> 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 on-site at early-stage companies serving external customers and internal teams Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&recipient=both&work=onsite 20 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs on-site at early-stage companies serving external customers and internal teams, from 20 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $184,000 to $256,000. **20** postings · **20** companies · 16 state pay: median **$219,000**, half $184,000–$256,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 25, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [ClaimSorted](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/claimsorted) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4f032a5ccd9f6fca) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $130,000–$230,000 [ChipAgents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chipagents) Builds what the customer runs ### [Software Engineer, ML for EDA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b4582d6cf8deb16) San Jose, CA On-site New · Yesterday $150,000–$350,000 [Elorian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/elorian) Builds what the customer runs ### [Software Engineer - Applications](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0686c28278c3efd2) Palo Alto, CA On-site New · 5d ago $250,000–$400,000 [Altara](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/altara) Builds what the customer runs ### [Software Engineer, Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ca39e8fc4b3f006) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Flip](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flip) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Software Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0462b41550eec93d) Marina Del Rey, CA · Williamsburg, NY On-site 8mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Sapien](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sapien) Builds what the customer runs ### [Customer Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c4efa27350a08c1f) New York, NY On-site 9mo ago $175,000–$250,000 [Harper](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/harper) ### [Forward Deployed Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80b7ff167e547412) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago $125,000–$175,000 [OneSchema](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oneschema) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed PM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f7dd7c70a2985e0) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago Pay not posted [Seasats](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seasats) Integrates and configures it ### [Customer Software Application Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7bb4d5324bed0d63) San Diego, CA On-site 3mo ago $130,000–$180,000 [Faction](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/faction) Integrates and configures it ### [Product & Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a4fb975e452bd8c7) New York, NY On-site 5mo ago Pay not posted [Mithrl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mithrl) Integrates and configures it ### [Member of Technical Staff, Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d758a2d910df3ff6) San Francisco, CA On-site 10mo ago $180,000–$220,000 [Vooma](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vooma) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4c6c26232e5adc8a) San Francisco, CA On-site 19mo ago $150,000–$180,000 [Ciridae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ciridae) ### [Staff Platform Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/63b9ca33c41caa45) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Eagle](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eagle) ### [Staff Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/26753904ec10e85d) New York, NY On-site 3mo ago $150,000–$300,000 [Arca](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arca) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/185aaefe53da4f95) New York, NY On-site 4mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [Retell AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/retell-ai) ### [Founders Initiatives, Technical Ex-Founders](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1fef50e3f27a227b) Redwood City, CA On-site 4mo ago $180,000–$300,000 [Garage](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/garage) ### [Software Engineer, Growth](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/00653e94e2d692dd) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $150,000–$250,000 [Generalist AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/generalist-ai) ### [Software Engineer: Product](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cbc510d6bf03eb79) San Mateo, CA On-site 8mo ago $200,000–$350,000 [Periodic Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/periodic-labs) ### [Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f58ee38e240df145) Menlo Park, CA On-site 11mo ago $250,000–$350,000 [Mariana Minerals](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mariana-minerals) ### [Senior Full Stack Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f969b0acf6a0944b) San Francisco, CA On-site 13mo ago $150,000–$220,000 9 of 20 build for teams inside the company. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dearly%26recipient%3Dboth%26work%3Donsite&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs on-site at early-stage companies serving external customers and internal teams 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 on-site at early-stage companies serving external customers and internal teams pay? 16 of 20 postings state a pay range. The median is $219,000, and half of them sit between $184,000 and $256,000, from 16 companies. ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs on-site at early-stage companies serving external customers and internal teams? These 20 postings come from 20 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Altara](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/altara) (1), [Arca](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arca) (1), [ChipAgents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chipagents) (1), [Ciridae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ciridae) (1) and [ClaimSorted](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/claimsorted) (1). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs on-site at early-stage companies serving external customers and internal teams remote? 0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 20 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 2 of the 20 postings. Counted over the 20 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. 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 at early-stage companies serving external customers and internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&recipient=both) · 38 jobs - [Every FDE job search](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse)