> 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 in Austin at growth-stage companies serving external customers Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=growth&recipient=external®ion=austin 17 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in Austin at growth-stage companies serving external customers, from 8 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $176,000 to $208,000. **17** postings · **8** companies · 14 state pay: median **$198,000**, half $176,000–$208,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published November 3, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/46808066546c242c) Austin, TX · Menlo Park, CA · +1 more Hybrid 4w ago $170,000–$225,000 [Nominal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dec8d400dcdba3a8) Austin, TX · New York, NY · +3 more 4w ago Pay not posted [RobCo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/robco) ### [(Senior) Robotics Software / Forward Deployed Engineer (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1736d53f8bea661e) Austin, TX On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79719a1a4cb8d68b) Austin, TX · Menlo Park, CA · +1 more Hybrid 6mo ago $170,000–$225,000 [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) ### [AI deployment engineer (East)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eabde487202a4488) Austin, TX · San Francisco, CA · +3 more Hybrid New · 2d ago $146,000–$204,000 [Unframe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/unframe) ### [Full Stack Software Engineer (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ca15f260073a63ee) Austin, TX Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc89e0b6e672d939) Austin, TX Remote 4w ago $160,000–$200,000 [Nominal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) ### [Software Engineer - Mission Dev](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/930f583e6dd485a0) Austin, TX · Los Angeles, CA · +1 more 18mo ago $130,000–$230,000 [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) ### [AI deployment engineer (West)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba1a9664d6547bbb) Austin, TX · San Francisco, CA · +3 more Hybrid New · 2d ago $146,000–$204,000 [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic Systems (Active Secret Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee6dd71d9378887b) Austin, TX Remote 4w ago $185,000–$230,000 [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) ### [AI deployment engineer (Central)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f106a3ca48ce33ec) Austin, TX · San Francisco, CA · +3 more Hybrid New · 2d ago $132,000–$184,000 [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a58e0daafcbeb6f3) Austin, TX Hybrid 3mo ago $185,000–$230,000 [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eb7e020ff2d79ecf) Austin, TX Remote 6mo ago $210,000–$260,000 [Method Financial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/method-financial) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c7fbc8558816e0da) Austin, TX · New York, NY · +2 more Hybrid New · 3d ago $180,000–$220,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Integrates and configures it ### [Deployed Architect, Professional Services (Austin)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ceeae874280b90e5) Austin, TX Remote 6mo ago $170,000–$270,000 [Nominal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) Integrates and configures it ### [Deployment Systems Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2d651601d19bd72e) Austin, TX · Los Angeles, CA · +1 more 27mo ago $120,000–$230,000 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/105d5ad33f153b39) Austin, TX · Menlo Park, CA · +1 more Hybrid 2mo ago $180,000–$235,000 13 of 17 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dgrowth%26recipient%3Dexternal%26region%3Daustin&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs in austin at growth-stage companies serving external customers 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 in Austin at growth-stage companies serving external customers pay? 14 of 17 postings state a pay range. The median is $198,000, and half of them sit between $176,000 and $208,000, from 6 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in Austin at growth-stage companies serving external customers require? Of 17 postings, 14 state a minimum number of years, from 7 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 7 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (6) or 10 or more years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in Austin at growth-stage companies serving external customers? These 17 postings come from 8 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) (4), [Nominal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) (3), [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) (3), [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) (3) and [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) (1). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs in Austin at growth-stage companies serving external customers remote? 5 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 8 are hybrid and 1 are on-site. The remaining 3 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 12 of the 17 postings. Counted over the 17 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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