> 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 involving pre-sales Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic&stage=presales&page=7 331 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales, from 222 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $156,000 to $215,000. **331** postings · **222** companies · 229 state pay: median **$183,000**, half $156,000–$215,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 7, 2026 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Security Engineer - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c582fdd78c081353) Washington, DC On-site 8mo ago $135,000–$200,000 [Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) Proves it works before the sale ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1af269a9dbe0e40) San Francisco, CA On-site 8mo ago $165,000–$230,000 [PromptQL](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/promptql) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Analyst, US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4bd8f2d5e795100e) San Francisco, CA · US remote Remote 11mo ago $175,000–$205,000 [Runlaminar](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/runlaminar) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (CPG)- Hiring multiple](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67c407d4f608ecc3) Boston, MA Hybrid 13mo ago Pay not posted [Orchard Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/orchard-robotics) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Robotics Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/99e90c246ae36568) San Francisco, CA Remote 17mo ago $135,000–$175,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - Japan Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23a679602f65c919) Washington, DC On-site 25mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - Korea Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f5c8f4f04b909593) Washington, DC On-site 25mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Logical Intelligence](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/logical-intelligence) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Implementation Strategist — Enterprise Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ea61b8093fa7f607) San Francisco, CA 10d ago Pay not posted [Nebius](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nebius) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Customer AI Engineer - Token Factory](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a30f941f89ff45f5) US Remote 3w ago $209,800–$262,200 [CAST AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cast-ai) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/08248725dfd5d456) Atlanta, GA · Boston, MA · +2 more Remote 4w ago Pay not posted [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/505c60db81fbe5f6) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 4w ago Pay not posted [CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Specialist Field Engineer - SaaS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c383682d25fbd0ee) Sunnyvale, CA · San Francisco, CA 1mo ago $182,000–$242,000 [Oracle](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oracle) Integrates and configures it ### [Customer Engineering Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ee26631bc8e8b42) Nashville, TN 2mo ago $114,600–$234,600 [TRM Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/trm-labs) Integrates and configures it ### [Solutions Architect, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7e87595bec8de7fa) US Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted [Istari Digital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/istari-digital) Integrates and configures it ### [Infrastructure Engineer - Deployment Team](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/20628aeeb45c6f00) US Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted [Adyen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/adyen) Integrates and configures it ### [Implementation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/479b63804fca4fcb) Chicago, IL Hybrid 2mo ago $130,000–$175,000 [Bilt Rewards](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bilt-rewards) Integrates and configures it ### [Solutions Engineer - Dallas](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0bd19fe32c8eb08d) Dallas, TX 2mo ago $180,000–$280,000 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Agent Product Manager, Healthcare](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f9c10de005fb11c) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $200,000–$285,000 [Neo4j](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/neo4j) Integrates and configures it ### [Consulting Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4e0b117c02e87dd1) San Mateo, CA Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Integrates and configures it ### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, WWPS ProServe Delivery Team](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bdae58c5e4f95f51) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 3mo ago $131,300–$177,600 [TrueFoundry](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/truefoundry) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Customer Success Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/068b4a769a885a1a) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [PressW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pressw) Integrates and configures it ### [Applied AI Engineer – MSP](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0dc8d075d37a579) Austin, TX Hybrid 3mo ago $90,000–$145,000 [Alpharun](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alpharun) Integrates and configures it ### [Applied AI Solutions Engineer (Sales & Solution)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/999eb98a266693cc) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Integrates and configures it ### [Sr Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ec7f7e2ef66247d) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 3mo ago $153,600–$207,800 [Edra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/edra) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Strategist (New York)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2951c94d466b9d27) New York, NY On-site 4mo ago $175,000–$250,000 [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6616645944655d3e) Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5mo ago $120,000–$210,000 [Turing](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/turing) Integrates and configures it ### [Field Engineer, AI Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/78f6a15cbbef0f53) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 more Remote 6mo ago $175,000–$232,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Integrates and configures it ### [Sr. Delivery Consultant - AI/ML, AWS ProServe](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/426f5ecc8d7d2d0a) Arlington, VA · Dallas, TX 4mo ago $153,600–$207,800 [Adyen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/adyen) Integrates and configures it ### [Implementation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0f2fbac3cfe4073e) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $140,000–$220,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Integrates and configures it ### [Deployed Engineer (Atlanta)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6bfd28daf3afaaaa) Atlanta, GA On-site 6mo ago $150,000–$250,000 · OTE [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Solutions Architect, AI Compute – NPN](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ddf732e0a62a246a) Multiple US offices 6mo ago $184,000–$356,500 [ElevenLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/elevenlabs) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - North America](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d7a3e5d817e3edaf) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Remote 6mo ago Pay not posted [Rowspace](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rowspace) Integrates and configures it ### [Infrastructure Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0eb5657d2a817576) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $150,000–$300,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Integrates and configures it ### [Deployed Engineer (Boston)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b59ea846b8696d00) Cambridge, MA On-site 6mo ago $185,000–$300,000 · OTE [vClusterLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vclusterlabs) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Infrastructure Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62e9ea8f474ddf3e) US Remote 7mo ago $140,000–$165,000 [Parloa](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/parloa) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Agent Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/66bf663e38096354) New York, NY Remote 7mo ago $156,000–$178,000 [Strala](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/strala) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df0b9a05f4090d83) San Francisco, CA On-site 8mo ago Pay not posted [Rowspace](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rowspace) Integrates and configures it ### [Infrastructure Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f375d30ff10301c3) San Francisco, CA On-site 9mo ago $150,000–$300,000 [Bluefish AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bluefish-ai) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Customer AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6ac620f07aaf45a8) New York, NY Hybrid 9mo ago Pay not posted [Adyen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/adyen) Integrates and configures it ### [Implementation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a107fe1202e16ad) New York, NY On-site 9mo ago $144,000–$240,000 187 of 331 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales pay? 229 of 331 postings state a pay range. The median is $183,000, and half of them sit between $156,000 and $215,000, from 140 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales require? Of 331 postings, 154 state a minimum number of years, from 123 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 100 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (26), under 3 years (25) or 10 or more years (3). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales? These 331 postings come from 222 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (24), [Provectus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/provectus) (9), [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) (6), [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) (6) and [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (6). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors involving pre-sales remote? 88 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 91 are hybrid and 91 are on-site. The remaining 61 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 174 of the 331 postings. Counted over the 331 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. 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