> 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 pre-sales Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=bootstrapped&stage=presales 14 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs at bootstrapped companies involving pre-sales, from 10 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $143,000 to $205,000. **14** postings · **10** companies · 11 state pay: median **$185,000**, half $143,000–$205,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6c5d5100c300639f) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $167,000–$203,000 [Cadre AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cadre-ai) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer | San Diego, CA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bb21b43f6b721f75) San Diego, CA 3mo ago $100,000–$140,000 [PMG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pmg) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Principal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ef7f8ed7391e708) Dallas, TX · New York, NY · +1 more 9mo ago Pay not posted [STR](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/str) ### [Lead Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/56679558d2e6536f) Woburn, MA 2w ago $180,000–$230,000 [CoVar](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/covar) ### [Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97fb651671bae68c) Mclean, VA Hybrid 8mo 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 [STR](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/str) ### [Lead Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bf1ffbc0e223730e) Arlington, VA 2w ago $180,000–$230,000 [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Mission Strategist, Navy](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/31c0835d25642c66) San Diego, CA On-site 2w ago $165,000–$185,000 [Eulerity](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eulerity) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9442b43fc86fcada) New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago $100,000–$125,000 [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a286130f619ca1d4) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $147,000–$185,000 [PressW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pressw) Integrates and configures it ### [Applied AI Engineer – MSP](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0dc8d075d37a579) Austin, TX Hybrid 3mo ago $90,000–$145,000 [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) Integrates and configures it ### [Director Of Technical Operations ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/57b6f7800943ba3a) Washington, DC · Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $180,000–$220,000 [Transformworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/transformworks) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7aead1061220e04a) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $150,000–$300,000 [PVM](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pvm) Leads the deployment team ### [Echo/ Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2213e7800d0baa47) Huntsville, AL On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted 7 of 14 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dbootstrapped%26stage%3Dpresales&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs at bootstrapped companies involving pre-sales 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 at bootstrapped companies involving pre-sales pay? 11 of 14 postings state a pay range. The median is $185,000, and half of them sit between $143,000 and $205,000, from 7 companies. ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at bootstrapped companies involving pre-sales? These 14 postings come from 10 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) (4), [STR](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/str) (2), [Cadre AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cadre-ai) (1), [CoVar](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/covar) (1) and [Eulerity](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eulerity) (1). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs at bootstrapped companies involving pre-sales remote? 0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 6 are hybrid and 4 are on-site. The remaining 4 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 5 of the 14 postings. Counted over the 14 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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