> 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 growth-stage companies involving proof of concept Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=growth&stage=poc&page=4 134 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs at growth-stage companies involving proof of concept, from 86 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $178,000 to $233,000. **134** postings · **86** companies · 103 state pay: median **$200,000**, half $178,000–$233,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [CloudZero](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cloudzero) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Enablement Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/09d4d1dd88bbed11) Boston, MA Hybrid New · 2d ago $150,000–$205,000 [Fieldguide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fieldguide) Leads the deployment team ### [Senior Manager, Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fed674fdd8484b71) San Francisco, CA Remote 3w ago $210,000–$305,000 [Patch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/patch) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer - Market Intelligence](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/37f1a4334c032ed2) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4w ago $170,000–$220,000 [Forus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/forus) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Platform & Enablement Lead ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8ca540d0fb6c11ed) New York, NY On-site 1mo ago $175,000–$270,000 [ALSO](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/also) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Staff Deployment Strategist, Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1181054e08ce3e65) Palo Alto, CA On-site 2mo ago $170,000–$225,000 [Fieldguide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fieldguide) Leads the deployment team ### [Head of Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2bf39c185070fc9) San Francisco, CA Remote 3w ago $240,000–$390,000 [Serval](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/serval) Leads the deployment team ### [Deployment Leadership](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2cf4f2be614e9158) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $250,000–$400,000 [Cargomatic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cargomatic) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/25a1805d94969958) US Remote 6mo ago $150,000–$210,000 [Rain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rain) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Operations Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/123902f0a2dd5c51) New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $150,000–$220,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (Bay Area)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a596ddfc7a1ad70) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $185,000–$315,000 · OTE [Vannevar Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vannevar-labs) Leads the deployment team ### [Enterprise Technical Lead (Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f690faf1f1a405cd) Washington, DC · San Diego, CA · +1 more Remote 19mo ago $150,000–$215,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (NYC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a593282280776759) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $185,000–$315,000 · OTE [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (Early Career- SF)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf677e9e9ca98360) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $160,000–$185,000 · OTE [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (Seattle)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e03d5804545775cf) Seattle, WA 5mo ago $165,000–$380,000 · OTE 71 of 134 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs at growth-stage companies involving proof of concept pay? 103 of 134 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $178,000 and $233,000, from 67 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at growth-stage companies involving proof of concept require? Of 134 postings, 82 state a minimum number of years, from 54 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 54 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (15), 6 to 9 years (11) or 10 or more years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at growth-stage companies involving proof of concept? These 134 postings come from 86 companies. The employers with the most postings are [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) (10), [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) (6), [Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai) (5), [Peregrine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/peregrine) (3) and [Serval](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/serval) (3). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs at growth-stage companies involving proof of concept remote? 39 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 40 are hybrid and 40 are on-site. The remaining 15 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 47 of the 134 postings. Counted over the 134 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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