> 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 for technical leads at growth-stage companies involving pre-sales Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=growth&management=lead&stage=presales 45 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads at growth-stage companies involving pre-sales, from 31 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $174,000 to $228,000. **45** postings · **31** companies · 35 state pay: median **$200,000**, half $174,000–$228,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Posh AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/posh-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b047149afdefb954) Boston, MA Hybrid New · 2d ago $185,000–$215,000 [Together AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/together-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Post-Training](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3c12aeeb37e0d254) San Francisco, CA 13d ago $270,000–$300,000 · OTE [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f15116f28545e9c4) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $197,000–$246,000 [Qualified Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qualified-health) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Data Engineer, Data Modernizaton](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/69ca5462577cfcb4) US Remote 4mo ago $180,000–$230,000 [Footprint](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/footprint) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/88950f32b81cc138) New York, NY On-site 4mo ago $170,000–$205,000 [Maybern](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/maybern) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9c18002efe428515) New York, NY Hybrid 5mo ago $310,000–$350,000 [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) ### [Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/92abff21b2d86629) Washington, DC Remote 8mo ago $180,000–$245,000 [Profound](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/profound) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc8070eaf3deefc7) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA On-site 12mo ago $140,000–$260,000 [PhysicsX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/physicsx) ### [Principal Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c855b793f4140d11) New York, NY Hybrid New · 3d ago Pay not posted [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Aerospace](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/492222403f260da6) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [hyperexponential (hx)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hyperexponential-hx) ### [Agent Builder ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/384b8c9636361101) New York, NY Hybrid 2w ago $160,000–$190,000 [Heidi Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/heidi-health) ### [Implementation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/416cfd1178536232) New York, NY On-site 4w ago $150,000–$190,000 [Altana](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/altana) ### [Senior Staff Implementation Delivery Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/28306742057e7321) Washington, DC On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Automotive](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/27f62ce9c80d4125) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Engineer (Federal)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/40118733a4b00450) Washington, DC Remote 2mo ago $185,000–$300,000 · OTE [InstaLILY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/instalily) ### [Software Engineer, Full Stack](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/69133966645ebb04) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA 4mo ago $150,000–$190,000 [Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai) ### [AI Field Engineer - Strategic Partnerships](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/586637615ffab02a) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 4mo ago $200,000–$260,000 [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/44f0de2ca4442dd8) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [Bland AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bland-ai) ### [Agent Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2835d19d46c9e04d) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $120,000–$200,000 [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) ### [Senior Solutions Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ab90418d9dd210ca) Washington, DC Remote 7mo ago $180,000–$245,000 [Nominal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) ### [Software Engineer, Mission Dev - U.S. Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/25571084cdc5fffa) New York, NY · Washington, DC 8mo ago $150,000–$215,000 [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Semiconductor](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba548c631b51d6ee) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [Typeface](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/typeface) ### [Solutions Architect ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3efe382e7af45e15) US Remote 11mo ago $160,000–$210,000 · OTE [PhysicsX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/physicsx) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/774e7ed1f294a9c8) New York, NY Hybrid 13mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Cohere Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cohere-health) Integrates and configures it ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6f622892e4ed5e9c) US Remote 3mo ago $154,000–$175,000 [Tennr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tennr) Integrates and configures it ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (Post-Sales)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a561658e62b3c4df) New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $160,000–$180,000 [Hebbia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hebbia) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5281f28199211273) New York, NY On-site 7d ago $180,000–$320,000 [CertifyOS](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/certifyos) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Product Manager, Forward Deployed - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4d49834126c87c10) US Remote 10d ago Pay not posted [Infinitus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/infinitus) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/de590d542183a071) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2w ago Pay not posted [Deep Infra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deep-infra) Proves it works before the sale ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1aec0681eb976cc3) Palo Alto, CA 2mo ago $150,000–$195,000 [Northwood Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/northwood-space) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7e4a57ecaa9894ba) Washington, DC On-site 3mo ago $170,000–$225,000 [Qualified Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qualified-health) Integrates and configures it ### [Staff / Principal Forward-Deployed Architect, Data Modernization](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9e88859cb3aeb7e0) US Remote 5mo ago $190,000–$250,000 [Mintlify](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mintlify) Proves it works before the sale ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (NYC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/10cda808b23e54f9) New York, NY 6mo ago $250,000–$315,000 [Altana](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/altana) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [ Staff AI Deployment Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4676a0bf140baee3) Brooklyn, NY · Washington, DC Hybrid 9d ago $165,000–$195,000 [Seqera](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seqera) Integrates and configures it ### [Technical Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79fca284ae29c806) US Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Integrates and configures it ### [Deployed Engineer (Chicago)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/deab6cf78d95736c) Chicago, IL Hybrid 6mo ago $200,000–$300,000 · OTE [Tennr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tennr) Integrates and configures it ### [Enterprise Solutions Engineer (Post-Sales)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c1b317094b40b10) New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $160,000–$180,000 [Canvas Medical](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/canvas-medical) Integrates and configures it ### [Applied AI Operations Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b9978720b2383640) San Francisco, CA Remote 14mo ago Pay not posted [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Integrates and configures it ### [Deployed Engineer (Raleigh)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/152e9ed48759d71e) Raleigh, NC Remote 6mo ago $150,000–$250,000 · OTE [PhysicsX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/physicsx) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bebe5121d18810b5) New York, NY Hybrid New · 3d ago $90,000–$130,000 24 of 45 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dgrowth%26management%3Dlead%26stage%3Dpresales&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs for technical leads at growth-stage companies involving pre-sales 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 for technical leads at growth-stage companies involving pre-sales pay? 35 of 45 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $174,000 and $228,000, from 26 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at growth-stage companies involving pre-sales require? Of 45 postings, 34 state a minimum number of years, from 22 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 25 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (6) or 10 or more years (3). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at growth-stage companies involving pre-sales? These 45 postings come from 31 companies. The employers with the most postings are [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) (4), [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) (4), [PhysicsX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/physicsx) (4), [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) (3) and [Altana](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/altana) (2). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at growth-stage companies involving pre-sales remote? 11 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 15 are hybrid and 14 are on-site. The remaining 5 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 23 of the 45 postings. Counted over the 45 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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