> 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=19 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 [Vantor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vantor) ### [Senior Applied AI/ML Engineer (TS/SCI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/51a25d8d796e6817) Springfield, VA On-site 4w ago $140,000–$187,000 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developer - Colorado Springs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/91cafed6822ac17c) Colorado Springs, CO On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Titan](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/titan) ### [Software Engineer - Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d60dbdf9f047bc4f) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 4w ago $180,000–$480,000 [Clockwork Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clockwork-systems) ### [Senior Software Engineer, TorchPass Product Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15c23388a215b20d) Palo Alto, CA On-site 4w ago $150,000–$230,000 [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) ### [Business Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61f630e50014b285) Los Angeles, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 more 4w ago $149,000–$210,000 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [SME AI/ML Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d352e42f898d7f14) Fort Meade, MD On-site 4w ago Pay not posted [SixGen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sixgen) ### [AI/ML Engineer-TS/SCI & CI POLY](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/682d29a4a47903cc) Columbia, MD 4w ago $215,000–$240,000 [Midstream Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/midstream-health) ### [Member of Technical Staff](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/569df5f76eede51b) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago Pay not posted [Nimble Gravity](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nimble-gravity) ### [Data and Analytics Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/48614ae5fe10ccd7) US Remote 5w ago Pay not posted [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [Senior AI/ML Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9c587ba60202128e) Fort Meade, MD On-site 4w ago Pay not posted [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic Systems (Active Secret Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee6dd71d9378887b) Austin, TX Remote 5w ago $185,000–$230,000 [Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nightwing-intelligence-solutions-llc) ### [AI/ML Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4785cd9f2f75dc39) Arlington, VA On-site 5w ago $99,000–$206,000 [Enterprise Knowledge](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/enterprise-knowledge) ### [Semantic Data and AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ccf5311b8887ce2) Arlington, VA Remote 5w ago $135,000–$175,000 [Aimpoint Digital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aimpoint-digital) ### [Lead AI Engineer 2026 - US, COL, UK](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/de28a71f59f2c456) Atlanta, GA Remote 5w ago Pay not posted [Namespace](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/namespace) ### [Customer-Facing Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/52bdd35fc2690aa8) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5w ago $150,000–$220,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7d7c4d4a3ec04461) Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +2 more 5w ago $131,300–$177,600 [Mozilla](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mozilla) ### [Staff Product Engineer, Enterprise AI ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e9307d8ee55893ca) US Remote 5w ago $185,000–$220,000 [Clarium](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clarium) ### [Data Integration Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/33e7578031639112) US Remote 5w ago $130,000–$150,000 [Axon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axon) ### [AfroTech 2026 Mission Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/88f39f2b8e9bbcfe) Tampa, FL · Miami, FL · +18 more On-site 5w ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr. Delivery Consultant - AI/ML, WWPS ProServe](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bfdbb2e72b1442fa) Denver, CO · Atlanta, GA · +6 more 5w ago $153,600–$228,600 [Brain Co.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/brain-co) ### [Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ff6a38b2556c3f6) New York, NY 5w ago $190,000–$325,000 [Cascade AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cascade-ai) ### [Implementation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2e65f2169604a778) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5w ago $90,000–$125,000 [Andesite](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/andesite) ### [Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack (TS Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/975a7d2cfa216c7e) US Remote 5w ago $180,000–$240,000 [Niantic Spatial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/niantic-spatial) ### [Senior/Staff Product Engineer, Embodied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19e6cf58dd331caa) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5w ago $207,000–$265,000 [Zoom](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zoom) ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6cf712abfb0d5a2f) US Remote 5w ago $124,000–$271,200 [Bespoke Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bespoke-labs) ### [MTS, Post-Training (Enterprise)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/96da9294487106dd) Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CA On-site 5w ago $300,000–$350,000 [Defense Unicorns](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/defense-unicorns) ### [Senior Platform Engineer (FedD239)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2d80b4f518bdc61d) Springfield, VA Remote 5w ago $148,750–$201,250 [eSentire](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/esentire) ### [Customer Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4aab99443f5d7fb4) US · city not listed 6w ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/93b1c07412385b87) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 6w ago $131,300–$177,600 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Value Acceleration Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d29e7c234296d940) San Francisco, CA · Palo Alto, CA · +2 more 6w ago $117,200–$246,000 [Defense Unicorns](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/defense-unicorns) ### [Senior Data Engineer (FedD238)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f8854465e612c6d8) Springfield, VA Hybrid 5w ago $148,750–$201,250 [Vannevar Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vannevar-labs) ### [Senior Full-Stack Engineer - Product (TS/SCI Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac3e0bd78fe984de) US Remote 6w ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2c41383b1f8d145b) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 6w ago $131,300–$177,600 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [Agentic AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1afd84318597c6f2) Reston, VA · Springfield, VA 6w ago $99,000–$225,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a6a44abf0fdde97) Costa Mesa, CA · Reston, VA · +2 more 6w ago $191,000–$254,000 [Spherecast](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spherecast) ### [Senior Backend Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/da3fb47619992801) New York, NY 6w ago Pay not posted [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Tech, Media & Telecom](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2923518d5a20cafe) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [Parsons](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/parsons) ### [AI/ML Engineer TS/SCI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ab4e156a7b0b5fed) Arlington, VA 6w ago $112,200–$196,400 [Red Cell Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-cell-partners) ### [Staff Applied ML Engineer, Federal/National Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d7dbd0967123dff7) Washington, DC Remote 6w ago $180,000–$240,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3da5634c483ab359) Costa Mesa, CA · Reston, VA · +2 more 6w ago $167,000–$222,000 1,019 of these 1,708 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dic%26page%3D19&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dic%26page%3D19&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors” 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 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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