> 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 involving proof of concept Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&stage=poc&page=9 358 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept, from 127 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $188,000 to $260,000. **358** postings · **127** companies · 297 state pay: median **$222,000**, half $188,000–$260,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 7, 2026 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Product Engineer, Data](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bc51c0c72ca2b2eb) Ashville, OH · Baltimore, MD · +3 more 4w ago $183,000–$243,000 [Kraken](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/kraken) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer – Agent Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/278515fa9207fdb3) US Remote 5w ago $127,200–$254,400 [Jobber](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/jobber) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Principal Engineer (AI, Office of the CEO)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/651e2d3ed92d79e5) US Remote 6w ago Pay not posted [Auction.com](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/auction-com) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Application Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bd6e4e287135c6f2) Irvine, CA 7w ago Pay not posted [Benchling](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/benchling) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, Tools and Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c4a1efdff7ee042a) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 1mo ago $195,000–$265,000 [Cadwell](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cadwell) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Strategy & Enterprise Enablement Analyst ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/475531881bdecf66) US · city not listed Hybrid 1mo ago $95,000–$130,000 [Jobber](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/jobber) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Principal Engineer (AI, Office of the CEO)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e08be08e37b72012) Boston, MA Remote 6w ago $229,300–$310,200 [Coalition](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coalition) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, AI Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4c49853f884c504f) US Remote 2mo ago $115,000–$168,000 [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Tax Innovation - AI Engineer - Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/49bfe340b2d7ec88) Dallas, TX · Chicago, IL · +2 more 2mo ago $99,000–$266,000 [Everlaw](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/everlaw) Builds for teams inside the company ### [GTM AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c57efd57ebb31902) Oakland, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $154,000–$213,000 [Percepta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/percepta) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71dd8ba2e637e994) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $300,000–$425,000 [Lyra Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lyra-health) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer - Internal Efficiency](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bbbb71f56e658c7b) South San Francisco, CA Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted [Turing](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/turing) Leads the deployment team ### [AI Engagement Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/51d33e8ea1efb5d6) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $225,000–$255,000 [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 [Horizon media](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/horizon-media) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer, Applied AI Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fa0acd3f462cf0da) New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago $195,000–$225,000 [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 [Waymo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/waymo) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Enablement Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c882a164e9bc6d53) Mountain View, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $200,000–$247,000 [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 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Leads the deployment team ### [Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Enterprise)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9b612508e6525cc3) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $251,000–$335,000 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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/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) Leads the deployment team ### [Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/443e90f636abe8b6) San Francisco, CA 9mo ago $265,000–$331,000 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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–$254,000 214 of 358 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 at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept pay? 297 of 358 postings state a pay range. The median is $222,000, and half of them sit between $188,000 and $260,000, from 95 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept require? Of 358 postings, 237 state a minimum number of years, from 106 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 126 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (79), under 3 years (18) or 10 or more years (14). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept? These 358 postings come from 127 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (67), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (34), [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) (15), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (14) and [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) (14). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept remote? 63 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 101 are hybrid and 47 are on-site. The remaining 147 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 187 of the 358 postings. Counted over the 358 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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