> 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 at bootstrapped companies involving proof of concept Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=bootstrapped&stage=poc&page=2 41 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs at bootstrapped companies involving proof of concept, from 19 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $180,000 to $216,000. **41** postings · **19** companies · **27** with pay · median **$200,000** · middle half $180,000–$216,000 · read Nov 9, 2026 [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 12mo ago $175,000–$225,000 25 of these 41 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dbootstrapped%26stage%3Dpoc%26page%3D2&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dbootstrapped%26stage%3Dpoc%26page%3D2&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE and deployment jobs at bootstrapped companies involving proof of concept” go out once you have an account. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs at bootstrapped companies involving proof of concept pay? 27 of 41 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $180,000 and $216,000, from 13 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at bootstrapped companies involving proof of concept require? Of 41 postings, 24 state a minimum number of years, from 12 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 16 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (6), under 3 years (1) or 10 or more years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at bootstrapped companies involving proof of concept? These 41 postings come from 19 companies. The employers with the most postings are [STR](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/str) (8), [Wyetech](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wyetech) (6), [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) (5), [DRW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/drw) (4) and [PVM](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pvm) (2). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs at bootstrapped companies involving proof of concept remote? 4 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 9 are hybrid and 13 are on-site. The remaining 15 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 19 of the 41 postings. Counted over the 41 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) ## Related pages - [FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?stage=poc) · 1,284 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&stage=poc) · 367 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs at public companies involving proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&stage=poc) · 349 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies involving proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&stage=poc) · 138 jobs - [Every FDE job search](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse)