> 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

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?disclosed=1&page=20

2,434 forward deployed engineer jobs and related deployment roles from 926 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).

**2,434** postings · **926** companies · median **$193,000** · middle half $160,000–$225,000 · read Nov 8, 2026

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

### [Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise - EDU](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4b0baa0ee913def4)

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Remote 2d ago

$251,000–$278,000

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

### [Platform and Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f144675c18341e3a)

Honolulu, HI 2d ago

$61,900–$141,000

[Kraken](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/kraken)

### [Client Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b305b6f74a0c0d5)

New York, NY Hybrid 2d ago

$140,000–$220,000

[STR](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/str)

### [Principal Mission Engineer - Full Stack (Secret Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/36c74c6c3896751b)

Arlington, VA · Boston, MA · +5 more Hybrid 2d ago

$240,000–$290,000

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

### [Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise - Healthcare Life Sciences (HLS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/af85a409fcdae03e)

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Remote 2d ago

$251,000–$278,000

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

### [AI/ML Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/00ce9bae32e49a7a)

Washington, DC 3d ago

$99,000–$225,000

[Kraken](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/kraken)

### [Client Enablement Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55b704ef591df4c8)

New York, NY Hybrid 2d ago

$140,000–$220,000

[STR](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/str)

### [Principal Mission Engineer - Full Stack (Secret Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aab2e4f9f651b87d)

San Diego, CA Hybrid 2d ago

$240,000–$290,000

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

### [Partner Engineer, Payments & Financial Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6688709161c17bb6)

Menlo Park, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 3d ago

$149,000–$210,000

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

### [Artificial Intelligence Engineer, Senior](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0bc750445dfb6240)

Charleston, SC 3d ago

$99,000–$225,000

[Lumin Digital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lumin-digital)

### [Senior Software Implementation Engineer - Phase 1](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/723e734fed660126)

US Remote 3d ago

$145,000–$165,000

[STR](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/str)

### [Principal Mission Engineer - Full Stack (Secret Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/800410e566948379)

US · city not listed Hybrid 2d ago

$240,000–$290,000

[TetraScience](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tetrascience)

### [Scientific Data Architect - Central US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ddb4941bb2ea82c0)

Saint Louis, MO 3d ago

$140,000–$240,000

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

### [Implementation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/da50776860a88653)

Arlington, VA 3d ago

$112,800–$257,000

[Cuesta Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cuesta-partners)

### [Senior Software Engineer, Custom Apps and AI Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f255b67b1c427683)

US Remote 3d ago

$150,000–$250,000

[Solve Intelligence](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/solve-intelligence)

### [US Infrastructure Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/adae2925ba9aa5a1)

New York, NY On-site 3d ago

$120,000–$250,000

[Red Hat](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-hat)

### [AI Architect - Top Secret Clearance (TS/SCI CI Poly) required](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/434a23d12bf74139)

US Remote 4d ago

$130,420–$215,300

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

### [Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML, Technical Delivery, Google Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a9e8b8c7a221512b)

Reston, VA · Washington, DC 4d ago

$174,000–$252,000

[Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram)

### [Software Engineer - Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62ba0cdc84fdffe7)

San Francisco, CA On-site 4d ago

$173,800–$212,400

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

### [Senior Staff Software Engineer_Voice AI Agent Prompting](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d423e0a0f5dccf01)

Santa Clara, CA 4d ago

$190,900–$334,100

[STR](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/str)

### [Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack (Secret Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/327ed3709e5c23cc)

US Remote 4d ago

$175,000–$240,000

[Celonis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/celonis)

### [Lead Deployment Architect - AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/927db00cfcddf0a0)

Redwood City, CA Hybrid 4d ago

$195,000–$215,000

[ChipAgents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chipagents)

### [Software Engineer, ML for EDA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b4582d6cf8deb16)

San Jose, CA On-site 4d ago

$150,000–$350,000

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

### [Mission Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cc4b231a5945a37b)

Waltham, MA 4d ago

$132,000–$175,000

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

### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b643e1c49063069f)

Mclean, VA · Fort Belvoir, VA 5d ago

$77,600–$176,000

[Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer)

### [AI deployment engineer (East)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eabde487202a4488)

San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 more Hybrid 5d ago

$146,000–$204,000

[Focused](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/focused)

### [Senior Site Reliability Engineer, AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee79a029387546d9)

Denver, CO Hybrid 5d ago

$160,000–$195,000

[Forgepoint](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/forgepoint)

### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d7fcbb2574928afa)

New York, NY On-site 5d ago

$175,000–$215,000

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

### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a0f5c5ba5b3f6656)

New York, NY Hybrid 5d ago

$180,000–$200,000

[Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer)

### [AI deployment engineer (West)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba1a9664d6547bbb)

San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 more Hybrid 5d ago

$146,000–$204,000

[Focused](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/focused)

### [Platform Engineer, AI Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7feb3482fb151d04)

Chicago, IL Hybrid 5d ago

$145,000–$175,000

[Selector](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/selector)

### [Senior Software/Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/99e7475abc057601)

Santa Clara, CA 5d ago

$150,000–$185,000

[GeoYeti](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/geoyeti)

### [Full Stack Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/488a95f00d0eae79)

Chantilly, VA 5d ago

$165,000–$220,000

[Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer)

### [AI deployment engineer (Central)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f106a3ca48ce33ec)

San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 more Hybrid 5d ago

$132,000–$184,000

[Focused](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/focused)

### [Platform Engineer, AI Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0e81a1388ff9cfc6)

Denver, CO Hybrid 5d ago

$140,000–$170,000

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

### [Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Team Lead (Active Secret Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/932fd0bec7a14bd1)

Austin, TX Remote 5d ago

$230,000–$280,000

[Kunai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/kunai)

### [AI Delivery Engineer - AWS Bedrock](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee6f9ac6d1dfe3c3)

US Remote 5d ago

$135,000–$220,000

[Navaide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/navaide)

### [AI Data Analyst](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a1c68357c7ed2e00)

San Diego, CA Hybrid 5d ago

$120,000–$160,000

[Focused](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/focused)

### [Data Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4d3f4a936d54900a)

Chicago, IL Hybrid 5d ago

$145,000–$175,000

[Rescale](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rescale)

### [Applications Engineers, Agentic Workflows](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/29721b38a4e55f8e)

US Remote 5d ago

$156,000–$180,000

1,341 of these 2,434 jobs build what the customer runs.

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## Frequently asked questions

### What do FDE jobs pay?

2,434 of 2,434 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $225,000, from 926 companies.

### How much experience do FDE jobs require?

Of 2,434 postings, 1,461 state a minimum number of years, from 660 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 743 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (445), under 3 years (159) or 10 or more years (114).

### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?

These 2,434 postings come from 926 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (81), [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (74), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (73), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (65) and [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (53).

### Are FDE jobs remote?

424 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 636 are hybrid and 550 are on-site. The remaining 824 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1,061 of the 2,434 postings.

Counted over the 2,434 postings in this search.

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

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