> 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 with ongoing operations Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic&stage=operations&page=16 1,285 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations, from 752 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $152,000 to $215,000. **1,285** postings · **752** companies · **893** with pay · median **$180,000** · middle half $152,000–$215,000 · read Nov 6, 2026 Updated Nov 7, 2026 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Backend Software Engineer - Codex for Finance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3b68312a1c4c0445) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $347,000–$385,000 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [AI/ML Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3d0b7cd0ca4d8261) Chantilly, VA 2mo ago $99,000–$225,000 [Cascade AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cascade-ai) ### [Implementation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/40d9998633e5a290) Bellevue, WA Hybrid 2mo ago $90,000–$125,000 [Bayesian Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bayesian-health) ### [Software Engineer, Data Integration](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bccb8f30b163f7c8) US Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted [Evolver](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/evolver) ### [Product Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6782189f5fa9fb07) Palo Alto, CA 3mo ago Pay not posted [Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/intuitive-research-and-technology-corporation) ### [Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/615cd8f182cae5c4) Huntsville, AL 3mo ago Pay not posted [Nearform](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nearform) ### [Senior Software Engineer - React & Python](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/922cad87ea14e6c8) US Remote 3mo ago $150,000–$180,000 [Ciridae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ciridae) ### [Full Stack Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/30c386db283fe27c) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Voltai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/voltai) ### [Senior Software Engineer: Integrations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ef71848de0857b2d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Firecrawl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/firecrawl) ### [Implementation Specialist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6fc09f980b55256d) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $209,000–$265,000 [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a58e0daafcbeb6f3) Austin, TX Hybrid 3mo ago $185,000–$230,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ce65194d3b4765e8) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 3mo ago $265,000–$331,000 [Voltai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/voltai) ### [Senior Software Engineer: Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/52537bab4fe3ef43) San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA · +1 more Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Ground Software Engineer, Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d2667d5f64604fa9) Chantilly, VA 3mo ago $191,000–$254,000 [Sift](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sift) ### [Application Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/14809e80210a38c9) San Francisco, CA · Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $125,000–$175,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ad5a80e79ff38092) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 3mo ago $216,000–$270,000 [Voltai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/voltai) ### [Senior Software Engineer: Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7fdc11bcdc87db34) San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA · +1 more Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Leidos](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/leidos) ### [Application Developer (SWE-2)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/09576c893348c953) Fort Meade, MD 3mo ago $87,100–$157,450 [Mia Labs, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mia-labs-inc) ### [Senior Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d58f02a787a71954) Austin, TX Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/63df41e380085308) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 3mo ago $180,000–$225,000 [Bitmovin](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bitmovin) ### [Senior Software Engineer (US Deployment/Relocation from Europe)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d6ed0fb20d9e5599) Denver, CO Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Leidos](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/leidos) ### [Senior AI Engineer (SWE-3)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/533c6aac1365061d) Linthicum Heights, MD 3mo ago $107,900–$195,050 [Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) ### [Senior Software Engineer - Integrations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/82b6f49d675334f9) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $190,000–$250,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/423f9f8c01b5b901) Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 more Hybrid 3mo ago $186,000–$279,000 [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a5844b6cb2a5b62) Tacoma, WA Hybrid 3mo ago $185,000–$230,000 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Agent Deployment Engineer - Spanish Speaking](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3a43d393a714090b) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $175,000–$230,000 [Causal Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/causal-labs) ### [Member of Technical Staff — Product Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1543d6fa6ceed9eb) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Field Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a675461a96cb3138) Honolulu, HI · Omaha, NE · +2 more 3mo ago $150,400–$226,550 [Tenex Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tenex-labs) ### [Applied AI, Engineer & Creator](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/65c558c08c970234) New York, NY On-site 3mo ago $240,000–$320,000 · OTE [Wafer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wafer) ### [Member of Technical Staff](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7cacb3e166260f2d) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $250,000–$250,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Discovery](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6ba3c64ddaf07683) Costa Mesa, CA · Huntsville, AL · +4 more 3mo ago $191,000–$292,000 [SambaNova Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sambanova-systems) ### [Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e5314bff9caf421c) US Remote 3mo ago $138,000–$170,000 [Hubs.is](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hubs-is) ### [AI Solutions Architect ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a1d9ae9190db992c) US · city not listed Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7808131a88984b8) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Air Defense, Integrations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/676fb2d31665ac31) Irvine, CA 4mo ago $191,000–$253,000 [Adelphi](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/adelphi) ### [Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/256996cf2f7be6a4) Washington, DC Hybrid 4mo ago Pay not posted [EXL](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exl) ### [Data Analytics AI Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8bc4e93302d93bac) US · city not listed 4mo ago Pay not posted [Cake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cake) ### [Solutions Engineer, AI/ML](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1997c828c301a92b) US Remote 4mo ago Pay not posted [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/522df6273aa0eeb2) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $251,000–$278,000 [GRVTY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/grvty) ### [Software Engineer, Senior](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b6405c948282a7c3) Dayton, OH On-site 4mo ago $165,000–$210,000 727 of these 1,285 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 with ongoing operations pay? 893 of 1,285 postings state a pay range. The median is $180,000, and half of them sit between $152,000 and $215,000, from 496 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations require? Of 1,285 postings, 665 state a minimum number of years, from 466 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 408 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (123), 6 to 9 years (113) or 10 or more years (21). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations? These 1,285 postings come from 752 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (47), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (23), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (18), [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) (16) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (14). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with ongoing operations remote? 257 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 301 are hybrid and 417 are on-site. The remaining 310 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 481 of the 1,285 postings. Counted over the 1,285 postings in this search. 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