> 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. # Senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=senior&page=17 650 senior forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies, from 214 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $181,000 to $233,000. **650** postings · **214** companies · **548** with pay · median **$213,000** · middle half $181,000–$233,000 · read Nov 6, 2026 [Cresta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cresta) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Engineer, GTM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4a75973161e40e43) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 8mo ago $150,000–$230,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Backend Software Engineer, GTM Innovation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0f9099e5e00530f9) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 9mo ago $347,000–$445,000 [Eight Sleep](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eight-sleep) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Full Stack Engineer - Customer Experience](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e21fd296a43af528) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 9mo ago Pay not posted [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) Builds for teams inside the company ### [GTM Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55f9956bb88baeda) San Francisco, CA On-site 9mo ago $150,000–$230,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Leads the deployment team ### [Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/443e90f636abe8b6) San Francisco, CA 9mo ago $265,000–$331,000 [Astranis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/astranis) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer - Enterprise Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/11d949153ca32523) San Francisco, CA Since 2025 $145,000–$210,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, Full Stack (People Innovation Labs)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/def83285335300f2) US Remote Since 2025 $153,000–$385,000 [Optiver](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/optiver) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3494310fedf076f0) Chicago, IL Since 2025 $200,000–$200,000 [ElevenLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/elevenlabs) Leads the deployment team ### [Deployment Strategist Lead - USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d0349a5c302e2b9) New York, NY Remote 6w ago Pay not posted [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployment Strategist, Space Systems Command](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7bd71aa29083eac6) Los Angeles, CA On-site 4mo ago $203,200–$254,000 399 of these 650 jobs build what the customer runs. - [Let Nextmove find the roles that fit you — free](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dlate%26level%3Dsenior%26page%3D17&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dlate%26level%3Dsenior%26page%3D17&placement=alert) Alerts for “Senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies” go out once you have an account. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies pay? 548 of 650 postings state a pay range. The median is $213,000, and half of them sit between $181,000 and $233,000, from 159 companies. ### How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies require? Of 650 postings, 403 state a minimum number of years, from 162 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 238 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (131), under 3 years (24) or 10 or more years (10). ### Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies? These 650 postings come from 214 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (68), [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (66), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (41), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (34) and [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) (16). ### Are senior FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies remote? 125 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 156 are hybrid and 121 are on-site. The remaining 248 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 345 of the 650 postings. Counted over the 650 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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