> 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. # Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&stage=poc&page=5 184 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs involving proof of concept, from 131 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $195,000 to $271,000. **184** postings · **131** companies · 164 state pay: median **$225,000**, half $195,000–$271,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Lyra Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lyra-health) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer - Internal Efficiency](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bbbb71f56e658c7b) South San Francisco, CA Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted [Cirrus Logic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cirrus-logic) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ab84d1b7ca93f0ac) Austin, TX Hybrid 2mo ago Pay not posted [Oscar Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oscar-health) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2c220abe3806ddde) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $198,720–$260,820 [Royal Bank of Canada](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/royal-bank-of-canada) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead Agentic AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3ed1b14b4e560709) Minneapolis, MN 3mo ago $100,000–$170,000 [Vertex Pharmaceuticals](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vertex-pharmaceuticals) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Principal Full Stack AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3d554cffe1ee5e18) Boston, MA Hybrid 3mo ago $166,640–$250,000 [SCAN](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scan) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Staff Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5e27bd34408f446) Long Beach, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $106,200–$182,983 [Interface AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/interface-ai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Applied AI Engineer, Business Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/414ef0024c84432a) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $220,000–$260,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/52b5e77d0edc1884) Vandenberg, CA On-site 3mo ago $100,000–$160,000 [Ingram Micro](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ingram-micro) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Agentic AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f69d8e7f36f47d97) Irvine, CA 3mo ago $112,200–$190,700 [Prologis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/prologis) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/974be3a4d3d388f5) Denver, CO · San Francisco, CA · +3 more On-site 3mo ago $147,000–$202,000 [Block (Square)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/block-square) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Legal Systems Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ea311520d8d39a6) San Francisco, CA 3mo ago $145,400–$257,600 [Waymo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/waymo) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Enablement Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c882a164e9bc6d53) Mountain View, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $200,000–$247,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Leads the deployment team ### [Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Enterprise)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9b612508e6525cc3) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $251,000–$335,000 [Danaher Corporation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/danaher-corporation) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer, Legal - USA Remote](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b8fb07c64cea4d79) US Remote 4mo ago $185,000–$200,000 [Match Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/match-group) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Principal, Legal AI Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df82766d1de19b1f) West Hollywood, CA Hybrid 4mo ago Pay not posted [Serval](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/serval) Leads the deployment team ### [Deployment Leadership](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2cf4f2be614e9158) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $250,000–$400,000 [ONE Finance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/one-finance) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Platform Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7566bd277b8652e) US Remote 5mo ago $150,000–$190,000 [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f561d0a23f932b54) Cupertino, CA 6mo ago $194,600–$293,900 [Faraday Future](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/faraday-future) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI & Business Operations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/52f0d9a5d487411f) El Segundo, CA 6mo ago $130,000–$150,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) Leads the deployment team ### [Engineering Manager, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7aa24228c9c7e778) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $280,000–$410,000 [William Blair](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/william-blair) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead Data Scientist – AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/38e590bfcbf12fdf) Chicago, IL Hybrid 7mo ago $186,000–$222,000 [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) Builds for teams inside the company ### [GenAI Solutions Architect, Customer Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c464568d0c188bee) Sunnyvale, CA 8mo ago Pay not posted [Turing](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/turing) Leads the deployment team ### [Staff Research Engineer, Enterprise Knowledge](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/06f45dde0a490569) US · city not listed 12mo ago $250,000–$400,000 · OTE [Vannevar Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vannevar-labs) Leads the deployment team ### [Enterprise Technical Lead (Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f690faf1f1a405cd) Washington, DC · San Diego, CA · +1 more Remote 19mo ago $150,000–$215,000 [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept pay? 164 of 184 postings state a pay range. The median is $225,000, and half of them sit between $195,000 and $271,000, from 115 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept require? Of 184 postings, 141 state a minimum number of years, from 103 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 67 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (35), 10 or more years (35) or under 3 years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept? These 184 postings come from 131 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (12), [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (9), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (7), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (3) and [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) (3). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept remote? 35 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 52 are hybrid and 29 are on-site. The remaining 68 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 77 of the 184 postings. Counted over the 184 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. 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