> 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 in Los Angeles Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic®ion=greater-la&page=3 84 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Los Angeles, from 45 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $150,000 to $212,000. **84** postings · **45** companies · 75 state pay: median **$180,000**, half $150,000–$212,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 [General Matter](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/general-matter) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/965624d2a4a5828b) Los Angeles, CA On-site 6mo ago $100,000–$200,000 [Relativity Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/relativity-space) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1cb310272b380b76) Long Beach, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $154,000–$230,000 [Relativity Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/relativity-space) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer (Factory Platform)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8da7b85537e74832) Long Beach, CA On-site 3mo ago $154,000–$230,000 [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 Hybrid 3mo ago $203,200–$254,000 49 of 84 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Los Angeles pay? 75 of 84 postings state a pay range. The median is $180,000, and half of them sit between $150,000 and $212,000, from 40 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Los Angeles require? Of 84 postings, 40 state a minimum number of years, from 29 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 22 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (10), under 3 years (7) or 10 or more years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Los Angeles? These 84 postings come from 45 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (11), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (6), [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) (6), [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) (5) and [Nominal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) (4). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Los Angeles remote? 3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 24 are hybrid and 24 are on-site. The remaining 33 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 41 of the 84 postings. Counted over the 84 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) ## Related pages - [FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic) · 1,712 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic®ion=sf-bay-area) · 511 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in New York metro](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic®ion=nyc-metro) · 456 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Washington, DC area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic®ion=dmv) · 228 jobs - [Every FDE job search](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse)