> 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=9 331 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 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - Intel](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5472299bdd089131) Washington, DC On-site 61mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Stripe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stripe) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2da873ae60f23bfb) Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +2 more 4w ago $172,600–$258,800 [Mendix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mendix) Proves it works before the sale ### [Intelligence Center X Engineer - Americas](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0af30c9ac127f183) US · city not listed Hybrid 5w ago $125,300–$334,400 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (Seattle)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e03d5804545775cf) Seattle, WA 5mo ago $165,000–$380,000 · OTE 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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