> 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=8

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

[Doppel](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doppel)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0123bee50a348038)

New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago

$120,000–$220,000

[Middesk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/middesk)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4733b2449ae72e66)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago

$148,000–$255,000

[Growth Protocol](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/growth-protocol)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/414b8dec06b2f641)

New York, NY Remote 6mo ago

$150,000–$180,000

[Amplitude](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amplitude)

### [Engineering: Senior Customer Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/368d0d89b82f7b7f)

San Francisco, CA 6mo ago

$183,000–$276,000

[Netic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/netic)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bbb87ebf337b2569)

San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago

$145,000–$330,000

[Promise](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/promise)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b70e87619318199d)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago

$175,000–$210,000

[Cohere](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cohere)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Agentic Platform](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/718afc10364c8e3c)

San Francisco, CA Remote 6mo ago

CA$175,000–CA$385,000

[Credal.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/credal-ai)

### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2949996701bc198f)

Brooklyn, NY On-site 6mo ago

$140,000–$220,000

[PhysicsX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/physicsx)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0185a10f4a64aa7a)

New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago

$150,000–$250,000

[Caylent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/caylent)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b039dd6d9182b3aa)

US Remote 6mo ago

$136,000–$216,000

[Rowspace](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rowspace)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a3eea0a9a7cf5440)

New York, NY On-site 6mo ago

$150,000–$275,000

[Tread](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tread)

### [AI Native Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f256c0f863a41725)

Remote, OR Hybrid 6mo ago

$120,000–$160,000

[Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79719a1a4cb8d68b)

Austin, TX · Menlo Park, CA · +1 more Hybrid 6mo ago

$170,000–$225,000

[Sphere](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sphere)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a5ab4958d57cacb)

San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago

$200,000–$260,000

[GovWell](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/govwell)

### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9cccf9d549260e4c)

New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago

$200,000–$300,000

[Assort Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/assort-health)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/984a22f8e99aa3cc)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago

$155,000–$210,000

[Goodfire AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/goodfire-ai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b861374da0525a50)

San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago

$200,000–$325,000

[Rune Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rune-technologies)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df8545f829bbcc4c)

Austin, TX On-site 6mo ago

$190,000–$210,000

[HappyRobot](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/happyrobot)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9b2b74336215edf)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7mo ago

$120,000–$220,000

[First Resonance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/first-resonance)

### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Seattle)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/46e723bdc170c945)

Seattle, WA Hybrid 7mo ago

$145,000–$175,000

[Nebius](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nebius)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Ecosystem - Tavily](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6c84d725e3bcef33)

New York, NY On-site 7mo ago

$112,700–$183,900

[Hebbia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hebbia)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a8ab6464dd0927f2)

New York, NY On-site 7mo ago

$180,000–$300,000

[Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition)

### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf031a0099eba727)

Pleasanton, CA 7mo ago

$110,000–$180,000

[Recidiviz](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/recidiviz)

### [Forward-Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/25657c42eaacbc3f)

New York, NY · Oakland, CA Remote 7mo ago

$139,050–$159,650

[Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks)

### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/24b7416020b611fb)

Seattle, WA 8mo ago

$182,000–$250,208

[Bretton AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bretton-ai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcbc0ab1c673dea1)

San Francisco, CA On-site 8mo ago

$150,000–$200,000

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai)

### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Seattle](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b115960eacb20c3f)

Seattle, WA Hybrid 8mo ago

$153,000–$325,000

[Workhelix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/workhelix)

### [Forward-Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/555cb2b99c910aa3)

US · city not listed 8mo ago

$145,000–$200,000

[Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir)

### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Tactical Edge](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e0470868699dd207)

Washington, DC On-site 8mo ago

$135,000–$200,000

[Rowspace](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rowspace)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1802bf55e51c3165)

San Francisco, CA On-site 8mo ago

$150,000–$275,000

[Coverbase](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coverbase)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6661ba42fb9ecb0)

US Remote 9mo ago

$110,000–$160,000

[Luminai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7be0008a7ad52b62)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 9mo ago

$150,000–$220,000

[Nearform](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nearform)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/33dc9d012729582f)

US Remote 9mo ago

$150,000–$180,000

[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

[Poetic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/poetic)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/27199df9c93f0a8e)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 9mo ago

$160,000–$275,000

[Kepler](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/kepler)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/33504fa4d2e3b510)

New York, NY On-site 9mo ago

$200,000–$280,000

[Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir)

### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ae1a18418005999)

Fayetteville, NC Hybrid 10mo ago

$135,000–$200,000

[Coinflow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coinflow)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ceb0df1eb6dcf832)

Chicago, IL On-site 10mo ago

$120,000–$160,000

[XDOF](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/xdof)

### [Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a7f0ff8964f29ca)

San Mateo, CA On-site 10mo ago

$180,000–$290,000

[Roe AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/roe-ai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b26d84c0bb8db523)

San Mateo, CA Hybrid 10mo ago

$100,000–$120,000

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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