> 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=9 360 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies, from 169 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $165,000 to $236,000. **360** postings · **169** companies · 279 state pay: median **$200,000**, half $165,000–$236,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 7, 2026 [Lyra Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lyra-health) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr. Software Engineer - Internal Efficiency](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c1dd48534028c1b2) US Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted [Viral Nation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/viral-nation) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Solutions Architect, AI Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/556e69203d9701bd) US · city not listed 2mo ago Pay not posted [Flow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1719553ce37c3445) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Relativity Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/relativity-space) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Software Engineer I](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/574bb89d86acf160) Long Beach, CA 2mo ago $115,000–$173,000 [Fluidstack](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluidstack) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Decision Engineer, Compute Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/780f5038d8dfacd9) New York, NY On-site 3mo ago $224,000–$300,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Applied AI Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/894f3a5c14d4cbf9) San Francisco, CA 3mo ago $266,000–$405,000 [Perplexity](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/perplexity) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise AI Products)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a107ab6384fd73e5) San Francisco, CA 4mo ago $220,000–$405,000 [Relativity Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/relativity-space) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1cb310272b380b76) Long Beach, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $154,000–$230,000 [Fluidstack](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluidstack) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Decision Engineer, Manufacturing & Supply Chain](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/037ef5d1e233d511) New York, NY On-site 3mo ago $224,000–$300,000 [CookUnity](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cookunity) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Native Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a2fbee5e02877edc) New York, NY 4mo ago $130,000–$190,000 [Qventus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qventus) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Tooling Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8c74c174d0281e3d) US Remote 5mo ago $120,000–$150,000 [Relativity Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/relativity-space) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer (Factory Platform)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8da7b85537e74832) Long Beach, CA On-site 3mo ago $154,000–$230,000 [Fluidstack](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluidstack) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Decision Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/57fae2e60b40241e) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $224,000–$300,000 [Vanta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vanta) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr. AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cb56ec463d0ed5cd) US Remote 5mo ago $195,000–$229,000 [Socure](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/socure) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6860e3f0a063fa2b) US Remote 5mo ago $220,000–$290,000 [Bluevine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bluevine) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/451b429017139716) Jersey City, NJ Hybrid 5mo ago $153,200–$187,700 [Fluidstack](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluidstack) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Decision Engineer, Business Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec223ab1b0028409) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $224,000–$300,000 [Major League Baseball](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/major-league-baseball) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a902c3b670e976b) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $180,000–$200,000 [OCC](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/occ) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead Associate Principal, Artificial Intelligence Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4dd1208dfc2b9201) Chicago, IL Hybrid 6mo ago $159,200–$220,200 [Carnegie Mellon University](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/carnegie-mellon-university) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Solutions Architect - Computing Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dfaad0c5e51b1029) Pittsburgh, PA 6mo ago Pay not posted [Commure](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/commure) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Operations Manager, Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/abb91756fc6adb7b) Mountain View, CA On-site 6mo ago $120,000–$160,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, Cooperative AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1fe1172380592b97) San Francisco, CA 6mo ago $266,000–$445,000 [Metropolis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/metropolis) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/56c90fd5f76ae69a) Seattle, WA Hybrid 6mo ago $170,000–$200,000 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Proves it works before the sale ### [Applied AI Architect, Commercial](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3c3610a4cc4fc4d6) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $240,000–$315,000 [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 12mo ago $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 15mo ago $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 18mo ago $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–$254,000 207 of 360 build what the customer runs. [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? 279 of 360 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $236,000, from 125 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies require? Of 360 postings, 195 state a minimum number of years, from 114 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 127 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (34), under 3 years (29) or 10 or more years (5). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at later-stage private companies? These 360 postings come from 169 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (23), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (21), [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? 81 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 83 are hybrid and 97 are on-site. The remaining 99 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 141 of the 360 postings. Counted over the 360 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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