> 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 jobs that build for teams inside the company at early-stage companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&role=internal-deployment 27 forward deployed engineer jobs that build for teams inside the company at early-stage companies, from 26 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $168,000 to $240,000. **27** postings · **26** companies · 20 state pay: median **$205,000**, half $168,000–$240,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Lila Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lila-sciences) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Life Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8317a7684701a22e) Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CA 13mo ago $192,000–$256,000 [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 [Maple AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/maple-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Growth](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e8f9a6e17d657dc9) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $100,000–$200,000 [Applied Compute](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-compute) ### [GTM AI Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4aed0be0305443e1) San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago $160,000–$240,000 [webAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/webai) ### [Staff Platform Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c446f9aec340c4a) Austin, TX 2w ago Pay not posted [Level](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/level) ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9215b5d9e175d868) Austin, TX On-site 3w ago Pay not posted [Gallatin AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gallatin-ai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Internal Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3e731cdb1a040ac4) El Segundo, CA On-site 5w ago $80,000–$210,000 [Sequence Holdings](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sequence-holdings) ### [Refounding Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/84cab35008850633) New York, NY On-site 5w ago $200,000–$300,000 [Impiricus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/impiricus) ### [AI Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e5e876b1fc7064bb) Atlanta, GA · New York, NY Remote 6w ago $165,000–$210,000 [Lightspark](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lightspark) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Data & AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7899425d7a59f19c) Culver City, CA 1mo ago $200,000–$238,000 [Antithesis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/antithesis) ### [Applied AI Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/82c7576e3ad4cabe) Vienna, VA On-site 2mo ago $155,000–$185,000 [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 [Genera](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/genera) ### [Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/92aa54f47ce41182) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Reframe Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reframe-systems) ### [Full Stack Software Engineer - Platform Software](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c261e6cd8068b5a6) Billerica, MA On-site 3mo ago $140,000–$180,000 [Interface AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/interface-ai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Business Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/414ef0024c84432a) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $220,000–$260,000 [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 [Bot Auto](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bot-auto) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Fleet Mission Control](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed8abc8a729d8416) Houston, TX 5mo ago Pay not posted [Level](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/level) ### [ Senior Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe7dfce6c4433d1e) Austin, TX On-site 5mo ago Pay not posted [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 [General Matter](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/general-matter) ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/965624d2a4a5828b) Los Angeles, CA On-site 6mo ago $100,000–$200,000 [Dyna Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dyna-robotics) ### [Software Engineer, Applications](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dd285b93f1c97717) Redwood City, CA On-site 7mo ago $170,000–$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 [Benbase](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/benbase) ### [Founding Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dffac1336553e352) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remote Remote 16mo ago Pay not posted All 27 build for teams inside the company. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dearly%26role%3Dinternal-deployment&placement=alert) New fde jobs that build for teams inside the company 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 FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company at early-stage companies pay? 20 of 27 postings state a pay range. The median is $205,000, and half of them sit between $168,000 and $240,000, from 20 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company at early-stage companies require? Of 27 postings, 14 state a minimum number of years, from 13 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 6 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (5) or under 3 years (3). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company at early-stage companies? These 27 postings come from 26 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Level](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/level) (2), [Antithesis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/antithesis) (1), [Applied Compute](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-compute) (1), [Arca](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arca) (1) and [Benbase](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/benbase) (1). ### Are FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company at early-stage companies remote? 2 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 21 are on-site. The remaining 4 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1 of the 27 postings. Counted over the 27 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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