> 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 in Los Angeles serving internal teams Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic&recipient=internal®ion=greater-la 24 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Los Angeles serving internal teams, from 16 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $160,000 to $217,000. **24** postings · **16** companies · 23 state pay: median **$190,000**, half $160,000–$217,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Crunchyroll](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crunchyroll) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Enablement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/86dc887cf4973f69) Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 5w ago $183,400–$229,200 [Fenwick & West](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fenwick-west) ### [Forward Deployed Operations Intern](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a7d0824e9479bef2) Santa Monica, CA · New York, NY · +4 more Hybrid 2mo ago $43,680–$52,000 [Serve Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/serve-robotics) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Operations Tools & Al Enablement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/10526bef9d127823) Los Angeles, CA · US remote Remote New · Yesterday $180,000–$200,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Software Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/508dcdb38d2509f2) Costa Mesa, CA New · 2d ago $191,000–$254,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [Propulsion Software Engineer (Falcon Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0a81dbd4df064dca) Hawthorne, CA New · 2d ago $125,000–$195,000 [Baker Tilly](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baker-tilly) ### [Principal AI Engineer, Sr AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a8bd18ac838c9b76) Los Angeles, CA · San Jose, CA · +10 more 8d ago $205,000–$250,000 [LettrLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lettrlabs) ### [Staff AI Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec19b292670c5264) Los Angeles, CA Remote 9d ago $200,000–$250,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Staff Software Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/14188cf726c60b03) Costa Mesa, CA New · 2d ago $220,000–$292,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [Sr. Software Engineer (AI Data Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac9f75345ec7d29e) Hawthorne, CA On-site 4w ago $165,000–$265,000 [CHAOS Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chaos-industries) ### [Production Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9f28faf3f87076e3) El Segundo, CA On-site 4w ago $120,000–$210,000 [Sony Interactive Entertainment Global](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sony-interactive-entertainment-global) ### [Senior Software Engineer - AI & Agentic Architecture](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bd7c19b2007f25b2) Aliso Viejo, CA Hybrid 4w ago $177,300–$265,900 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Product Engineer, Data](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bc51c0c72ca2b2eb) Costa Mesa, CA · Ashville, OH · +3 more 4w ago $183,000–$243,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [Software Engineer (AI Data Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a670e82e31ebbf31) Hawthorne, CA 4w ago $125,000–$195,000 [Gallatin AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gallatin-ai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Internal Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3e731cdb1a040ac4) El Segundo, CA On-site 5w ago $80,000–$210,000 [Auction.com](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/auction-com) ### [AI Application Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bd6e4e287135c6f2) Irvine, CA 7w ago Pay not posted [Lightspark](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lightspark) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Data & AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7899425d7a59f19c) Culver City, CA 1mo ago $200,000–$238,000 [Relativity Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/relativity-space) ### [AI Software Engineer II](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9249f14c5a558fbd) Long Beach, CA 2mo ago $130,000–$196,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [Software Engineer (Starlink)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6ffd533a442c8b3) Hawthorne, CA 2mo ago $125,000–$175,000 [Crunchyroll](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crunchyroll) ### [Senior AI Solutions Engineer, AI Enablement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/21447ebbb33b8d20) Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 4mo ago $183,400–$229,200 [True Anomaly](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/true-anomaly) ### [Platform Engineer, AI (Levels I, II, III)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5881541586407788) Long Beach, CA · Denver, CO Hybrid 4mo ago $120,000–$235,000 [Relativity Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/relativity-space) ### [AI Software Engineer I](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/574bb89d86acf160) Long Beach, CA 2mo ago $115,000–$173,000 [Metropolis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/metropolis) ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d677b6d5e0e32d6) Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $170,000–$200,000 [General Matter](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/general-matter) ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/965624d2a4a5828b) Los Angeles, CA On-site 6mo ago $100,000–$200,000 [Relativity Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/relativity-space) ### [Senior Software Engineer (Factory Platform)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8da7b85537e74832) Long Beach, CA On-site 3mo ago $154,000–$230,000 All 24 build for teams inside the company. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dic%26recipient%3Dinternal%26region%3Dgreater-la&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs for individual contributors in los angeles serving internal teams go out by email once you have an account and set an alert. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Los Angeles serving internal teams pay? 23 of 24 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $217,000, from 15 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Los Angeles serving internal teams require? Of 24 postings, 14 state a minimum number of years, from 11 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 8 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (5) or under 3 years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Los Angeles serving internal teams? These 24 postings come from 16 companies. The employers with the most postings are [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) (4), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (3), [Relativity Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/relativity-space) (3), [Crunchyroll](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crunchyroll) (2) and [Auction.com](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/auction-com) (1). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Los Angeles serving internal teams remote? 2 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 6 are hybrid and 5 are on-site. The remaining 11 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1 of the 24 postings. Counted over the 24 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. 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