> 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 early-stage companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&page=4 449 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs at early-stage companies, from 284 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $163,000 to $225,000. **449** postings · **284** companies · **262** with pay · median **$190,000** · middle half $163,000–$225,000 · read Nov 8, 2026 [webAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/webai) ### [Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5681002f691861d0) Austin, TX · Washington, DC Hybrid 6mo ago Pay not posted [Sphere](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sphere) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a5ab4958d57cacb) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $200,000–$260,000 [GovWell](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/govwell) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9cccf9d549260e4c) New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [Context](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/context) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62bcc95380e1ffcc) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [Rune Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rune-technologies) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df8545f829bbcc4c) Austin, TX On-site 6mo ago $190,000–$210,000 [Latent Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/latent-labs) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4843311e7516437c) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7mo ago Pay not posted [Coral](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coral) ### [Senior Engineer - Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9e2beb065e955fcb) New York, NY On-site 7mo ago Pay not posted [Sourgum](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sourgum) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aa5dec68d86ea7a9) Jersey City, NJ 7mo ago Pay not posted [Valthos](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/valthos) ### [Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6e418fd55eefa7dc) New York, NY On-site 7mo ago Pay not posted [The Better Money Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/the-better-money-company) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2bcb2e4ef4a0a6f2) New York, NY On-site 7mo ago Pay not posted [Synthio Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/synthio-labs) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Tech](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7fb4974455ba6a30) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY 8mo ago Pay not posted [Phoebe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/phoebe) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/45c545bcd1fec46d) New York, NY On-site 8mo ago Pay not posted [Rowspace](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rowspace) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1802bf55e51c3165) San Francisco, CA On-site 8mo ago $150,000–$275,000 [Clarion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clarion) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/518778ab88c2b41c) New York, NY On-site 8mo ago $150,000–$200,000 [Coverbase](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coverbase) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6661ba42fb9ecb0) US Remote 9mo ago $110,000–$160,000 [Scaled Cognition](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scaled-cognition) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/de081d160e018d3a) Mountain View, CA On-site 9mo ago Pay not posted [Tribe AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tribe-ai) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/814f702899aee46e) US Remote 9mo ago Pay not posted [Poetic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/poetic) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/27199df9c93f0a8e) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 9mo ago $160,000–$275,000 [Fundamental Research Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fundamental-research-labs) ### [Forward Deployed Full-Stack Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/28e138e2d079ca3f) US Remote 9mo ago Pay not posted [Kepler](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/kepler) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/33504fa4d2e3b510) New York, NY On-site 9mo ago $200,000–$280,000 [Sema4.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sema4-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7f80586ba2ff833) Atlanta, GA Hybrid 10mo ago Pay not posted [XDOF](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/xdof) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a7f0ff8964f29ca) San Mateo, CA On-site 10mo ago $180,000–$290,000 [Roe AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/roe-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b26d84c0bb8db523) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 10mo ago $100,000–$120,000 [Auctor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/auctor) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ff51afc438245f01) New York, NY On-site 10mo ago $175,000–$290,000 [Carnot AI, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/carnot-ai-inc) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f142b9cdcc272a11) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 10mo ago $120,000–$160,000 [CollectWise](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/collectwise) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3fec7d208d76d4bb) New York, NY 11mo ago $150,000–$190,000 [Summation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/summation) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/08d1243bbe691639) Bellevue, WA Hybrid 11mo ago $170,000–$200,000 [Krew](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/krew) ### [Member of Technical Staff (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/365c1b5c9703a343) San Francisco, CA On-site 11mo ago $150,000–$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 [Confido](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/confido) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fd91b50632dba490) New York, NY On-site 12mo ago $200,000–$270,000 [Arini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arini) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/14092de3c283aff7) San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025 $120,000–$300,000 [Simular](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/simular) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d5dc149d18f4254e) Palo Alto, CA On-site Since 2025 Pay not posted [SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4e50ef812df3112a) US Remote 11mo ago $150,000–$175,000 [Lila Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lila-sciences) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences (Level Flexible)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1f4ccd670bfaf5d4) Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CA Since 2025 $192,000–$256,000 [Rune Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rune-technologies) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9c6b703ea2bbabb) Arlington, VA On-site Since 2025 $190,000–$210,000 [Nuvo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nuvo) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a515989aba741206) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Since 2025 $135,000–$300,000 [Picogrid](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/picogrid) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b986901355d74972) El Segundo, CA · Fort Bragg, NC Since 2025 $120,000–$200,000 [Strala](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/strala) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6de69ca38adbde5d) San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025 Pay not posted [Pulse](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pulse) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/90635a8118ec8c9c) San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025 $140,000–$200,000 [Sea12](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sea12) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/86ad7ff2419f915a) New York, NY On-site Since 2025 Pay not posted 278 of these 449 jobs build what the customer runs. - 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[Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies pay? 262 of 449 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $225,000, from 174 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies require? Of 449 postings, 227 state a minimum number of years, from 158 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 129 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (71), 6 to 9 years (24) or 10 or more years (3). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies? These 449 postings come from 284 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Fundamental Research Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fundamental-research-labs) (6), [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) (6), [SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid) (6), [Obin AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/obin-ai) (5) and [Realm](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/realm) (5). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies remote? 86 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 83 are hybrid and 228 are on-site. The remaining 52 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 177 of the 449 postings. Counted over the 449 postings in this search. 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