> 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=44 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 [Generalist AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/generalist-ai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer: Product](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cbc510d6bf03eb79) San Mateo, CA On-site 9mo ago $200,000–$350,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Backend Software Engineer, GTM Innovation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0f9099e5e00530f9) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 9mo ago $347,000–$445,000 [Eight Sleep](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eight-sleep) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Full Stack Engineer - Customer Experience](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e21fd296a43af528) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 9mo ago Pay not posted [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) Builds for teams inside the company ### [GTM Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55f9956bb88baeda) San Francisco, CA On-site 9mo ago $150,000–$230,000 [Periodic Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/periodic-labs) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f58ee38e240df145) Menlo Park, CA On-site 12mo ago $250,000–$350,000 [DRW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/drw) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, Cumberland/Options Tools Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/26111f18bfb6aca9) New York, NY 12mo ago $175,000–$225,000 [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 Since 2025 $250,000–$400,000 · OTE [Astranis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/astranis) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer - Enterprise Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/11d949153ca32523) San Francisco, CA Since 2025 $145,000–$210,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, Full Stack (People Innovation Labs)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/def83285335300f2) US Remote Since 2025 $153,000–$385,000 [Oaktree Capital Management](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oaktree-capital-management) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Associate, Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a5e622015c36b10) Los Angeles, CA New · Yesterday $130,000–$160,000 [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 7d 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 13d ago Pay not posted [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/484d5a806f49b322) US Remote 7w ago $68,443–$92,398 [F5](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/f5) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Marketing Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/78f44fdd118d889a) Seattle, WA Hybrid 2mo ago $179,500–$269,300 [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 [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 2w ago $118,000–$170,000 [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 [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 [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 [TRM Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/trm-labs) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Deployment Strategist, Private Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8c31d1be6da6939e) US Remote 2mo ago $110,000–$156,000 [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 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (Seattle)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e03d5804545775cf) Seattle, WA 6mo ago $165,000–$380,000 · OTE [Clay](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clay) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Growth Strategist, Enterprise (Deployment Strategist) - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/04bddbcf46487fc6) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7mo ago $150,000–$190,000 [TRM Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/trm-labs) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Deployment Strategist, Public Sector (Law Enforcement)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a0e154f800384352) US Remote 4mo ago Pay not posted [Netic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/netic) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d640d8f699c69473) San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025 $130,000–$230,000 [Credal.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/credal-ai) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Founding GTM Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1dcfb91678525c5d) Brooklyn, NY On-site Since 2025 $120,000–$150,000 [TRM Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/trm-labs) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Deployment Strategist, Public Sector (Regulators)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9b7ccbd7c96f1024) US Remote 6mo ago Pay not posted 1,044 of these 1,747 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 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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