> 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=5 1,708 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors, from 921 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $152,000 to $215,000. **1,708** postings · **921** companies · **1,180** with pay · median **$180,000** · middle half $152,000–$215,000 · read Nov 9, 2026 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/46808066546c242c) Austin, TX · Menlo Park, CA · +1 more Hybrid 4w ago $170,000–$225,000 [Lunos AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lunos-ai) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5726411faaa93ae9) New York, NY 4w ago Pay not posted [FriendliAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/friendliai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Inference](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2b8a281a5eedea88) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4w ago Pay not posted [Nominal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dec8d400dcdba3a8) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +3 more On-site 4w ago $220,000–$270,000 [Roadrunner](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/roadrunner) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (New Grad) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/634c7889807f6455) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago Pay not posted [Rune Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rune-technologies) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/02ddbd5a959d2529) Seattle, WA On-site 4w ago $190,000–$210,000 [Usul](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/usul) ### [Technical Staff: Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1fd7445530eb2af6) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago $160,000–$240,000 [Healthie](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/healthie) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9669ed2782715b82) New York, NY Hybrid 5w ago $160,000–$220,000 [Oden Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oden-technologies) ### [Forward Deployed Data Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ca8f93aa9613917e) US Remote 5w ago $95,000–$155,000 [Medeloop](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/medeloop) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/731a29fd03376be6) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA 5w ago Pay not posted [Casca](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/casca) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/927bef3af6c8393d) San Francisco, CA On-site 5w ago $160,000–$265,000 [EVB](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/evb) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/29e38981d6ecf645) Remote, OR Remote 5w ago $180,000–$250,000 [Swarm Aero](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/swarm-aero) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Embedded](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a31dd0c0c1d39ad1) Oxnard, CA On-site 5w ago $180,000–$240,000 [Thought Machine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thought-machine) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22b777fc009a76d3) New York, NY Hybrid 5w ago $140,000–$220,000 [Hammerspace](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hammerspace) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - TX](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f55121bdc8bf2709) Dallas, TX Remote 5w ago $200,000–$240,000 [Dyania Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dyania-health) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b4da555c0bda03f8) Jersey City, NJ Hybrid 5w ago $160,000–$225,000 [ConductorAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/conductorai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c90a59a727564bd5) Washington, DC Hybrid 5w ago $150,000–$220,000 [Trinity Life Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/trinity-life-sciences) ### [Sr. Engineer, Forward Deployed GenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eaa8d35c0833acd6) New York, NY 5w ago $128,000–$192,000 [Matroid](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/matroid) ### [VLM & VFM Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55bdc7eeef3cb713) Palo Alto, CA On-site 5w ago $150,000–$300,000 [Nutrient](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nutrient) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6b7ddb0c0a42ddb7) Raleigh, NC 5w ago Pay not posted [Protege](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/protege) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Healthcare](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ab61ae205e76ef57) US Remote 5w ago Pay not posted [Dynamo AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dynamo-ai) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8ccde3e4186d1e0f) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA 5w ago Pay not posted [Inferact](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/inferact) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/70641fd7886753d9) San Francisco, CA Remote 5w ago $200,000–$400,000 [First Resonance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/first-resonance) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Ohio)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8a9366e50aa9b562) Columbus, OH Hybrid 5w ago $130,000–$170,000 [Brillio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/brillio) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - R01572128](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bcce7e35d758ae50) Minneapolis, MN Hybrid 5w ago Pay not posted [Owkin](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/owkin) ### [Forward Deployed Computational Biologist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/91a30dd11cb73e24) Boston, MA Remote 5w ago $128,000–$150,000 [Maxinsights](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/maxinsights) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fea1f5b4abebab82) Santa Clara, CA On-site 5w ago Pay not posted [webAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/webai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - P2P Networking](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4190999d14dd0409) US Remote 5w ago Pay not posted [Materialize](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/materialize) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ebeaed3047349cbb) New York, NY Hybrid 5w ago $180,000–$225,000 [Hippocratic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hippocratic-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Mid/Senior) - Remote w/Travel](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2c23d4b18d7ee833) US Remote 5w ago Pay not posted [Lio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lio) ### [Forward Deployed AI Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c83ebafb16cf0b49) New York, NY On-site 5w ago $150,000–$190,000 [Twenty](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/twenty) ### [Forward Deployed Data Engineer – TS/SCI (Full Scope Poly)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cb373221e61f8757) Chantilly, VA On-site 5w ago $192,000–$455,000 [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI - Senior - Financial Services - Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/52315df1c5c075f5) Charlotte, NC · Dallas, TX · +2 more Hybrid 6w ago $106,900–$176,500 [Method Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/method-security) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/20571348fcfcbc3f) New York, NY On-site 6w ago $140,000–$190,000 [Harness](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/harness) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Implementation Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8bbe8200b00b1ea6) Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +1 more Remote 6w ago $170,000–$200,000 [Gumloop](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gumloop) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Agentic Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a0396b23bd52e518) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $175,000–$265,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Strategic Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/496735084229ffc9) Costa Mesa, CA · Washington, DC 6w ago $191,000–$254,000 [Silkline](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/silkline) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0b66251f9fb73a9b) Seattle, WA · Chicago, IL 6w ago $150,000–$225,000 [Sim](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sim) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f40e24220cfe7740) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $190,000–$250,000 [HealthLeap](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/healthleap) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dd1c68c037e1d288) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $200,000–$275,000 1,019 of these 1,708 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? 1,180 of 1,708 postings state a pay range. The median is $180,000, and half of them sit between $152,000 and $215,000, from 600 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors require? Of 1,708 postings, 869 state a minimum number of years, from 574 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 523 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (173), 6 to 9 years (150) or 10 or more years (23). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors? These 1,708 postings come from 921 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (66), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (31), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (23), [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) (21) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (19). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors remote? 346 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 394 are hybrid and 543 are on-site. The remaining 425 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 648 of the 1,708 postings. Counted over the 1,708 postings in this search. 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