> 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 jobs that build what the customer runs Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&role=builds-for-customers&page=6 203 staff-level forward deployed engineer jobs that build what the customer runs, from 129 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $205,000 to $262,000. **203** postings · **129** companies · 166 state pay: median **$225,000**, half $205,000–$262,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Staff Software Engineer, Active Clearance, Air Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/07fb96b46de82a44) Irvine, CA 12mo ago $220,000–$292,000 [CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting) ### [Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/32270076b08f177f) Philadelphia, PA Hybrid 6mo ago Pay not posted [CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting) ### [Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fd490e0aaed158da) Atlanta, GA Hybrid 6mo ago Pay not posted All 203 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs pay? 166 of 203 postings state a pay range. The median is $225,000, and half of them sit between $205,000 and $262,000, from 102 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs require? Of 203 postings, 148 state a minimum number of years, from 100 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 71 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (44) or 10 or more years (33). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs? These 203 postings come from 129 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (17), [CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting) (8), [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) (7), [Robots & Pencils](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/robots-pencils) (6) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (4). ### Are staff-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs remote? 49 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 65 are hybrid and 27 are on-site. The remaining 62 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 99 of the 203 postings. Counted over the 203 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 - [Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff) · 481 jobs - [Staff-level FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&role=internal-deployment) · 127 jobs - [Staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&role=leadership) · 99 jobs - [Mid-level FDE jobs that build what the customer runs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&role=builds-for-customers) · 82 jobs - [Every FDE job search](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse)