> 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. # Mid-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&management=ic&stage=presales 19 mid-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales, from 19 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $117,000 to $163,000. **19** postings · **19** companies · 16 state pay: median **$150,000**, half $117,000–$163,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 23, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [NTT DATA, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ntt-data-inc) Builds what the customer runs ### [Intermediate Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/481c04d87a784d1c) New York, NY Hybrid 8d ago $92,000–$170,000 [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15bda554e4bf3180) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $155,000–$193,000 [Giga](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/giga) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer I/II](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a8c1bc68a76e5ecc) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago $100,000–$190,000 [Bretton AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bretton-ai) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c0beadc15df3ef3d) San Francisco, CA 21mo ago Pay not posted [Baidu USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baidu-usa) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer Intern](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ef0d31c0a644932) Mountain View, CA On-site 7w ago Pay not posted [Nelnet](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nelnet) Builds what the customer runs ### [GCP / Gemini Enterprise Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9eebed2c56950636) US Remote 6w ago $130,000–$150,000 [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) Builds what the customer runs ### [Cyber - AI Engineer - Senior - Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bc3b26220ad3e1c0) New York, NY Remote 7w ago $104,800–$218,500 [WithCoverage](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/withcoverage) Proves it works before the sale ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Growth](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/210b16a81d8c3545) New York, NY On-site 5w ago $140,000–$170,000 [Dirac, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dirac-inc) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Manufacturing Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4a0fa928f759c10c) New York, NY Hybrid 13d ago $90,000–$120,000 [goTenna](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gotenna) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4b3fe62787eb4da6) Fairfax, VA · Clarksburg, MD · +1 more Hybrid 4w ago $100,000–$130,000 [Monte Carlo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/monte-carlo) Proves it works before the sale ### [Sr. Sales Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineer - Pre Sales)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6886f31d95415fc2) US Remote 5w ago $240,000–$270,000 [Orchard Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/orchard-robotics) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Robotics Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/99e90c246ae36568) San Francisco, CA Remote 17mo ago $135,000–$175,000 [Neo4j](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/neo4j) Integrates and configures it ### [Consulting Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4e0b117c02e87dd1) San Mateo, CA Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [PressW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pressw) Integrates and configures it ### [Applied AI Engineer – MSP](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0dc8d075d37a579) Austin, TX Hybrid 3mo ago $90,000–$145,000 [Turing](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/turing) Integrates and configures it ### [Field Engineer, AI Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/78f6a15cbbef0f53) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 more Remote 6mo ago $175,000–$232,000 [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d525aaf211dfd27) Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA · +1 more Hybrid 13mo ago $120,000–$190,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist, New Grad - Warp Speed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/39b98b1a0d6a4b01) New York, NY On-site 2w ago $110,000–$120,000 [Vantor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vantor) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist (Secret)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/361f25424cfd6a08) Herndon, VA 7w ago $137,000–$182,000 [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/484d5a806f49b322) US Remote 7w ago $68,443–$92,398 [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dmid%26management%3Dic%26stage%3Dpresales&placement=alert) New mid-level fde and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales go out by email once you have an account and set an alert. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do mid-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales pay? 16 of 19 postings state a pay range. The median is $150,000, and half of them sit between $117,000 and $163,000, from 16 companies. ### Which companies are hiring for mid-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales? These 19 postings come from 19 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) (1), [Baidu USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baidu-usa) (1), [Bretton AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bretton-ai) (1), [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) (1) and [Dirac, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dirac-inc) (1). ### Are mid-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales remote? 7 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 5 are hybrid and 5 are on-site. The remaining 2 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 8 of the 19 postings. Counted over the 19 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) ## Related pages - [FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic&stage=presales) · 341 jobs - [Mid-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&management=ic&stage=poc) · 45 jobs - [Every FDE job search](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse)