> 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. # FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic&stage=poc&page=10 605 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept, from 382 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $150,000 to $215,000. **605** postings · **382** companies · 428 state pay: median **$180,000**, half $150,000–$215,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 7, 2026 [Dropzone AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dropzone-ai) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a0ae3c094608eb44) US Remote 3w ago $170,000–$190,000 [CLEAR](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clear) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer I](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/243f4b1b0871222a) New York, NY On-site 4w ago $129,500–$150,500 [Adobe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/adobe) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Marketing Intelligence & Consumer Insights](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/569b12c0da64025b) San Jose, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 more 4w ago $109,000–$200,700 [Nextpower](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nextpower) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/434d5af6ded5cfec) Fremont, CA On-site 4w ago $102,000–$115,000 [Fannie Mae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fannie-mae) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Associate – Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0da5de20fa8ea5ad) Reston, VA Hybrid 5w ago $123,000–$161,000 [Crunchyroll](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crunchyroll) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Enablement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/86dc887cf4973f69) Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 5w ago $183,400–$229,200 [Cyvl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cyvl) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7f8ad900049af0f4) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA On-site 5w ago $120,000–$195,000 [WithCoverage](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/withcoverage) Proves it works before the sale ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Growth](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/210b16a81d8c3545) New York, NY On-site 5w ago $140,000–$170,000 [The Carlyle Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/the-carlyle-group) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Product Engineer, Global Private Equity Technology](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a4c3fd47cb48fa8d) Washington, DC Hybrid 7w ago $130,000–$140,000 [Internship](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/internship) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Junior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b0ecf7f6884c39a4) New York, NY Hybrid 1mo ago $85,000–$100,000 [BNY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bny) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Vice President, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f4bccd5fcf9d939f) New York, NY 1mo ago $104,000–$210,000 [Cloudflare](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cloudflare) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8a2440507a8332fd) Austin, TX Hybrid 2mo ago Pay not posted [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8a17699f6adcec65) Cupertino, CA 2mo ago Pay not posted [LiveKit](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/livekit) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Spanish/English](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/78fe5ed742e164d0) Miami, FL Remote 2mo ago $180,000–$320,000 [Nevis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nevis) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b83ab4910defd022) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Data 360](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fbd033c01eb80757) New York, NY · Chicago, IL · +9 more 2mo ago $88,970–$316,750 [Vitol](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vitol) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/56f6ec9bb0533d32) Houston, TX On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/937cb0d74a7ba1cd) Sunnyvale, CA · San Francisco, CA 3mo ago $182,000–$242,000 [Bankrate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bankrate) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6b87285621c7c789) New York, NY · Charlotte, NC Hybrid 3mo ago $100,000–$195,000 [TrueFoundry](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/truefoundry) Proves it works before the sale ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - GTM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e3b8689e2e966d02) New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Eudia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eudia) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Eudia for Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/16a20fbf5fdf4a3f) Washington, DC Remote 3mo ago $160,000–$200,000 [Habitat Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/habitat-health) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward-Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e3acd6d78333c8e8) US Remote 3mo ago $181,000–$235,000 [Stripe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stripe) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed AI Accelerator, Sales Development](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b8c1463c684dba5a) Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +1 more · US remote Remote 3mo ago $112,000–$168,000 [Firecrawl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/firecrawl) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e499c4adf6f57b90) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $209,000–$265,000 [Tavus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tavus) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a36709a23decf89e) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7mo ago $180,000–$230,000 · total compensation [LiveKit](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/livekit) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bd5bbf3f791ba5d0) New York, NY Remote 7mo ago $180,000–$320,000 [Stripe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stripe) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed AI Accelerator, Marketing](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dd3f94a39a2d10e0) Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +1 more · US remote Remote 7mo ago $145,200–$217,800 [Runlayer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/runlayer) Proves it works before the sale ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cc06032aca0fff56) New York, NY Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [Modal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/modal) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - ML](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/be717912a9d27a0d) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA On-site 8mo ago $180,000–$250,000 [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75ede2de094f8912) San Francisco, CA On-site 16mo ago Pay not posted [Cresta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cresta) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Agent)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23d666ea16d8ee4c) US Remote 17mo ago $185,000–$235,000 [Nearform](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nearform) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ab013f5a2ebefc5e) US · city not listed New · Yesterday Pay not posted [Luv Bridal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luv-bridal) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dfd547759fa50b17) American Fork, UT New · 2d ago $110,000–$120,000 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Tax & Audit AI Engineer, FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6d5f1dea82405965) Brooklyn, NY · Frisco, TX · +3 more Hybrid New · 4d ago $102,200–$218,600 [IFS](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ifs) Proves it works before the sale ### [Pre-Sales Forward Deployed Engineer - IFS Loops](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/299d0f4d19ba24b2) Palo Alto, CA 10d ago $190,000–$230,000 · OTE [BlackRock](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/blackrock) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Business Analyst, Associate - BTO](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/215a18b796bead8d) New York, NY · Atlanta, GA Hybrid 11d ago $95,000–$137,500 [Epiq](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/epiq) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward-Deployed Legal Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a2ece0b2e6705fc2) New York, NY On-site 11d ago $175,000–$260,000 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Legal Engineer, Legal Products Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec42914b1144c712) Frisco, TX · New York, NY Hybrid 11d ago $94,900–$203,000 [Varick-Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/varick-agents) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/daf5d9e5addbf396) San Francisco, CA On-site 11d ago $175,000–$250,000 [SketchPro](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sketchpro) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Forward Deployed Architect: Customer Success](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2bc06a332ea19712) San Francisco, CA 13d ago $100,000–$140,000 346 of 605 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept pay? 428 of 605 postings state a pay range. The median is $180,000, and half of them sit between $150,000 and $215,000, from 257 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept require? Of 605 postings, 325 state a minimum number of years, from 241 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 191 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (62), 6 to 9 years (58) or 10 or more years (14). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept? These 605 postings come from 382 companies. The employers with the most postings are [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) (19), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (13), [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) (10), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (10) and [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (10). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept remote? 129 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 133 are hybrid and 150 are on-site. The remaining 193 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 217 of the 605 postings. Counted over the 605 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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