> 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. # Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at early-stage companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&level=staff&management=lead 17 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads at early-stage companies, from 14 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $207,000 to $268,000. **17** postings · **14** companies · 10 state pay: median **$215,000**, half $207,000–$268,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 10, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c02a7615ae059b6d) US Remote New · 3d ago Pay not posted [Supermove](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/supermove) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d35e07e253edcc9a) US Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [Amigo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amigo) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer [NYC or SF]](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/24ad8746113a6cca) New York, NY On-site 4mo ago $240,000–$300,000 [Titan Banking AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/titan-banking-ai) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI Focus ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/edd2854b6730862a) US Remote 5mo ago $180,000–$250,000 [SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/509559a2545bb60e) US Remote 11mo ago $200,000–$225,000 [Blank Metal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/blank-metal) ### [Senior AI Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0be391b976eb011a) Minneapolis, MN Hybrid 5w ago Pay not posted [Obin AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/obin-ai) ### [Staff AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a94d9d4c2fdbd4e9) New York, NY 7w ago $240,000–$300,000 [Flip](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flip) ### [Staff Software Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0462b41550eec93d) Marina Del Rey, CA · Williamsburg, NY On-site 8mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Clarion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clarion) ### [Senior Software Engineer (Fullstack)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/412486fb61d902dd) New York, NY On-site 8mo ago $185,000–$225,000 [TrueFoundry](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/truefoundry) ### [Senior AI/ML Engineer — LLM & Agent Stack (Customer Facing)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/245ead0bc1b975e3) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 14mo ago Pay not posted [Obin AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/obin-ai) ### [Principal Solution Architect (Multi-Cloud, Data & Agentic AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d9fe8130277fa32a) New York, NY 4mo ago $220,000–$300,000 [Chalk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chalk) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b4e356b364ebc5fc) San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo ago $180,000–$250,000 [webAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/webai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Platform Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c446f9aec340c4a) Austin, TX 2w ago Pay not posted [Ciridae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ciridae) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Platform Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/63b9ca33c41caa45) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Reframe Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reframe-systems) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Full Stack Software Engineer - Platform Software](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c261e6cd8068b5a6) Billerica, MA On-site 3mo ago $140,000–$180,000 [Uncountable](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/uncountable) Leads the deployment team ### [Engineering Manager, Implementations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed3c833f051d9258) New York, NY 17mo ago $130,000–$150,000 [webAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/webai) Leads the deployment team ### [Director of Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80efef3cae855049) Austin, TX Hybrid 5mo ago Pay not posted 11 of 17 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dearly%26level%3Dstaff%26management%3Dlead&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs for technical leads at early-stage companies 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 staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at early-stage companies pay? 10 of 17 postings state a pay range. The median is $215,000, and half of them sit between $207,000 and $268,000, from 9 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at early-stage companies require? Of 17 postings, 10 state a minimum number of years, from 9 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 6 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at early-stage companies? These 17 postings come from 14 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Obin AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/obin-ai) (2), [SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid) (2), [webAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/webai) (2), [Amigo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amigo) (1) and [Blank Metal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/blank-metal) (1). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at early-stage companies remote? 4 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 3 are hybrid and 6 are on-site. The remaining 4 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 3 of the 17 postings. Counted over the 17 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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