> 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 on-site at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&stage=poc&work=onsite 46 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs on-site at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept, from 21 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $196,000 to $285,000. **46** postings · **21** companies · 35 state pay: median **$275,000**, half $196,000–$285,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Reflection AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reflection-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d6f7a25c949926c4) New York, NY On-site New · 2d ago Pay not posted [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Clearance Required](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b574821bd9397e37) Arlington, VA On-site 13d ago $145,000–$250,000 [MegazoneCloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/megazonecloud) ### [Sr. AI FDE ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4a73d65b20ad1e87) Rochester, NY On-site 13d ago $145,000–$165,000 [Gecko Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gecko-robotics) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fea34c721efe528e) New York, NY On-site 9mo ago $140,000–$245,000 [Reflection AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reflection-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c318a17794050b62) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Horizon](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/391bab75cb85020c) San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago $230,000–$390,000 [Clockwork Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clockwork-systems) ### [Senior Software Engineer, TorchPass Product Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15c23388a215b20d) Palo Alto, CA On-site 3w ago $150,000–$230,000 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [SME AI/ML Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d352e42f898d7f14) Fort Meade, MD On-site 4w ago Pay not posted [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Public Sector ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71513f5a11931534) Washington, DC On-site 4w ago $280,000–$320,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent (Spanish speaking)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/40c6ef60c2833ae8) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago $180,000–$390,000 [Two Six Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/two-six-technologies) ### [Senior Data Scientist (Onsite)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/326561de34f2aa71) Arlington, VA · Laurel, MD On-site 4w ago $150,000–$200,000 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [Senior AI/ML Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9c587ba60202128e) Fort Meade, MD On-site 4w ago Pay not posted [Crusoe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crusoe) ### [Senior Staff Applied AI Inference Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d67843846305b6d) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $250,000–$300,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Tech, Media & Telecom](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2923518d5a20cafe) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [Applied Intuition](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-intuition) ### [Robotics Integration Engineer, Tech Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6fb93c7f671aa958) Sunnyvale, CA On-site 2mo ago $180,000–$210,000 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Engineering Lead, Strategic Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3ff1ce35a22b105f) New York, NY On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Crusoe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crusoe) ### [Staff Applied AI Inference Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6b6957db986de8d) San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo ago $215,000–$260,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Travel , Transportation & Hospitality](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c9c7e1018bc4a91a) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [Shield AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/shield-ai) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cffaf17fd03b9d30) Washington, DC On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Engineering Lead, Strategic Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55e8a726e8f37fe4) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [TriEdge Investments](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/triedge-investments) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/262b31c2a1ad3860) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Insurance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1b61ff2f39d335e) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Cyber, Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6eae965b2b6f816) Washington, DC On-site 6mo ago $211,000–$335,000 [Percepta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/percepta) ### [Embedded Research Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0e4d344cb1e89185) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $180,000–$400,000 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Field Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8035440dea35abbb) New York, NY On-site 9mo ago $200,000–$240,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Retail](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a79f3412bf6d289) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7f3a7c3d43682b97) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Financial Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/49f4b4e07400e2cc) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Healthcare](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0887cdce0d974b96) New York, NY On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent (New Grad 2027)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6e3dc1e20cb972d7) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $150,000–$180,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent (Brazilian Portuguese speaking)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c214f10a964983c7) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago $180,000–$390,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/031c2bf24e0ed556) San Francisco, CA On-site 18mo ago $180,000–$390,000 [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75ede2de094f8912) San Francisco, CA On-site 16mo ago Pay not posted [Rogo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rogo) Proves it works before the sale ### [Forward Deployed, Asset Management](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9655d0b458bf540b) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $115,000–$200,000 [Dexterity](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dexterity) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a63f94aa3ce6df93) Redwood City, CA On-site 13mo ago Pay not posted [Rogo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rogo) Proves it works before the sale ### [Forward Deployed Banker](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7edfaf24a0bdf6eb) New York, NY On-site 4mo ago $115,000–$180,000 [Rogo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rogo) Proves it works before the sale ### [Forward Deployed, Sales & Trading](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b3ebdacbcc34ac2b) New York, NY On-site 4mo ago $115,000–$200,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Strategist, Agent Development (Spanish speaking)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/af12fb2cd8f338a3) San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo ago $200,000–$290,000 [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) Integrates and configures it ### [Partner Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1a18f13a339d95f) San Francisco, CA On-site 8mo ago Pay not posted [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Agent Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a7b267e4e6cbef0) New York, NY On-site 14mo ago $200,000–$285,000 32 of 46 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dlate%26stage%3Dpoc%26work%3Donsite&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs on-site at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept go out by email once you have an account and set an alert. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs on-site at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept pay? 35 of 46 postings state a pay range. The median is $275,000, and half of them sit between $196,000 and $285,000, from 14 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs on-site at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept require? Of 46 postings, 21 state a minimum number of years, from 17 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 13 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (5), 6 to 9 years (2) or 10 or more years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs on-site at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept? These 46 postings come from 21 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) (15), [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) (4), [Rogo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rogo) (3), [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) (2) and [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) (2). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs on-site at later-stage private companies involving proof of concept remote? 0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 46 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 7 of the 46 postings. Counted over the 46 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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