> 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 involving pre-sales Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&stage=presales&page=4 122 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs at early-stage companies involving pre-sales, from 96 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $165,000 to $219,000. **122** postings · **96** companies · **72** with pay · median **$185,000** · middle half $165,000–$219,000 · read Nov 6, 2026 Updated Nov 7, 2026 [HiddenLayer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hiddenlayer) Proves it works before the sale ### [AI Solutions Architect- Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0f0c7b5f29f9f077) US Remote 4mo ago Pay not posted [Superblocks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/superblocks) Keeps customers running after launch ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ebcf605b1d4f329c) US Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted 53 of these 122 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dearly%26stage%3Dpresales%26page%3D4&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dearly%26stage%3Dpresales%26page%3D4&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies involving pre-sales” 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 early-stage companies involving pre-sales pay? 72 of 122 postings state a pay range. The median is $185,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $219,000, from 52 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies involving pre-sales require? Of 122 postings, 68 state a minimum number of years, from 57 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 46 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (17), 6 to 9 years (4) or 10 or more years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies involving pre-sales? These 122 postings come from 96 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Realm](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/realm) (5), [Chalk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chalk) (4), [Eudia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eudia) (4), [Thread AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thread-ai) (4) and [GovSignals](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/govsignals) (3). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies involving pre-sales remote? 34 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 27 are hybrid and 53 are on-site. The remaining 8 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 58 of the 122 postings. Counted over the 122 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 pre-sales](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?stage=presales) · 783 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies with ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&stage=operations) · 344 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving pre-sales](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&stage=presales) · 239 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies involving proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&stage=poc) · 139 jobs - [Every FDE job search](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse)