> 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 · Individual contributor

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?disclosed=1&management=ic&page=13

1,184 forward deployed engineer jobs and related deployment roles from 598 employers. Compare posted pay, locations and work arrangements, then read the employer’s posting.

Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs).

**1,184** postings · **598** companies · median **$180,000** · middle half $152,000–$215,000 · read Nov 8, 2026

[Provectus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/provectus)

### [AI Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/59558f34a1fc5add)

New York, NY Remote 2w ago

$180,000–$200,000

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f95a9b59f4e3f66b)

Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 3w ago

$131,300–$177,600

[Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture)

### [Generative AI Applications Engineer (Agents & RAG)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a3c80fb35bd090f5)

Washington, DC 3w ago

$103,200–$203,400

[Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen)

### [Post-Sales Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bbde887c89fad555)

Mclean, VA 3w ago

$77,600–$176,000

[Addepar](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/addepar)

### [Software Engineer - Customer Facing Applied AI ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3105d462bda5f594)

US Remote 3w ago

$163,000–$203,500

[ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow)

### [Senior Staff Software Engineer-Voice AI Agent Prompting](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/58fd89c54573cb0f)

Santa Clara, CA 3w ago

$190,900–$334,100

[Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google)

### [Customer Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c8d0adf6eae8c09e)

Austin, TX 3w ago

$127,000–$183,000

[Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen)

### [Post-Sales Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d82f4864a9af07a2)

Mclean, VA · Washington, DC 3w ago

$62,000–$141,000

[Addepar](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/addepar)

### [Sr. Software Engineer - Customer Facing Applied AI ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/454c7f03082c6b84)

US Remote 3w ago

$188,000–$235,000

[Vantor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vantor)

### [Senior Applied AI/ML Engineer (TS/SCI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/51a25d8d796e6817)

Springfield, VA On-site 3w ago

$140,000–$187,000

[Titan](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/titan)

### [Software Engineer - Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d60dbdf9f047bc4f)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 3w ago

$180,000–$480,000

[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 4w ago

$150,000–$230,000

[Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta)

### [Business Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61f630e50014b285)

Los Angeles, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 more 4w ago

$149,000–$210,000

[SixGen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sixgen)

### [AI/ML Engineer-TS/SCI & CI POLY](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/682d29a4a47903cc)

Columbia, MD 4w ago

$215,000–$240,000

[Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks)

### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic Systems (Active Secret Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee6dd71d9378887b)

Austin, TX Remote 4w ago

$185,000–$230,000

[Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nightwing-intelligence-solutions-llc)

### [AI/ML Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4785cd9f2f75dc39)

Arlington, VA On-site 5w ago

$99,000–$206,000

[Enterprise Knowledge](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/enterprise-knowledge)

### [Semantic Data and AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ccf5311b8887ce2)

Arlington, VA Remote 5w ago

$135,000–$175,000

[Namespace](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/namespace)

### [Customer-Facing Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/52bdd35fc2690aa8)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5w ago

$150,000–$220,000

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7d7c4d4a3ec04461)

Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +2 more 5w ago

$131,300–$177,600

[Mozilla](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mozilla)

### [Staff Product Engineer, Enterprise AI ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e9307d8ee55893ca)

US Remote 5w ago

$185,000–$220,000

[Clarium](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clarium)

### [Data Integration Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/33e7578031639112)

US Remote 5w ago

$130,000–$150,000

[Brain Co.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/brain-co)

### [Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ff6a38b2556c3f6)

New York, NY 5w ago

$190,000–$325,000

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Sr. Delivery Consultant - AI/ML, WWPS ProServe](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bfdbb2e72b1442fa)

Denver, CO · Atlanta, GA · +6 more 5w ago

$153,600–$228,600

[Cascade AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cascade-ai)

### [Implementation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2e65f2169604a778)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5w ago

$90,000–$125,000

[Andesite](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/andesite)

### [Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack (TS Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/975a7d2cfa216c7e)

US Remote 5w ago

$180,000–$240,000

[Niantic Spatial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/niantic-spatial)

### [Senior/Staff Product Engineer, Embodied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19e6cf58dd331caa)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5w ago

$207,000–$265,000

[Zoom](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zoom)

### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6cf712abfb0d5a2f)

US Remote 5w ago

$124,000–$271,200

[Bespoke Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bespoke-labs)

### [MTS, Post-Training (Enterprise)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/96da9294487106dd)

Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CA On-site 5w ago

$300,000–$350,000

[Defense Unicorns](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/defense-unicorns)

### [Senior Platform Engineer (FedD239)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2d80b4f518bdc61d)

Springfield, VA Remote 5w ago

$148,750–$201,250

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/93b1c07412385b87)

Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 6w ago

$131,300–$177,600

[Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce)

### [Value Acceleration Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d29e7c234296d940)

San Francisco, CA · Palo Alto, CA · +2 more 6w ago

$117,200–$246,000

[Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen)

### [Agentic AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1afd84318597c6f2)

Reston, VA · Springfield, VA 6w ago

$99,000–$225,000

[Defense Unicorns](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/defense-unicorns)

### [Senior Data Engineer (FedD238)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f8854465e612c6d8)

Springfield, VA Hybrid 5w ago

$148,750–$201,250

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2c41383b1f8d145b)

Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 6w ago

$131,300–$177,600

[Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril)

### [Senior Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a6a44abf0fdde97)

Costa Mesa, CA · Reston, VA · +2 more 6w ago

$191,000–$254,000

[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

[Parsons](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/parsons)

### [AI/ML Engineer TS/SCI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ab4e156a7b0b5fed)

Arlington, VA 6w ago

$112,200–$196,400

[Red Cell Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-cell-partners)

### [Staff Applied ML Engineer, Federal/National Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d7dbd0967123dff7)

Washington, DC Remote 6w ago

$180,000–$240,000

[Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril)

### [Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3da5634c483ab359)

Costa Mesa, CA · Reston, VA · +2 more 6w ago

$167,000–$222,000

[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

691 of these 1,184 jobs build what the customer runs.

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## Frequently asked questions

### What do FDE jobs pay?

1,184 of 1,184 postings state a pay range. The median is $180,000, and half of them sit between $152,000 and $215,000, from 598 companies.

### How much experience do FDE jobs require?

Of 1,184 postings, 607 state a minimum number of years, from 387 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 359 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (119), 6 to 9 years (111) or 10 or more years (18).

### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?

These 1,184 postings come from 598 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (61), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (32), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (23), [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) (22) and [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (19).

### Are FDE jobs remote?

192 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 299 are hybrid and 351 are on-site. The remaining 342 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 461 of the 1,184 postings.

Counted over the 1,184 postings in this search.

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

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