> 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 with remote work serving external customers Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&recipient=external&work=remote 60 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs with remote work serving external customers, from 46 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $204,000 to $258,000. **60** postings · **46** companies · 44 state pay: median **$220,000**, half $204,000–$258,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Red Cell Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-cell-partners) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/531129e17d951cad) Seattle, WA · Mclean, VA Remote New · 2d ago $180,000–$240,000 [SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c02a7615ae059b6d) US Remote New · 3d ago Pay not posted [6sense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/6sense) ### [Staff Data Scientist, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/858a50fe32ba1077) San Francisco, CA Remote 9d ago $194,736.75–$265,613.9 [Palo Alto Networks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palo-alto-networks) ### [Distinguished Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3e0f76a5b93bf30e) Charlotte, NC Remote 13d ago $248,700–$341,250 [Supermove](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/supermove) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d35e07e253edcc9a) US Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [PagerDuty](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pagerduty) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (SDEV)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15b28a239b800a08) New York, NY Remote 2w ago $191,000–$289,300 [Docker, Inc](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/docker-inc) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b6d3e67e51b2bef4) San Francisco, CA Remote 4w ago $198,000–$319,000/mo [AHEAD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ahead) ### [Principal Technical Consultant – Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a195c1904c87ad48) US Remote 5w ago Pay not posted [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2d0c2690ef3af1c0) US Remote 7w ago $124,646–$168,272 [E Source](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/e-source) ### [Forward Deployed Data Engineer IV, Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/396ede03d220d4a3) US Remote 7w ago $175,000–$200,000 [Atomic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/atomic) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/33f9648658b0d6e3) US Remote 7w ago $200,000–$250,000 [Nash](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nash) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/387e9ca0faba7f7c) US Remote 1mo ago Pay not posted [Figma](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/figma) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a3cc84cc99542a8d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Remote 2mo ago $153,000–$376,000 [Robots & Pencils](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/robots-pencils) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/16fa9ed350e26103) US Remote 3mo ago $177,375–$209,625 [Sequen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sequen) ### [Staff+ Forward Deployed Research Engineer – Ranking](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/263f46108ecd5df3) US Remote 4mo ago $300,000–$350,000 [Titan Banking AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/titan-banking-ai) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI Focus ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/edd2854b6730862a) US Remote 5mo ago $180,000–$250,000 [DigitalOcean](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/digitalocean) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Applied Scientist (Agentic AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5cb0666417640fff) San Francisco, CA Remote 6mo ago $220,000–$239,000 [Liatrio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liatrio) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/78beee344451f69f) US Remote 7mo ago Pay not posted [SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/509559a2545bb60e) US Remote 11mo ago $200,000–$225,000 [Quilter](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/quilter) ### [Senior/Staff Platform Engineer, Enterprise Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/12acc499b2406b34) US Remote New · 3d ago Pay not posted [Cisco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cisco) ### [Staff Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f665de6bff21392) Reston, VA · Boulder, CO · +6 more Remote New · 6d ago $246,800–$394,300 [Very Big Things](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/very-big-things) ### [Lead AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43dd771a62c7f2b8) US Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Sparq](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sparq) ### [Principal AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fdf265823c94b869) US Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Nebius](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nebius) ### [Principal ML Solutions Architect - Token Factory](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/504c04284338e8dd) US Remote 3w ago $208,000–$261,000 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) ### [Staff Applied AI Engineer - Enterprise AI Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ed7ca7a0fc3216e) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remote Remote 4w ago $230,000–$360,000 [Mozilla](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mozilla) ### [Staff Product Engineer, Enterprise AI ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e9307d8ee55893ca) US Remote 5w ago $185,000–$220,000 [Red Cell Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-cell-partners) ### [Staff Applied ML Engineer, Federal/National Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d7dbd0967123dff7) Washington, DC Remote 6w ago $180,000–$240,000 [Omada Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/omada-health) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Solutions Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3cf86619f031de6b) US Remote 7w ago $156,000–$224,250 [Robots & Pencils](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/robots-pencils) ### [Staff AI/ML Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e002aca59f28dd0d) US Remote 7w ago Pay not posted [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [ Senior Staff AI Agent Engineer – Moveworks | Customer Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/74173532539fbe9d) San Francisco, CA Remote 2mo ago $190,900–$334,100 [AHEAD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ahead) ### [Principal Technical Consultant - AI/ Azure Cloud Platform Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/278fbceacb765436) US Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted [phData](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/phdata) ### [ Principal Machine Learning Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ab034e10862d5318) US Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Samsara](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/samsara) ### [Solutions Integration Engineer IV](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/81d21a9b115bb353) Austin, TX · Chicago, IL · +3 more Remote 3mo ago $105,910–$160,200 [Robots & Pencils](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/robots-pencils) ### [Principal AI Engineering Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9faf33c159661967) US Remote 3mo ago $180,375–$230,625 [Egen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/egen) ### [Principal AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3261fbaa1764b97e) US Remote 4mo ago Pay not posted [Machinify](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/machinify) ### [Staff Data Engineer, Core Migrations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9726d76b0f5863ac) US Remote 4mo ago $230,000–$260,000 [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eb7e020ff2d79ecf) Austin, TX Remote 6mo ago $210,000–$260,000 [Robots & Pencils](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/robots-pencils) ### [Staff AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bf50e10caf53c824) US Remote 3mo ago $177,375–$209,625 [Hightouch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hightouch) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8979914bd0cccf85) US Remote 6w ago $175,000–$225,000 [Innovaccer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/innovaccer) Leads the deployment team ### [Director Forward-Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cbeb0411bd8919ba) US Remote New · Yesterday Pay not posted 38 of 60 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dstaff%26recipient%3Dexternal%26work%3Dremote&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs with remote work 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 and deployment jobs with remote work serving external customers pay? 44 of 60 postings state a pay range. The median is $220,000, and half of them sit between $204,000 and $258,000, from 35 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs with remote work serving external customers require? Of 60 postings, 43 state a minimum number of years, from 36 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 22 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (13) or 3 to 5 years (8). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs with remote work serving external customers? These 60 postings come from 46 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Robots & Pencils](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/robots-pencils) (4), [AHEAD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ahead) (3), [Qualified Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qualified-health) (3), [Red Cell Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-cell-partners) (3) and [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) (2). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs with remote work serving external customers remote? 60 postings allow remote work from the US. Travel is mentioned in 28 of the 60 postings. Counted over the 60 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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