> 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 · Proof of concept Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?disclosed=1&stage=poc&page=7 970 forward deployed engineer jobs and related deployment roles from 457 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). **970** postings · **457** companies · median **$198,000** · middle half $163,000–$231,000 · read Nov 8, 2026 [DatologyAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/datologyai) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Post-Sales)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4564fd55dfb82f47) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $230,000–$300,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aa082644713e92d5) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 5mo ago $180,000–$225,000 [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 [Tessera Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tessera-labs) ### [Forward-Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/478f6651d1af72b7) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Remote 6mo ago $180,000–$233,000 [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 [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 [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 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Manufacturing](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8e4d676d2dfc0169) Boston, MA 7mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [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 [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 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c1ce4e251ff50b01) Raleigh, NC 8mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) ### [Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/92abff21b2d86629) Washington, DC Remote 8mo ago $180,000–$245,000 [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 [Photon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/photon) ### [Agentic AI FDE | USA | FTE Only](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/205bc649246b6f0c) US · city not listed 8mo ago $80,000–$280,000 [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 [Glean](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/glean) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1c77cf92a5eebfe8) Mountain View, CA Hybrid 9mo ago $160,000–$270,000 [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 [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 [Carnot AI, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/carnot-ai-inc) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f142b9cdcc272a11) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 10mo ago $120,000–$160,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6ea3d05e36a0bacf) New York, NY Hybrid 11mo ago $153,000–$325,000 [SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/509559a2545bb60e) US Remote 11mo ago $200,000–$225,000 [Arini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arini) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/14092de3c283aff7) San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025 $120,000–$300,000 [Profound](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/profound) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc8070eaf3deefc7) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025 $140,000–$260,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b7ff350800722d8) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 11mo ago $185,000–$325,000 [Invisible Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/invisible-technologies) ### [Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19bb1237798f4e23) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid Since 2025 $210,000–$300,000 [Modal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/modal) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c0acbfff78099976) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025 $180,000–$240,000 [Kastle](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/kastle) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0e233375caf2d43f) San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025 $170,000–$250,000 [Stripe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stripe) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Privy](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d59ec2bd097d76f) New York, NY Since 2025 $190,400–$285,600 [Invisible Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/invisible-technologies) ### [Senior Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/194ad054792c1d47) New York, NY Hybrid Since 2025 $180,000–$264,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b932491c6942bae3) Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 more Hybrid Since 2025 $145,800–$280,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f69efe8b63c86af3) San Diego, CA On-site Since 2025 $135,000–$200,000 [Giga](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/giga) ### [Senior / Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6294269c419cf48f) San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025 $180,000–$400,000 [Invisible Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/invisible-technologies) ### [Senior Data Scientist (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/05a0e99369661e8f) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid Since 2025 $193,000–$250,000 [Actively AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/actively-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/48490ccfd314b507) New York, NY Since 2025 $170,000–$200,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8aaf633606393a76) Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 more Hybrid Since 2024 $138,000–$292,560 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Japan Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4d94737e75ca1057) Washington, DC On-site Since 2024 $135,000–$200,000 539 of these 970 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fdisclosed%3D1%26stage%3Dpoc%26page%3D7&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fdisclosed%3D1%26stage%3Dpoc%26page%3D7&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE jobs · Proof of concept” go out once you have an account. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE jobs pay? 970 of 970 postings state a pay range. The median is $198,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $231,000, from 457 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs require? Of 970 postings, 618 state a minimum number of years, from 329 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 330 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (179), under 3 years (59) or 10 or more years (50). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs? These 970 postings come from 457 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (62), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (36), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (31), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (31) and [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (14). ### Are FDE jobs remote? 170 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 252 are hybrid and 174 are on-site. The remaining 374 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 423 of the 970 postings. Counted over the 970 postings in this search. 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