> 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=38 1,747 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors, from 928 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $153,000 to $216,000. **1,747** postings · **928** companies · **1,221** with pay · median **$181,000** · middle half $153,000–$216,000 · read Nov 11, 2026 [Motion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/motion) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc8c83765297f30f) US Remote Since 2025 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 [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 [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 [Vooma](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vooma) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4c6c26232e5adc8a) San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025 $150,000–$180,000 [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 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4db610fee594adf8) Chicago, IL Hybrid Since 2022 Pay not posted [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/657885bd4aca696f) Honolulu, HI On-site Since 2022 $110,000–$170,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - Intel](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5472299bdd089131) Washington, DC On-site Since 2021 $110,000–$170,000 [Roku](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/roku) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Transformation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/abec32748f7e3361) Austin, TX Hybrid New · Today $242,200–$486,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/856d6700dc56d35f) Santa Clara, CA New · Today $152,000–$241,500 [Church & Dwight Co., Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/church-dwight-co-inc) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Engineer, R&D](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/08559ea57b99f6b5) Princeton, NJ Hybrid New · Today $71,000–$101,100 [Twitch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/twitch) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer II, Fintech](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ddeb1224e8327bb) San Francisco, CA New · Yesterday $165,200–$223,600 [Circuit](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/circuit) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Engineer, Applied ML](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/51763d2b43ec8b05) Austin, TX Hybrid New · Yesterday Pay not posted [Liberty Mutual](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberty-mutual) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b1460c799b2a8464) Plano, TX Hybrid New · Yesterday Pay not posted [BJAK](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bjak) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, Internal AI Tools](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1aabd8842c52e134) US Remote New · 2d ago Pay not posted [Woven by Toyota](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/woven-by-toyota) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Integration Software Engineer, Arene Applied Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d4ca43b9486ba181) Ann Arbor, MI Hybrid New · 2d ago Pay not posted [Uber](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/uber) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr. Software Engineer, Agentic](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3fcab39035be2144) San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CA On-site New · 3d ago $202,000–$224,000 [Base Power](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/base-power) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, Backend - Factory Software](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a5cc112260a3db2a) Austin, TX On-site New · 3d ago Pay not posted [BJAK](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bjak) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, AI Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/05ac3397ab23efb1) US Remote New · 2d ago Pay not posted [fluent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluent) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer (AI Agents)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/af6349a15d3ebff5) New York, NY Remote New · 5d ago $130,000–$155,000 [Ultimus Fund Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ultimus-fund-solutions) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Engineer, AI Development](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b62d32b5a5c83115) Omaha, NE · Clifton Park, NY · +3 more New · 6d ago Pay not posted [TRM Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/trm-labs) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer (AI Automation) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22e2e5e62fb4df69) US Remote 7d ago Pay not posted [Pearson](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pearson) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/28aded475bf05fc5) Durham, NC · Hoboken, NJ 7d ago $95,000–$160,000 [fluent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluent) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer (AI Agents)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aec65b08f12c40ef) US Remote New · 5d ago $130,000–$155,000 [Ultimus Fund Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ultimus-fund-solutions) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Data Engineer, AI Development](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3e3a1025574c4cc6) Omaha, NE · Clifton Park, NY · +3 more New · 6d ago Pay not posted [Serve Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/serve-robotics) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer, Operations Tools & Al Enablement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/10526bef9d127823) Los Angeles, CA · US remote Remote 7d ago $180,000–$200,000 [CloudZero](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cloudzero) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Enablement Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/09d4d1dd88bbed11) Boston, MA Hybrid 7d ago $150,000–$205,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/508dcdb38d2509f2) Costa Mesa, CA 8d ago $191,000–$254,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Propulsion Software Engineer (Falcon Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0a81dbd4df064dca) Hawthorne, CA 8d ago $125,000–$195,000 [General Dynamics Mission Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/general-dynamics-mission-systems) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Advanced Software Engineer - AI Reliability Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ed8a9dfa624a192) US Remote 9d ago $118,519–$131,482 [Yext](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/yext) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Transformation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f1bbbc92ca8b5b74) New York, NY 9d ago $142,500–$213,500 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/14188cf726c60b03) Costa Mesa, CA 8d ago $220,000–$292,000 [Foundation Medicine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/foundation-medicine) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67bfafe66979ec1c) Boston, MA Hybrid 10d ago $111,040–$138,800 [General Dynamics Mission Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/general-dynamics-mission-systems) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Advanced Software Engineer - AI Reliability Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d2163065f8ae093c) US Remote 9d ago $118,519–$131,482 [RealPage](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/realpage) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Data Engineer III](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/74dce4e3a582a9d7) US · city not listed 13d ago Pay not posted [Lockheed Martin](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lockheed-martin) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Research Engineer Stf - Engineering Transformation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7b01cbb0551581ee) TX Remote 13d ago $120,600–$224,000 [Baker Tilly](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baker-tilly) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Principal AI Engineer, Sr AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a8bd18ac838c9b76) San Jose, CA · Pasadena, CA · +10 more 2w ago $205,000–$250,000 [phantom](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/phantom) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3150e1433ca3e04f) US Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [LettrLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lettrlabs) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff AI Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec19b292670c5264) Los Angeles, CA Remote 2w ago $200,000–$250,000 1,044 of these 1,747 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dic%26page%3D38&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dic%26page%3D38&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? 1,221 of 1,747 postings state a pay range. The median is $181,000, and half of them sit between $153,000 and $216,000, from 606 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors require? Of 1,747 postings, 894 state a minimum number of years, from 578 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 539 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (175), 6 to 9 years (156) or 10 or more years (24). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors? These 1,747 postings come from 928 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (64), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (34), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (25), [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) (21) and [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) (19). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors remote? 350 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 399 are hybrid and 565 are on-site. The remaining 433 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 650 of the 1,747 postings. Counted over the 1,747 postings in this search. 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