> 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 technical leads at later-stage private companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&management=lead&page=12 458 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies, from 149 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $189,000 to $242,000. **458** postings · **149** companies · 404 state pay: median **$216,000**, half $189,000–$242,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 [Ro (Modern Fertility)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ro-modern-fertility) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/74afb254e41f5231) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $190,800–$234,500 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Solutions Engineer, Talent Acquisition](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a03755ff1198280) Seattle, WA 4mo ago $161,000–$212,000 [Grafana Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/grafana-labs) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff AI Engineer | USA | Remote](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3eb0248bcffa8e9a) US Remote 4mo ago $154,445–$185,334 [Samba TV](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/samba-tv) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI GTM Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6af92266eeb5fd35) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [Celonis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/celonis) Proves it works before the sale ### [Senior Value Engineer - Banking](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/689f32bb2b9debbc) New York, NY Hybrid 5mo ago $157,000–$183,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Solutions Engineer, Talent Acquisition](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f5d8f2da6557d739) Boston, MA 4mo ago $161,000–$212,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a39079ea2904fe9) Mountain View, CA 5mo ago $192,000–$260,000 [Socure](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/socure) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9278b0f5eb6e8bd6) New York, NY Hybrid 5mo ago $200,000–$230,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Capacity Systems Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/35326025ecb53c24) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5mo ago $347,000–$445,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Solutions Engineer, Talent Acquisition](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df3d981f0840ffe5) Costa Mesa, CA 4mo ago $161,000–$212,000 [ONE Finance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/one-finance) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Platform Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7566bd277b8652e) US Remote 5mo ago $150,000–$190,000 [Handshake (AI training)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/handshake-ai-training) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer, Operator Experience](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/167322839f2fcb41) San Francisco, CA 6mo ago $225,000–$250,000 [Polymarket](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/polymarket) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer, Mission Control](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d22ad56ce22c86cc) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $250,000–$400,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/037814d943f2f163) San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 more 7mo ago $188,800–$362,000 [Kroll](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/kroll) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead Engineer, AI-Native Product Development](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/91ee159fdd74bd20) New York, NY Hybrid 7mo ago $150,000–$200,000 [Redwood Materials](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/redwood-materials) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b9310795131be37e) Mccarran, NV · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 8mo ago $217,500–$287,500 [Gusto](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gusto) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Enterprise Application AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/52d3a1b1c417debb) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 11mo ago $225,000–$250,000 [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–$331,000 285 of 458 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 technical leads at later-stage private companies pay? 404 of 458 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $189,000 and $242,000, from 118 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies require? Of 458 postings, 326 state a minimum number of years, from 119 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 147 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (140), 10 or more years (26) or under 3 years (13). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies? These 458 postings come from 149 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (72), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (66), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (27), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (17) and [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) (10). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads at later-stage private companies remote? 86 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 126 are hybrid and 54 are on-site. The remaining 192 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 267 of the 458 postings. Counted over the 458 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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