> 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=43

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

Updated Nov 12, 2026

[CookUnity](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cookunity) Builds for teams inside the company

### [AI Native Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a2fbee5e02877edc)

New York, NY 5mo ago

$130,000–$190,000

[Equinix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/equinix) Builds for teams inside the company

### [GTM Engineer: Customer Experience & Lifecycle](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7335306ba6f00dfe)

Dallas, TX · Redwood City, CA · +3 more 5mo ago

$136,000–$245,000

[SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a52f0355fad92673)

Starbase, TX On-site 3mo ago

Pay not posted

[NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Applied AI Engineer - VLSI Design](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/89d1e7f01575e622)

Santa Clara, CA Hybrid 5mo ago

$136,000–$264,500

[Qventus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qventus) Builds for teams inside the company

### [AI Tooling Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8c74c174d0281e3d)

US Remote 5mo ago

$120,000–$150,000

[Equinix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/equinix) Builds for teams inside the company

### [GTM Engineer: Pipeline and Revenue Generation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5030fdade8f5d9ce)

Dallas, TX · Redwood City, CA · +3 more 5mo ago

$131,000–$245,000

[SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e3cd7d7b30ed0709)

Bastrop, TX On-site 3mo 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

[Etsy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/etsy) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Senior Software Engineer I, Data Storage](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a10515b2819fbd4)

Brooklyn, NY Hybrid 5mo ago

$164,000–$193,000

[Vanta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vanta) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Sr. AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cb56ec463d0ed5cd)

US Remote 5mo ago

$195,000–$229,000

[Level](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/level) Builds for teams inside the company

### [ Senior Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe7dfce6c4433d1e)

Austin, TX On-site 5mo ago

Pay not posted

[Socure](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/socure) Builds for teams inside the company

### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6860e3f0a063fa2b)

US Remote 5mo ago

$220,000–$290,000

[T-Mobile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/t-mobile) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Sr Engineer, Enterprise AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8a27d4c2b1b4ceb1)

Bellevue, WA · Frisco, TX 5mo ago

$133,100–$240,100

[Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Staff Software Engineer (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f561d0a23f932b54)

Cupertino, CA 6mo ago

$194,600–$293,900

[Cargomatic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cargomatic) Builds for teams inside the company

### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/25a1805d94969958)

US Remote 6mo ago

$150,000–$210,000

[Major League Baseball](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/major-league-baseball) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a902c3b670e976b)

New York, NY On-site 6mo ago

$180,000–$200,000

[General Motors](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/general-motors) Builds for teams inside the company

### [AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/504f2618d29049c6)

Multiple US offices Hybrid 6mo ago

Pay not posted

[Carnegie Mellon University](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/carnegie-mellon-university) Builds for teams inside the company

### [AI Solutions Architect - Computing Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dfaad0c5e51b1029)

Pittsburgh, PA 6mo ago

Pay not posted

[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

[Commure](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/commure) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Senior Operations Manager, Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/abb91756fc6adb7b)

Mountain View, CA On-site 6mo ago

$120,000–$160,000

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Software Engineer, Cooperative AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1fe1172380592b97)

San Francisco, CA 6mo ago

$266,000–$445,000

[DeepIntent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepintent) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2f900323d5293e9)

New York, NY 6mo ago

$105,000–$120,000

[Metropolis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/metropolis) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/56c90fd5f76ae69a)

Seattle, WA Hybrid 6mo ago

$170,000–$200,000

[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

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6f502ea2bf99de49)

San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago

$266,000–$405,000

[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 7mo ago

$100,000–$200,000

[Metropolis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/metropolis) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d677b6d5e0e32d6)

Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 6mo ago

$170,000–$200,000

[DRW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/drw) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Software Engineer - Cumberland/Options Front Office Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1758c0a8b0d3009b)

Chicago, IL 7mo ago

$175,000–$225,000

[Dyna Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dyna-robotics) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Software Engineer, Applications](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dd285b93f1c97717)

Redwood City, CA On-site 7mo ago

$170,000–$250,000

[Profound](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/profound) Builds for teams inside the company

### [GTM Engineer, Post-Sales](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2f6e2a14fd00838d)

New York, NY On-site 7mo ago

$130,000–$200,000

[Metropolis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/metropolis) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a158c492bc4ae163)

New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago

$170,000–$200,000

[DRW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/drw) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Software Engineer - Cumberland/Options Front Office Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f93bccc1da79e132)

New York, NY 7mo ago

$175,000–$225,000

[Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Software Engineer, ARC Team](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a6a93858892ae877)

San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 more Hybrid 8mo ago

$138,000–$259,440

[Samba TV](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/samba-tv) Builds for teams inside the company

### [AI Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b97663e44a22136)

San Francisco, CA On-site 8mo ago

Pay not posted

[Samba](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/samba) Builds for teams inside the company

### [AI Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d756678c8072cf84)

San Francisco, CA 8mo ago

$200,000–$250,000

[DRW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/drw) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Software Engineer - Cumberland/FICCO Front Office Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fa7a4a1da8701965)

Greenwich, CT 8mo ago

$175,000–$225,000

[William Blair](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/william-blair) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Senior Data Scientist – AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dfd01d9ed1d97c9c)

Chicago, IL Hybrid 8mo ago

$157,000–$187,000

[Cresta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cresta) Builds for teams inside the company

### [AI Engineer, GTM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4a75973161e40e43)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 8mo ago

$150,000–$230,000

[Figma](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/figma) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Support Engineer, AI Infrastructure & Tooling](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/70b0028f6789ce57)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Remote 9mo ago

$169,000–$245,000

1,044 of these 1,747 jobs build what the customer runs.

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## 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.

Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)

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