> 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 at later-stage private companies serving external customers Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&recipient=external&page=18 685 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers, from 184 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $183,000 to $243,000. **685** postings · **184** companies · **570** with pay · median **$216,000** · middle half $183,000–$243,000 · read Nov 9, 2026 [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 [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 [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 [ElevenLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/elevenlabs) Leads the deployment team ### [Deployment Strategist Lead - USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d0349a5c302e2b9) New York, NY Remote 6w ago Pay not posted [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–$254,000 472 of these 685 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dlate%26recipient%3Dexternal%26page%3D18&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dlate%26recipient%3Dexternal%26page%3D18&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers” 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 at later-stage private companies serving external customers pay? 570 of 685 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $183,000 and $243,000, from 139 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers require? Of 685 postings, 418 state a minimum number of years, from 137 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 213 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (145), under 3 years (30) or 10 or more years (30). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers? These 685 postings come from 184 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (77), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (68), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (45), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (30) and [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) (20). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies serving external customers remote? 135 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 168 are hybrid and 122 are on-site. The remaining 260 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 400 of the 685 postings. Counted over the 685 postings in this search. 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