> 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

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867 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies, from 244 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $180,000 to $243,000.

**867** postings · **244** companies · **723** with pay · median **$215,000** · middle half $180,000–$243,000 · read Nov 11, 2026

[Indicium AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/indicium-ai) Leads the deployment team

### [Vice President of Agentic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e428b809047fab6d)

New York, NY 6mo ago

$220,000–$350,000

[Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) Leads the deployment team

### [Engineering Manager, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7aa24228c9c7e778)

New York, NY On-site 6mo ago

$280,000–$410,000

[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

[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

[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

### [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

[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

[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

[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 8mo ago

$138,000–$259,440

[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 8mo ago

Pay not posted

[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

[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 8mo 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

[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 9mo ago

$217,500–$287,500

[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

[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

[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

[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 Since 2025

$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

[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

511 of these 867 jobs build what the customer runs.

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## Frequently asked questions

### What do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies pay?

723 of 867 postings state a pay range. The median is $215,000, and half of them sit between $180,000 and $243,000, from 184 companies.

### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies require?

Of 867 postings, 541 state a minimum number of years, from 188 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 281 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (183), under 3 years (42) or 10 or more years (35).

### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies?

These 867 postings come from 244 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (79), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (72), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (54), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (40) and [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) (21).

### Are FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies remote?

175 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 222 are hybrid and 164 are on-site. The remaining 306 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 435 of the 867 postings.

Counted over the 867 postings in this search.

Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)

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