> 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 lead deployment teams at early-stage companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&role=leadership 10 forward deployed engineer jobs that lead deployment teams at early-stage companies, from 10 employers. **10** postings · **10** companies · read Nov 9, 2026 Published Nov 6, 2026 [Newcode](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/newcode) ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ade0d9c816a13d9b) Chicago, IL Hybrid 7d ago Pay not posted [Tribe AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tribe-ai) ### [Forward Deployed AI Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4efd89487638a0dd) US Remote 9mo ago Pay not posted [Chalk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chalk) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/47c6797aead04cf6) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $300,000–$350,000 [Parallel](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/parallel) ### [Engineering Lead, US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/440ade7179c1a42a) New York, NY New · 3d ago $200,000–$300,000 [Gyde](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gyde) ### [Head of AI Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba7b23671ec1f28a) Austin, TX · New York, NY 7d ago $215,000–$245,000 [Turbopuffer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/turbopuffer) ### [head of deployed engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2acf28c1212964da) US · city not listed 2w ago Pay not posted [Scout AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scout-ai) ### [GTM Customer Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d07a2a79ab832de6) US Remote 4w ago $150,000–$180,000 [Ironsite](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ironsite) ### [Head of Field Applications](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2b1a0715b67f2087) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [webAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/webai) ### [Director of Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80efef3cae855049) Austin, TX Hybrid 5mo ago Pay not posted [Uncountable](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/uncountable) ### [Engineering Manager, Implementations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed3c833f051d9258) New York, NY Since 2025 $130,000–$150,000 All 10 of these jobs lead deployment teams. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dearly%26role%3Dleadership&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dearly%26role%3Dleadership&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE jobs that lead deployment teams at early-stage companies” go out once you have an account. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that lead deployment teams at early-stage companies? These 10 postings come from 10 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Chalk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chalk) (1), [Gyde](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gyde) (1), [Ironsite](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ironsite) (1), [Newcode](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/newcode) (1) and [Parallel](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/parallel) (1). Counted over the 10 postings in this search. Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) ## Related pages - [FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early) · 449 jobs - [FDE jobs that build what the customer runs at early-stage companies](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&role=builds-for-customers) · 279 jobs - [FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first at early-stage companies](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&role=strategist) · 68 jobs - [FDE jobs that integrate and configure the product at early-stage companies](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&role=technical-delivery) · 49 jobs - [Every FDE job search](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse)