> 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 Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic&page=11 1,708 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors, from 921 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $152,000 to $215,000. **1,708** postings · **921** companies · **1,180** with pay · median **$180,000** · middle half $152,000–$215,000 · read Nov 9, 2026 [Emanate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/emanate) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5874413025548cf) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago Pay not posted [Handshake (AI training)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/handshake-ai-training) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/013bd98bc4409620) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $155,000–$170,000 [Claim Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/claim-health) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f86dfd5f76e8d416) New York, NY On-site 5mo ago Pay not posted [Sieve](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sieve) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c01d9e4502e1f4bf) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $150,000–$350,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [AI Engineer – Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/82c6cb311030be7f) US Remote 6mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [HappyRobot](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/happyrobot) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dee21326d0c06028) New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $120,000–$200,000 [AI Fund](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ai-fund) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Ayama)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e3bc42063d823f84) SF Bay Area Hybrid 6mo ago Pay not posted [Risely AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/risely-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/26541051b96604cb) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $120,000–$180,000 [Spear AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spear-ai) ### [TorpNet: Forward Deployed Full-Stack Engineer (Hybrid / Keyport, WA / Senior) [S]](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/edbcc545ea8fbb5a) Keyport, WA Hybrid 6mo ago Pay not posted [Tamarind Bio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tamarind-bio) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/83b1a36d98d499c3) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [DigitalOcean](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/digitalocean) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Applied Scientist (Agentic AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4078b92dfa142527) Seattle, WA Hybrid 6mo ago $220,000–$239,000 [Doppel](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doppel) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0123bee50a348038) New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $120,000–$220,000 [Middesk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/middesk) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4733b2449ae72e66) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $148,000–$255,000 [SBI Growth Advisory](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sbi-growth-advisory) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7acab237f4f74ef2) US Remote 6mo ago Pay not posted [Crogl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crogl) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3f8883b8ecacb706) US Remote 6mo ago Pay not posted [AI Fund](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ai-fund) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2f06993ec835e0eb) Mountain View, CA On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [Growth Protocol](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/growth-protocol) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/414b8dec06b2f641) New York, NY Remote 6mo ago $150,000–$180,000 [Amplitude](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amplitude) ### [Engineering: Senior Customer Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/368d0d89b82f7b7f) San Francisco, CA 6mo ago $183,000–$276,000 [Netic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/netic) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bbb87ebf337b2569) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $145,000–$330,000 [Promise](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/promise) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b70e87619318199d) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $175,000–$210,000 [Folio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/folio) ### [Software Engineer, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c1672c0732cb8ac7) US Remote 6mo ago Pay not posted [Amplitude](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amplitude) ### [Engineering: Senior Customer Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d99e5c14b117698) San Francisco, CA 6mo ago Pay not posted [Cohere](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cohere) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Agentic Platform](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/718afc10364c8e3c) San Francisco, CA Remote 6mo ago CA$175,000–CA$385,000 [Credal.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/credal-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2949996701bc198f) Brooklyn, NY On-site 6mo ago $140,000–$220,000 [Fundamental Research Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fundamental-research-labs) ### [Forward Deployed - Data Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67c1f601f0bf4579) US Remote 6mo ago Pay not posted [Cursor (Anysphere)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cursor-anysphere) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ad782c7903fff57b) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [ElevenLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/elevenlabs) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ffa044ec4d447df4) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Remote 6mo ago Pay not posted [Prior Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/prior-labs) ### [ML Engineer, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c777cfaedc96ff10) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [PhysicsX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/physicsx) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0185a10f4a64aa7a) New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $150,000–$250,000 [Caylent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/caylent) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b039dd6d9182b3aa) US Remote 6mo ago $136,000–$216,000 [Rowspace](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rowspace) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a3eea0a9a7cf5440) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $150,000–$275,000 [Tread](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tread) ### [AI Native Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f256c0f863a41725) Remote, OR Hybrid 6mo ago $120,000–$160,000 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79719a1a4cb8d68b) Austin, TX · Menlo Park, CA · +1 more Hybrid 6mo ago $170,000–$225,000 [webAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/webai) ### [Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5681002f691861d0) Austin, TX · Washington, DC Hybrid 6mo ago Pay not posted [Sphere](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sphere) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a5ab4958d57cacb) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $200,000–$260,000 [GovWell](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/govwell) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9cccf9d549260e4c) New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [Context](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/context) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62bcc95380e1ffcc) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [Assort Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/assort-health) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/984a22f8e99aa3cc) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $155,000–$210,000 [Goodfire AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/goodfire-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b861374da0525a50) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $200,000–$325,000 [Rune Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rune-technologies) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df8545f829bbcc4c) Austin, TX On-site 6mo ago $190,000–$210,000 1,019 of these 1,708 jobs build what the customer runs. - 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[Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors pay? 1,180 of 1,708 postings state a pay range. The median is $180,000, and half of them sit between $152,000 and $215,000, from 600 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors require? Of 1,708 postings, 869 state a minimum number of years, from 574 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 523 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (173), 6 to 9 years (150) or 10 or more years (23). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors? These 1,708 postings come from 921 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (66), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (31), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (23), [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) (21) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (19). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors remote? 346 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 394 are hybrid and 543 are on-site. The remaining 425 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 648 of the 1,708 postings. Counted over the 1,708 postings in this search. 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