> 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 jobs that plan what the customer deploys first at later-stage private companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&role=strategist&page=2 69 forward deployed engineer jobs that plan what the customer deploys first at later-stage private companies, from 33 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $190,000 to $261,000. **69** postings · **33** companies · 63 state pay: median **$220,000**, half $190,000–$261,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Gecko Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gecko-robotics) ### [Deployment Lead | Navy Manufacturing](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc4c3c70688f9348) Pittsburgh, PA On-site 2mo ago $170,000–$240,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Engagement Manager (Homeland Layered Defense), Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c8c10267b57092d) Washington, DC 2mo ago $166,400–$208,000 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Senior Agent Product Manager, Healthcare](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f9c10de005fb11c) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $200,000–$285,000 [TikTok](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tiktok) ### [AI Deployment Strategist — Ads Vertical - Global Monetization Product and Technology](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/11e8875b2a5e4431) New York, NY New · 6d ago $159,000–$272,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Deployment Lead, Semiconductors- SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/482c316966a717c1) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $200,000–$295,000 [Ramp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ramp) ### [AI Solutions Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/778823f0bba7bbd1) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $170,000–$230,000 [OpenAI Deployment Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai-deployment-company) ### [Technical Deployment Lead - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2c383d8c50dec7aa) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $170,000–$400,000 [ElevenLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/elevenlabs) ### [Deployment Strategist - North America](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d7a3e5d817e3edaf) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Remote 6mo ago Pay not posted [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Deployment Lead, Life Sciences- NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/140323e3f3a4a70e) New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $207,000–$294,000 [EliseAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eliseai) ### [Engagement Manager, Future Platforms | Housing](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2e2c550ce94fffac) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $160,000–$200,000 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Senior Agent Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/901e7217a6ed821e) San Francisco, CA On-site 7mo ago $200,000–$285,000 [Parloa](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/parloa) ### [Staff Deployment Strategist - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62755c754c77047b) New York, NY 8mo ago $276,000–$315,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0399056aa308a61b) New York, NY Hybrid 9mo ago $156,600–$276,000 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Technical Deployment Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7443829b46ff3cd0) Boston, MA · New York, NY · +2 more Hybrid 11mo ago $275,000–$380,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Technical Program Manager, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67bba4cf91c290f7) Washington, DC 11mo ago $166,400–$249,000 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Senior Agent Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a7b267e4e6cbef0) New York, NY On-site 14mo ago $200,000–$285,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Strategist, Agent Development](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7e3d32b3e348b8d8) San Francisco, CA On-site 15mo ago $200,000–$290,000 [Mitratech](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mitratech) ### [Legal Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d213c8f8ae9343e3) US Remote New · Today $130,000–$150,000 [BetterUp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/betterup) ### [Staff Product Manager, Forward Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5fba1ee621bbcb82) Austin, TX · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 2w ago $180,000–$250,000 [Persona](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/persona) ### [Product Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4826db2a1ad629f7) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2w ago $90,000–$100,000 [Afresh](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/afresh) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1960ef4a20e750b6) San Francisco, CA Remote 7w ago $171,200–$256,800 · OTE [EliseAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eliseai) ### [Deployment Strategist, Ecosystem Partnerships](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/da5f8e73543721b0) New York, NY On-site 7w ago $140,000–$180,000 [BetterUp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/betterup) ### [Principal Product Manager, Forward Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8783764172616cf6) Austin, TX · New York, NY · +2 more Hybrid 2mo ago $210,000–$295,000 [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) ### [Staff Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/315e13504a747835) US Remote 2mo ago $141,781–$191,404 [Mistral AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mistral-ai) ### [AI Deployment Strategist - USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/146109157dc6eeb2) Palo Alto, CA Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [EliseAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eliseai) ### [Lead Deployment Strategist, Future Platforms | Housing](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/af76c48cc2440028) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $190,000–$250,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0daca810f2d27dec) US · city not listed 6mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) ### [Staff Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e035988bf608b960) US Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [EliseAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eliseai) ### [Deployment Strategist, Future Platforms | Housing](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/13f207d3cca6dd30) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $160,000–$200,000 All 69 plan what the customer deploys first. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first at later-stage private companies pay? 63 of 69 postings state a pay range. The median is $220,000, and half of them sit between $190,000 and $261,000, from 28 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first at later-stage private companies require? Of 69 postings, 42 state a minimum number of years, from 26 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 21 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (17), under 3 years (2) or 10 or more years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first at later-stage private companies? These 69 postings come from 33 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (10), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (7), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (4), [EliseAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eliseai) (4) and [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) (4). ### Are FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first at later-stage private companies remote? 10 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 24 are hybrid and 12 are on-site. The remaining 23 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 45 of the 69 postings. Counted over the 69 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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