> 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.

# On-site FDE jobs

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?disclosed=1&work=onsite&page=6

550 forward deployed engineer jobs and related deployment roles from 285 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).

**550** postings · **285** companies · median **$198,000** · middle half $165,000–$237,000 · read Nov 8, 2026

[CACI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/caci)

### [Senior Embedded Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4eda094ccad6cae2)

Honolulu, HI · Colorado Springs, CO · +2 more On-site 2w ago

$114,600–$252,100

[Uare.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/uare-ai)

### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Government (IL5)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/873b413fb92b5e7e)

San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CA On-site 2w ago

$200,000–$260,000

[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

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

### [Engineering Lead, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/134ddbfeed5b6395)

Pleasanton, CA On-site 4w ago

$160,000–$220,000

[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

[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

[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

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

### [Senior Software Engineer, Security Services and Observability, Amazon Web Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5703d11db556846)

Irvine, CA · Herndon, VA · +1 more On-site 4w ago

$168,100–$227,400

[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

[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 4w ago

$99,000–$206,000

[Matroid](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/matroid)

### [Deep Learning Field Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9ccf1587a31f7ec)

Palo Alto, CA On-site 4w ago

$150,000–$300,000

[Glimpse](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/glimpse)

### [Founding Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/83ef0ecb2369345d)

New York, NY On-site 5w ago

$195,000–$250,000

[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

[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

[Matroid](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/matroid)

### [Senior VLM & VFM Field Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f13fd828ebf1e20)

Palo Alto, CA On-site 4w ago

$200,000–$350,000

[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

[Armory](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/armory)

### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b91b4149e9c174c)

New York, NY On-site 7w ago

$140,000–$200,000

[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

[Electric Plant](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/electric-plant)

### [Applied AI Engineer, Agent Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f95c45890b5366ff)

San Francisco, CA On-site 7w ago

$215,000–$235,000

[Pangram Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pangram-labs)

### [Software Engineer - Customer Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d573e50d121dc1bf)

New York, NY On-site 1mo ago

$120,000–$150,000

[LMArena](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmarena)

### [Applied AI Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7c8d205bebb130c)

US · city not listed On-site 1mo ago

$150,000–$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

[Docflow Labs Inc](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/docflow-labs-inc)

### [Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cb32e192c5c4c004)

Los Angeles, CA On-site 1mo ago

$150,000–$300,000

[Hitachi Energy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hitachi-energy)

### [Federal Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9798b9bebc97700)

Washington, DC On-site 2mo ago

$160,000–$205,000

[Crusoe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crusoe)

### [Staff Applied AI Inference Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6b6957db986de8d)

San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

$215,000–$260,000

[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

[Mercor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mercor)

### [Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier Engineering (NYC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/10ec122e743146e7)

New York, NY On-site 2mo ago

$160,000–$500,000

[Edison Scientific](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/edison-scientific)

### [Member of Technical Staff, Cloud Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec956d3e06abdc40)

San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

$175,000–$240,000

[Raft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/raft)

### [Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1e9109507935f142)

Fort Hood, TX On-site 2mo ago

$160,000–$220,000

[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

[SF Tensor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sf-tensor)

### [Member of Technical Staff, Post-Training & Applied Research](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/790e35ccae399fab)

San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

$275,000–$315,000

[C3.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/c3-ai)

### [Data Scientist/Senior Data Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c6860d2bb7da38b)

Redwood City, CA On-site 2mo ago

$136,000–$183,000

[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

[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

[Helios](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/helios)

### [Applied Intelligence Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5981309e6f071152)

New York, NY On-site 2mo ago

$165,000–$225,000

[Paradigm](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/paradigm)

### [Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d3cfd9fa982cc067)

San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

$180,000–$280,000

[Dark Wolf Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dark-wolf-solutions)

### [AI Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b68e811302382d5d)

Chantilly, VA · Herndon, VA On-site 2mo ago

$120,000–$160,000

[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

[Ambral](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ambral)

### [Member of Technical Staff (New Grad)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/69c5253c0fb82d6b)

New York, NY On-site 2mo ago

$140,000–$175,000

297 of these 550 jobs build what the customer runs.

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## Frequently asked questions

### What do FDE jobs pay?

550 of 550 postings state a pay range. The median is $198,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $237,000, from 285 companies.

### How much experience do FDE jobs require?

Of 550 postings, 258 state a minimum number of years, from 176 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 145 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (61), 6 to 9 years (42) or 10 or more years (10).

### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?

These 550 postings come from 285 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (42), [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) (17), [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) (12), [Fluidstack](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluidstack) (10) and [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) (7).

### Are FDE jobs remote?

0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 550 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 202 of the 550 postings.

Counted over the 550 postings in this search.

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

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