> 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 jobs that build what the customer runs Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&role=builds-for-customers&page=3 82 mid-level forward deployed engineer jobs that build what the customer runs, from 62 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $123,000 to $166,000. **82** postings · **62** companies · 48 state pay: median **$150,000**, half $123,000–$166,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 [Spear AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spear-ai) ### [Mission Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/42f4560f29486608) Washington, DC On-site 18mo ago Pay not posted [CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cgs-federal-contact-government-services) ### [FSR Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ff51573224e8a02) New York, NY On-site 8mo ago Pay not posted All 82 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do mid-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs pay? 48 of 82 postings state a pay range. The median is $150,000, and half of them sit between $123,000 and $166,000, from 42 companies. ### How much experience do mid-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs require? Of 82 postings, 50 state a minimum number of years, from 38 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 35 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (14) or 6 to 9 years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for mid-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs? These 82 postings come from 62 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) (10), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (3), [Visionist, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/visionist-inc) (3), [CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cgs-federal-contact-government-services) (2) and [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (2). ### Are mid-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs remote? 15 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 11 are hybrid and 29 are on-site. The remaining 27 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 27 of the 82 postings. Counted over the 82 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. · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) ## Related pages - [Mid-level FDE and deployment jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid) · 167 jobs - [Staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&role=builds-for-customers) · 204 jobs - [Mid-level FDE jobs that integrate and configure the product](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&role=technical-delivery) · 38 jobs - [Mid-level FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&role=internal-deployment) · 28 jobs - [Every FDE job search](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse)