> 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=16 605 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** with pay · median **$180,000** · middle half $150,000–$215,000 · read Nov 6, 2026 [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/484d5a806f49b322) US Remote 7w ago $68,443–$92,398 [F5](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/f5) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Marketing Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/78f44fdd118d889a) Seattle, WA Hybrid 2mo ago $179,500–$269,300 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (Early Career- SF)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf677e9e9ca98360) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $160,000–$185,000 · OTE [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployment Strategist, Space Systems Command](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7bd71aa29083eac6) Los Angeles, CA On-site 4mo ago $203,200–$254,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (Seattle)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e03d5804545775cf) Seattle, WA 5mo ago $165,000–$380,000 · OTE 346 of these 605 jobs build what the customer runs. - [Let Nextmove find the roles that fit you — free](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dic%26stage%3Dpoc%26page%3D16&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dic%26stage%3Dpoc%26page%3D16&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving proof of concept” go out once you have an account. [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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