at bootstrapped companies pay? 27 of 57 postings state a pay range. The median is $188,000, and half of them sit between $154,000 and $213,000, from 17 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at bootstrapped companies require? Of 57 postings, 21 state a minimum number of years, from 14 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 10 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (9) or under 3 years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at bootstrapped companies? These 57 postings come from 29 companies. The employers with the most postings are [CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cgs-federal-contact-government-services) (8), [Wyetech](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wyetech) (7), [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) (5), [DRW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/drw) (4) and [BJAK](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bjak) (3). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at bootstrapped companies remote? 12 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 11 are hybrid and 21 are on-site. The remaining 13 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 10 of the 57 postings. Counted over the 57 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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