> 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 plan what the customer deploys first serving external customers Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&recipient=external&role=strategist 16 staff-level forward deployed engineer jobs that plan what the customer deploys first serving external customers, from 13 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $213,000 to $262,000. **16** postings · **13** companies · 15 state pay: median **$224,000**, half $213,000–$262,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 7, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Deployment Lead, FDE - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b6529416243e8a5) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4w ago $230,000–$294,000 [Chalk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chalk) ### [Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b4e356b364ebc5fc) San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo ago $180,000–$250,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Deployment Lead, FDE- NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e0edcda2c3365d2e) New York, NY Hybrid 6w ago $230,000–$294,000 [Harvey](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/harvey) ### [Forward Deployed Finance Engineer, Real Estate](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2c8838508f1b8dfe) New York, NY Hybrid 4w ago $254,600–$350,000 [Code and Theory](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/code-and-theory) ### [Associate Director, Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7804639206113887) New York, NY 5w ago $140,000–$190,000 [Lyric](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lyric) ### [Forward Deployed Solution Strategist (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f4e31a3147f78d7e) US Remote 1mo ago $180,000–$240,000 [Microsoft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/microsoft) ### [Principal Technical Program Manager - FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bf09a83a2196432f) US · city not listed 2mo ago $142,800–$304,200 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Lead Field Technical Program Manager, FDE - Retail, Consumer Goods, Travel, Transportation & Hospitality](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/297e07eb29e596df) US · city not listed 6mo ago $151,400–$260,150 [Caylent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/caylent) ### [Forward Deployed AI Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/65b7596bf5106261) US Remote 6mo ago $210,000–$232,500 [Twenty](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/twenty) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Analyst](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c29f42c84227db9) Fort Meade, MD On-site 13mo ago $137,000–$240,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Deployment Lead, Life Sciences- NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/140323e3f3a4a70e) New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $207,000–$294,000 [Parloa](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/parloa) ### [Staff Deployment Strategist - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62755c754c77047b) New York, NY 8mo ago $276,000–$315,000 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Technical Deployment Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7443829b46ff3cd0) Boston, MA · New York, NY · +2 more Hybrid 11mo ago $275,000–$380,000 [BetterUp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/betterup) ### [Staff Product Manager, Forward Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5fba1ee621bbcb82) Austin, TX · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 2w ago $180,000–$250,000 [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) ### [Staff Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e035988bf608b960) US Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [BetterUp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/betterup) ### [Principal Product Manager, Forward Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8783764172616cf6) Austin, TX · New York, NY · +2 more Hybrid 2mo ago $210,000–$295,000 All 16 plan what the customer deploys first. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dstaff%26recipient%3Dexternal%26role%3Dstrategist&placement=alert) New staff-level fde jobs that plan what the customer deploys first serving external customers 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 staff-level FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first serving external customers pay? 15 of 16 postings state a pay range. The median is $224,000, and half of them sit between $213,000 and $262,000, from 12 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first serving external customers require? Of 16 postings, 11 state a minimum number of years, from 9 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 8 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (2) or 3 to 5 years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first serving external customers? These 16 postings come from 13 companies. The employers with the most postings are [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (3), [BetterUp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/betterup) (2), [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) (1), [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) (1) and [Caylent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/caylent) (1). ### Are staff-level FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first serving external customers remote? 3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 7 are hybrid and 2 are on-site. The remaining 4 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 10 of the 16 postings. Counted over the 16 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. 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