> 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=32 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 [Emanate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/emanate) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ecbbd856813e7d7) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist, New Grad - Intel, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/50e504561a95469f) Washington, DC On-site 4mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f3a8d02dc926fb61) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 5mo ago Pay not posted [Lumbra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lumbra) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist, Intel (TS/SCI with CI Polygraph Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d4d7d1c6f1f0f19f) Arlington, VA On-site 5mo ago Pay not posted [August](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/august) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6833631848861e2f) New York, NY On-site 5mo ago $100,000–$160,000 [Pryzm](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pryzm) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf66bd8d122782a3) Washington, DC On-site 5mo ago $100,000–$140,000 [Encord](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/encord) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5006b05e4f746d17) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [Waniwani](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/waniwani) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Founding Deployment Strategist @ Waniwani](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dc5bf7b8250641a5) New York, NY 6mo ago Pay not posted [Clarion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clarion) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3f74ff10533b3250) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $140,000–$180,000 [Nooks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nooks) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2031939143cc485d) US Remote 7mo ago $150,000–$170,000 [Simile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/simile) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6a0abcabc7321e88) New York, NY On-site 7mo ago $150,000–$300,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist, Internship - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/160e6f2c5888f330) Honolulu, HI On-site 11mo ago Pay not posted [Method Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/method-security) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a400f143f9dd35de) New York, NY 11mo ago Pay not posted [Sapien](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sapien) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a6c47957f1d535d0) New York, NY On-site Since 2025 $125,000–$200,000 [HappyRobot](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/happyrobot) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c210b42e7acdc74a) San Francisco, CA Hybrid Since 2025 $150,000–$220,000 [Bretton AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bretton-ai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/102dfe45a5001ae1) San Francisco, CA Since 2024 Pay not posted [SK Life Science, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sk-life-science-inc) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Engineer, Business Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f20c50efac164abd) Paramus, NJ 2w ago $135,000–$160,000 [Lockheed Martin](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lockheed-martin) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Full-Stack Software Engineer Senior - Level 3](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c0a9140adfaf2f21) Palmdale, CA 2w ago $110,300–$204,900 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Applied AI Demo Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/81f1836b1275c22b) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2w ago $240,000–$315,000 [Fluidstack](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluidstack) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Product Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/472338056d765117) San Francisco, CA On-site 5w ago $224,000–$300,000 [Mendix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mendix) Proves it works before the sale ### [Intelligence Center X Engineer - Americas](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0af30c9ac127f183) US · city not listed Hybrid 5w ago $125,300–$334,400 [CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Account Solutions Architect - Engaged](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/162ad9af1f087cf2) Austin, TX 2mo ago $182,000–$242,000 [Genera](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/genera) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/92aa54f47ce41182) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Firecrawl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/firecrawl) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Success Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe487ab5ae5ba055) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $209,000–$265,000 [Fluidstack](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluidstack) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Decision Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/57fae2e60b40241e) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $224,000–$300,000 [Perplexity](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/perplexity) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise AI Products)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a107ab6384fd73e5) San Francisco, CA 4mo ago $220,000–$405,000 [Composio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/composio) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Member of Technical Staff, Enterprise Product](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ecc23366a7d784df) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Partner Technical Architect - Agentforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d3316c6c5777485) Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +2 more 5mo ago $172,500–$285,800 [Taktile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/taktile) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr. Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a14b0e74ab61af1) New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $160,000–$200,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (NYC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a593282280776759) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $185,000–$315,000 · OTE [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Proves it works before the sale ### [Applied AI Architect, Commercial](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3c3610a4cc4fc4d6) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $240,000–$315,000 [Turing](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/turing) Leads the deployment team ### [Staff Research Engineer, Enterprise Knowledge](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/06f45dde0a490569) US · city not listed 12mo ago $250,000–$400,000 · OTE [Clay](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clay) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Growth Strategist, Strategic (Deployment Strategist) - NY](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1dc2fc20bd49f52a) New York, NY Hybrid New · 4d ago $190,000–$210,000 [TRM Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/trm-labs) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Deployment Strategist, CTI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e31617e9f1eb6c9a) US Remote 10d ago Pay not posted [Mosaic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mosaic) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f63bddc7aa08c0ac) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [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 [Clay](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clay) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Growth Strategist, Strategic (Deployment Strategist) - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d0f0cd407b1b6e1) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $190,000–$210,000 [TRM Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/trm-labs) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Deployment Strategist, National Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/53302a6c782efef5) US Remote 11d ago $118,000–$170,000 [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 On-site 4mo ago $203,200–$254,000 [Lassie](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lassie) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/569f8d4b6159f92e) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $170,000–$210,000 944 of these 1,287 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 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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