> 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 at later-stage private companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=staff&page=2 143 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies, from 76 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $210,000 to $283,000. **143** postings · **76** companies · 130 state pay: median **$244,000**, half $210,000–$283,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) Builds what the customer runs ### [Engineering Lead, Strategic Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3ff1ce35a22b105f) New York, NY On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Focused](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/focused) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Agent Engineer (Langchain)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/db7b410cbbc76aea) Chicago, IL Hybrid 6w ago $120,000–$170,000 [Celonis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/celonis) Builds what the customer runs ### [Lead Deployment Architect - AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bf236dfac408a8bc) New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago $177,000–$190,000 [Egen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/egen) Builds what the customer runs ### [Principal AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3261fbaa1764b97e) US Remote 4mo ago Pay not posted [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) Builds what the customer runs ### [Engineering Lead, Strategic Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55e8a726e8f37fe4) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Machinify](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/machinify) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Data Engineer, Core Migrations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9726d76b0f5863ac) US Remote 4mo ago $230,000–$260,000 [Genesys](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/genesys) Builds what the customer runs ### [Principal, AI Software Engineer– Agentic & Industry Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1c015bd1ff6ff862) TX, NC 4mo ago $205,200–$360,800 [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) Builds what the customer runs ### [BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d4252868cd1a506) Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 more 5mo ago $190,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2865522375d0ee1d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 5mo ago $288,000–$360,000 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b777191a511ed82d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 6mo ago $405,000–$485,000 [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 12mo ago $220,000–$292,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23dd7fc1237c48d9) Denver, CO · Washington, DC 9mo ago $274,400–$343,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, Financial Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1da2d6eeed3a8943) New York, NY Hybrid New · Yesterday $302,000–$385,000 [Genesys](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/genesys) Leads the deployment team ### [Director, North America AI Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b0deed3f2347a903) TX, CO, NC New · 3d ago $163,100–$286,900 [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) Leads the deployment team ### [Director of Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8c672492329748f6) Torrance, CA On-site 3w ago $300,000–$415,000 [Arcesium](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arcesium) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Transformation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a03cc4dcea9019c6) New York, NY 5w ago $200,000–$250,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Lead, FDE - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b6529416243e8a5) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4w ago $230,000–$294,000 [Hightouch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hightouch) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8979914bd0cccf85) US Remote 6w ago $175,000–$225,000 [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Team Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d16eaa1346b1b3b) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA 6w ago $200,000–$256,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) Leads the deployment team ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e815b51f4031224) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Lead, FDE- NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e0edcda2c3365d2e) New York, NY Hybrid 6w ago $230,000–$294,000 [Form Energy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/form-energy) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe4a2176c1df3494) Somerville, MA · Weirton, WV Hybrid 3mo ago $128,660–$221,973 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Leads the deployment team ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering- NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/54e7aaf730f4f453) New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $302,000–$385,000 [Innovaccer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/innovaccer) Leads the deployment team ### [Director Forward-Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cbeb0411bd8919ba) US Remote New · Yesterday Pay not posted [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) Leads the deployment team ### [Sr. Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f4ea9efe32970402) SF Bay Area On-site 2w ago $300,000–$415,000 [Clarity Innovations](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clarity-innovations) Leads the deployment team ### [Platform Engineering Senior Manager - Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed2eb21ca248737d) Annapolis Junction, MD 2w ago $145,900–$248,000 [Veeam Software](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/veeam-software) Leads the deployment team ### [Technical Lead Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe5ff6be3e268032) San Jose, CA 4w ago $169,920–$315,600 [Harvey](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/harvey) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Finance Engineer, Real Estate](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2c8838508f1b8dfe) New York, NY Hybrid 4w ago $254,600–$350,000 [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) Leads the deployment team ### [Sr. Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/398acf9eaf31771b) Torrance, CA On-site 3w ago $300,000–$415,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Sr. Engagement Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b091d6ee222c894) VA Remote 5w ago $130,300–$179,200 [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) Leads the deployment team ### [Engagement Director - Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62cd9bf315666be7) Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TX 6w ago $170,000–$220,000 [Afresh](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/afresh) Leads the deployment team ### [Founding Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f7f6357b3d597caf) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6w ago $203,745–$275,655 [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Senior Manager - Financial Services - Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dc2bf3fabf4291c0) Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 more Hybrid 7w ago $144,000–$374,000 [Re:Build Manufacturing](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/re-build-manufacturing) Leads the deployment team ### [Director – Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a3188fceeef3455d) US Remote 7w ago Pay not posted [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) Proves it works before the sale ### [ConvergeProsperity - Lead Product Forward Deployed Engineer for FSI Signals - Products & Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3c1178cd0b1aad93) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $134,500–$265,100 [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) Leads the deployment team ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc7f1d0479aa37c4) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA 3mo ago $200,000–$299,000 [Labelbox](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/labelbox) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fd358265a7442200) SF Bay Area 5mo ago $190,000–$250,000 [Stripe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stripe) Leads the deployment team ### [Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed (Privy)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43fada52a5ce0259) New York, NY 5mo ago $236,000–$354,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) Leads the deployment team ### [Cyber Senior Manager - Technology Resilience FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cfc2f372e049770e) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Lead Field Technical Program Manager, FDE - Retail, Consumer Goods, Travel, Transportation & Hospitality](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/297e07eb29e596df) US · city not listed 6mo ago $151,400–$260,150 [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies pay? 130 of 143 postings state a pay range. The median is $244,000, and half of them sit between $210,000 and $283,000, from 67 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies require? Of 143 postings, 103 state a minimum number of years, from 61 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 52 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (30), 3 to 5 years (19) or under 3 years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies? These 143 postings come from 76 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (9), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (8), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (6), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (5) and [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) (5). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies remote? 36 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 49 are hybrid and 17 are on-site. The remaining 41 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 58 of the 143 postings. Counted over the 143 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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