> 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 for individual contributors at later-stage private companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&management=ic&page=10 376 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies, from 175 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $163,000 to $233,000. **376** postings · **175** companies · **293** with pay · median **$198,000** · middle half $163,000–$233,000 · read Nov 9, 2026 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, ARC Team](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a6a93858892ae877) San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 more Hybrid 7mo ago $138,000–$259,440 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6f502ea2bf99de49) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $266,000–$405,000 [Metropolis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/metropolis) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d677b6d5e0e32d6) Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $170,000–$200,000 [Samba TV](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/samba-tv) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b97663e44a22136) San Francisco, CA On-site 7mo ago Pay not posted [Samba](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/samba) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d756678c8072cf84) San Francisco, CA 7mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [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 [Metropolis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/metropolis) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a158c492bc4ae163) New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $170,000–$200,000 [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 [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 [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 [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/484d5a806f49b322) US Remote 7w ago $68,443–$92,398 [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–$254,000 218 of these 376 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dlate%26management%3Dic%26page%3D10&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dlate%26management%3Dic%26page%3D10&placement=alert) Alerts for “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 FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies pay? 293 of 376 postings state a pay range. The median is $198,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $233,000, from 130 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies require? Of 376 postings, 203 state a minimum number of years, from 120 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 133 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (34), under 3 years (31) or 10 or more years (5). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies? These 376 postings come from 175 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (23), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (19), [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) (14), [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) (12) and [Fluidstack](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluidstack) (10). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies remote? 83 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 87 are hybrid and 99 are on-site. The remaining 107 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 149 of the 376 postings. Counted over the 376 postings in this search. 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