> 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=27 1,287 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers, from 696 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $154,000 to $215,000. **1,287** postings · **696** companies · **871** with pay · median **$181,000** · middle half $154,000–$215,000 · read Nov 8, 2026 [LiteLLM](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/litellm) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (New Grad)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/440f0d29bb30278d) US · city not listed 2mo ago $150,000–$210,000 [PVM](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pvm) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/802b6ab51d0afed5) Arlington, VA Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted [Instrumental](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/instrumental) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Manufacturing Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fb34b85a552cdce2) Palo Alto, CA On-site 2mo ago $140,000–$200,000 [Composio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/composio) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (New Grad)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/212a5b8154b4ac54) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [AirOps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/airops) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9093cb68d53de6c4) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago Pay not posted [Preql](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/preql) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure and Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/24a344afd2901f2a) US Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Ema](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ema) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Builder](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/423ebe78dc247909) New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [LiteLLM](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/litellm) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f383f40cbfa89042) US · city not listed 3mo ago $150,000–$250,000 [Eliza](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eliza) Proves it works before the sale ### [GTM Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e846080fefa26a7a) Remote, OR Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [BRINC Drones](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/brinc-drones) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ed42c135afe30a8) Seattle, WA On-site 3mo ago $85,000–$150,000 [Egen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/egen) Proves it works before the sale ### [Pre-Sales Architect (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1f0e661b320b8b85) US Remote 3mo ago $185,000–$225,000 [Eulerity](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eulerity) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9442b43fc86fcada) New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago $100,000–$125,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23c2051be6799ef6) New York, NY · Washington, DC 3mo ago $200,000–$345,000 [Nitra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nitra) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b41bda2f25147188) Washington, DC Hybrid 4mo ago Pay not posted [Revel](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/revel) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Test Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3f822b912f9003af) Los Angeles, CA · San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [Starbridge](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/starbridge) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed GTME](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5c0049867a00820e) New York, NY On-site 4mo ago $125,000–$175,000 [Mind Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mind-robotics) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d8ace671c2391b8) Normal, IL On-site 5mo ago Pay not posted [Nitra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nitra) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5359f251ba3144fd) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago Pay not posted [Clera](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clera) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding Customer Engineer)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e87e2b23652d75c7) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $140,000–$185,000 [TENEX.AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tenex-ai) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Security Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/499465841d236fd2) Kansas City, MO Hybrid 5mo ago Pay not posted [Hightouch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hightouch) Proves it works before the sale ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/582d222c53e6731f) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Remote 5mo ago $175,000–$230,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Security Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcff69fd10c25847) Washington, DC Hybrid 5mo ago $266,000–$445,000 [Instrumental](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/instrumental) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward-Deployed Manufacturing Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/931f888b70f3be2e) Dallas, TX Remote 5mo ago $116,500–$158,000 [TENEX.AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tenex-ai) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8726a57ca6fed923) Overland Park, KS Hybrid 5mo ago Pay not posted [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5287150b2de82a83) Honolulu, HI Hybrid 6mo ago $135,000–$200,000 [StackAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stackai) Proves it works before the sale ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5225873c20a5c99f) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $153,000–$200,000 [Doss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doss) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23ac7c632f5cc670) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $120,000–$210,000 [TENEX.AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tenex-ai) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Implementation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc7fdc30ae9fdb55) Sarasota, FL · Kansas City, MO Hybrid 6mo ago Pay not posted [Eudia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eudia) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Lawyer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a95836073a3ac3c6) Palo Alto, CA 6mo ago $190,000–$220,000 [Hightouch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hightouch) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Forward Deployed Creative Designer, Ads](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed6a2f68eced14b7) US Remote 6mo ago $140,000–$180,000 [Cara](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cara) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Broker](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/917c6e87d81b04bf) New York, NY Remote 6mo ago Pay not posted [Context](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/context) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ff0c83dd2242853) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $180,000–$350,000 [Labelbox](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/labelbox) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Research Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8e3a7e6aecde2b63) San Francisco, CA 6mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) Integrates and configures it ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/32108e71a69d7ab4) Austin, TX 8mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [FERMÀT](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ferm-t) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71295e354cc993d7) San Francisco, CA 8mo ago From $200,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Security Engineer - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c582fdd78c081353) Washington, DC On-site 8mo ago $135,000–$200,000 [Weave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/weave) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c4911b154c91afe0) San Francisco, CA On-site 9mo ago $150,000–$200,000 [Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) Proves it works before the sale ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1af269a9dbe0e40) San Francisco, CA On-site 9mo ago $165,000–$230,000 [Dealops](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dealops) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1f0cd78cb98c9afa) San Francisco, CA On-site 9mo ago Pay not posted [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Reliability Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d710f61db9f336c2) New York, NY Hybrid 9mo ago $110,000–$147,000 944 of these 1,287 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dic%26recipient%3Dexternal%26page%3D27&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dic%26recipient%3Dexternal%26page%3D27&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers” 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 serving external customers pay? 871 of 1,287 postings state a pay range. The median is $181,000, and half of them sit between $154,000 and $215,000, from 443 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers require? Of 1,287 postings, 625 state a minimum number of years, from 404 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 378 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (124), 6 to 9 years (105) or 10 or more years (18). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers? These 1,287 postings come from 696 companies. 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), [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) (21), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (20) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (19). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving external customers remote? 262 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 301 are hybrid and 437 are on-site. The remaining 287 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 563 of the 1,287 postings. Counted over the 1,287 postings in this search. 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