> 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. # Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=staff&management=ic 15 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies, from 13 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $203,000 to $256,000. **15** postings · **13** companies · **13** with pay · median **$238,000** · middle half $203,000–$256,000 · read Nov 9, 2026 Updated Nov 8, 2026 [Suki AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/suki-ai) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/12d765d673cd368d) Redwood City, CA New · 2d ago $225,000–$250,000 [Liatrio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liatrio) Builds what the customer runs ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/78beee344451f69f) US Remote 8mo ago Pay not posted [Mozilla](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mozilla) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Product Engineer, Enterprise AI ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e9307d8ee55893ca) US Remote 5w ago $185,000–$220,000 [Red Cell Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-cell-partners) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Applied ML Engineer, Federal/National Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d7dbd0967123dff7) Washington, DC Remote 6w ago $180,000–$240,000 [Crusoe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crusoe) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Applied AI Inference Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6b6957db986de8d) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $215,000–$260,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ce65194d3b4765e8) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 3mo ago $265,000–$331,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Software Engineer, Active Clearance, Air Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/07fb96b46de82a44) Irvine, CA Since 2025 $220,000–$292,000 [Form Energy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/form-energy) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe4a2176c1df3494) Somerville, MA · Weirton, WV Hybrid 3mo ago $128,660–$221,973 [Pathos AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pathos-ai) ### [Staff Software / AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b3e5dec5f331c152) New York, NY Hybrid 2w ago $180,000–$200,000 [Signature Aviation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/signature-aviation) ### [AI Platform Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ae5db759b10973af) Orlando, FL 3w ago Pay not posted [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Staff Software Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/14188cf726c60b03) Costa Mesa, CA New · 5d ago $220,000–$292,000 [CHAOS Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chaos-industries) ### [Production Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9f28faf3f87076e3) El Segundo, CA On-site 4w ago $120,000–$210,000 [Crusoe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crusoe) ### [Staff Software Engineer, Internal Tools & Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d056ef0f4cec870) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $215,000–$260,000 [Socure](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/socure) ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6860e3f0a063fa2b) US Remote 5mo ago $220,000–$290,000 [Turing](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/turing) Leads the deployment team ### [Staff Research Engineer, Enterprise Knowledge](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/06f45dde0a490569) US · city not listed 12mo ago $250,000–$400,000 · OTE 7 of these 15 jobs build for teams inside the company. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dlate%26level%3Dstaff%26management%3Dic&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dlate%26level%3Dstaff%26management%3Dic&placement=alert) Alerts for “Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors 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 staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies pay? 13 of 15 postings state a pay range. The median is $238,000, and half of them sit between $203,000 and $256,000, from 11 companies. ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies? These 15 postings come from 13 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (2), [Crusoe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crusoe) (2), [CHAOS Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chaos-industries) (1), [Form Energy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/form-energy) (1) and [Liatrio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liatrio) (1). Counted over the 15 postings in this search. 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