> 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=12 605 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 [Logical Intelligence](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/logical-intelligence) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Implementation Strategist — Enterprise Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ea61b8093fa7f607) San Francisco, CA 10d ago Pay not posted [Verily Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/verily-health) Integrates and configures it ### [Technical Solutions Engineer - Pre](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/db46fd1578af02dd) Dallas, TX · Boston, MA · +1 more 13d ago $103,500–$155,500 [August](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/august) Integrates and configures it ### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4add4f39f8f0faf7) New York, NY On-site 3w ago $100,000–$160,000 [TikTok](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tiktok) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist — Ads Vertical - Global Monetization Product and Technology](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d29c1cb6b44af5e) San Francisco, CA New · 4d ago $159,000–$272,000 [Nebius](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nebius) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Customer AI Engineer - Token Factory](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a30f941f89ff45f5) US Remote 3w ago $209,800–$262,200 [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/505c60db81fbe5f6) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 4w ago Pay not posted [Harell Data](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/harell-data) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/09054feda7b2ff39) Bellevue, WA 4w ago Pay not posted [TikTok](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tiktok) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist — Ads Vertical - Global Monetization Product and Technology](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/11e8875b2a5e4431) New York, NY 7d ago $159,000–$272,000 [Motif](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/motif) Integrates and configures it ### [Solutions Engineer (NYC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/88030503037ecb12) New York, NY On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/164df6750dfc857c) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 more Hybrid 4w ago Pay not posted [Virtasant](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/virtasant) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Deployment Strategist - Cloud & AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/010e7c7eae2dc876) US Remote 7w ago Pay not posted [CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Specialist Field Engineer - SaaS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c383682d25fbd0ee) Sunnyvale, CA · San Francisco, CA 1mo ago $182,000–$242,000 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) Integrates and configures it ### [Transformation Project Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c11132579acaebcd) Eagan, MN Hybrid 2mo ago $74,200–$137,800 [Oracle](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oracle) Integrates and configures it ### [Customer Engineering Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ee26631bc8e8b42) Nashville, TN 2mo ago $114,600–$234,600 [TRM Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/trm-labs) Integrates and configures it ### [Solutions Architect, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7e87595bec8de7fa) US Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Integrates and configures it ### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, WWPS ProServe Delivery Team](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bdae58c5e4f95f51) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 3mo ago $131,300–$177,600 [Edra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/edra) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Strategist (New York)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2951c94d466b9d27) New York, NY On-site 4mo ago $175,000–$250,000 [Pigment](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pigment) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6d5665de17ce2360) New York, NY Hybrid 5mo ago Pay not posted [AppLovin](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applovin) Integrates and configures it ### [Partner Solutions Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/650f0f85c1458b49) Palo Alto, CA 5mo ago $126,000–$188,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Integrates and configures it ### [Sr Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ec7f7e2ef66247d) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 3mo ago $153,600–$207,800 [Vivenu](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vivenu) Integrates and configures it ### [Solution Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/00e47b850145aba5) New York, NY On-site 5mo ago Pay not posted [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6616645944655d3e) Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5mo ago $120,000–$210,000 [Clarasight](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clarasight) Integrates and configures it ### [Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ccf6e86e040c2929) US Remote 6mo ago Pay not posted [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Integrates and configures it ### [Deployed Engineer (Atlanta)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6bfd28daf3afaaaa) Atlanta, GA On-site 6mo ago $150,000–$250,000 · OTE [Tabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tabs) Integrates and configures it ### [Deployment Strategist - Accounting Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/11c7a306019786b3) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $120,000–$170,000 [vClusterLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vclusterlabs) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Infrastructure Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62e9ea8f474ddf3e) US Remote 7mo ago $140,000–$165,000 [Serval](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/serval) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e026ec3d5884a44d) San Francisco, CA On-site 9mo ago $150,000–$280,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Integrates and configures it ### [Deployed Engineer (Boston)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b59ea846b8696d00) Cambridge, MA On-site 6mo ago $185,000–$300,000 · OTE [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Integrates and configures it ### [Applied AI Engineer, Codex](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a9cd2e2a8964bdce) San Francisco, CA 11mo ago $211,000–$278,000 [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d525aaf211dfd27) Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA · +1 more Hybrid 13mo ago $120,000–$190,000 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Agent Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a7b267e4e6cbef0) New York, NY On-site 14mo ago $200,000–$285,000 [Peregrine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/peregrine) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97845fb208e4bfec) Washington, DC Hybrid 17mo ago $120,000–$190,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee55009ccd480304) New York, NY Hybrid 47mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Standard Template Labs (STLabs)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/standard-template-labs-stlabs) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/00f172290eaf0d86) New York, NY On-site New · 3d ago $120,000–$160,000 [Pace](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pace) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/98d2735efe65639b) New York, NY On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [Tallwave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tallwave) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/42404271b04fb94a) US Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) Integrates and configures it ### [PS, Solution Architect /Forward Deployment Engineer ( Armis/ Veza)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f448b213a38a8e71) New York, NY Remote 2w ago Up to $258,550 [Lightfield](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lightfield) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/99e691095b205253) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2w ago $170,000–$250,000 [Runlayer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/runlayer) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43a5e1eb07bac022) US Remote 3w ago Pay not posted [Conversion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/conversion) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7914d652b8187ed0) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago $150,000–$225,000 346 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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