> 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 serving external customers Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic&recipient=external&page=15 1,271 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers, from 692 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $154,000 to $215,000. **1,271** postings · **692** companies · **859** with pay · median **$181,000** · middle half $154,000–$215,000 · read Nov 6, 2026 Updated Nov 7, 2026 [Kunai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/kunai) ### [AI Delivery Engineer - AWS Bedrock](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee6f9ac6d1dfe3c3) US Remote New · 4d ago $135,000–$220,000 [Navaide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/navaide) ### [AI Data Analyst](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a1c68357c7ed2e00) San Diego, CA Hybrid New · 4d ago $120,000–$160,000 [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) ### [AI deployment engineer (Central)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f106a3ca48ce33ec) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 more Hybrid New · 4d ago $132,000–$184,000 [Focused](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/focused) ### [Platform Engineer, AI Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0e81a1388ff9cfc6) Denver, CO Hybrid New · 4d ago $140,000–$170,000 [Rescale](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rescale) ### [Applications Engineers, Agentic Workflows](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/29721b38a4e55f8e) US Remote New · 4d ago $156,000–$180,000 [Pallet](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pallet) ### [Software Engineer, Agent Delivery ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d2edf6da661e1875) New York, NY On-site New · 5d ago $135,000–$180,000 [Factory](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/factory) ### [Software Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aee86805e9f7a82d) San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC Remote New · 5d ago Pay not posted [Focused](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/focused) ### [Data Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4d3f4a936d54900a) Chicago, IL Hybrid New · 4d ago $145,000–$175,000 [Pyyne](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pyyne) ### [Senior Backend Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0f2fdf113ac10f7a) New York, NY Hybrid New · 5d ago $180,000–$195,000 [Ontrac 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ago $180,000–$230,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Enterprise AI Transformation Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/acce46d73a6442bf) Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +40 more 11d ago $54,400–$196,000 [Friday Harbor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/friday-harbor) ### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2dbcfc10986543c2) US Remote 12d ago $135,000–$165,000 [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer–Field Engagement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/01bd9fbbdf18cce5) Washington, DC · Seattle, WA Hybrid 12d ago $160,000–$200,000 [Neara](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/neara) ### [Data Scientist, Geospatial](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a2c3879cf46b3d49) Houston, TX Hybrid 12d ago $140,000–$160,000 [Visionist, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/visionist-inc) ### [Full Stack Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/54e10ccb19847ec2) US · city not listed 2w ago $115,000–$185,000 [Expression](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/expression) ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a6d3e6cc849e2505) Washington, DC Hybrid 2w ago $130,000–$160,000 [Steampunk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/steampunk) ### [AI Innovation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/729f612f91d391af) Mclean, VA 2w ago $120,000–$180,000 [Credence Management Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/credence-management-solutions) ### [AI Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fa4a8406d1cb7d50) Tysons, VA 2w ago $120,000–$150,000 [Visionist, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/visionist-inc) ### [Junior Full Stack Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e8e45fc1ed517010) US · city not listed 2w ago $115,000–$185,000 [InterImage, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/interimage-inc) ### [AI/ML Software Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4b45839854e6c864) Arlington, VA Remote 2w ago $105,000–$180,000 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Generative AI Consultant ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bae78baca2f05fbb) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2w ago From $105,000 [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) ### [M&S Software Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/af4f05fd06077223) Washington, DC Remote 2w ago $111,426.84–$192,890.16 [Visionist, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/visionist-inc) ### [Junior Software Engineer (AI Focus)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0f665293e3dbb960) Columbia, MD 2w ago $115,000–$185,000 [Extractable](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/extractable) ### [Python Integrations Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/10adf16994fba200) San Francisco, CA Remote 2w ago $100,000–$130,000 [pensar](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pensar) ### [Security Research Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/47f4c4f009782ad0) New York, NY 2w ago $120,000–$175,000 928 of these 1,271 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit 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The employers with the most postings are [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (52), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (24), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (20), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (19) and [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) (17). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers remote? 259 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 298 are hybrid and 434 are on-site. The remaining 280 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 553 of the 1,271 postings. Counted over the 1,271 postings in this search. 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