> 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 with significant travel Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic&travelMin=25&page=7 247 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors with significant travel, from 115 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $146,000 to $212,000. **247** postings · **115** companies · 187 state pay: median **$178,000**, half $146,000–$212,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 7, 2026 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/52b5e77d0edc1884) Vandenberg, CA On-site 3mo ago $100,000–$160,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/438d84d3bcc1166b) Cape Canaveral, FL On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fcbbc701723d7380) Mcgregor, TX On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [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 [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 [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–$254,000 175 of 247 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 with significant travel pay? 187 of 247 postings state a pay range. The median is $178,000, and half of them sit between $146,000 and $212,000, from 80 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with significant travel require? Of 247 postings, 120 state a minimum number of years, from 69 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 63 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (29), 6 to 9 years (27) or 10 or more years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with significant travel? These 247 postings come from 115 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (37), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (13), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (12), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (9) and [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (5). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with significant travel remote? 56 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 65 are hybrid and 65 are on-site. The remaining 61 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 247 of the 247 postings. Counted over the 247 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · Travel is the share the posting states. 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