> 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 jobs that prove the product works before the sale for individual contributors Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic&role=presales 21 forward deployed engineer jobs that prove the product works before the sale for individual contributors, from 18 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $187,000 to $253,000. **21** postings · **18** companies · 15 state pay: median **$210,000**, half $187,000–$253,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [WithCoverage](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/withcoverage) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Growth](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/210b16a81d8c3545) New York, NY On-site 5w ago $140,000–$170,000 [TrueFoundry](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/truefoundry) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - GTM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e3b8689e2e966d02) New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Runlayer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/runlayer) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cc06032aca0fff56) New York, NY Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [IFS](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ifs) ### [Pre-Sales Forward Deployed Engineer - IFS Loops](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/299d0f4d19ba24b2) Palo Alto, CA 9d ago $190,000–$230,000 · OTE [Atlas Technica](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/atlas-technica) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7b201a435cd0cb43) US Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Monte Carlo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/monte-carlo) ### [Sr. Sales Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineer - Pre Sales)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6886f31d95415fc2) US Remote 5w ago $240,000–$270,000 [zaimler](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zaimler) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fcbb7df283900a11) New York, NY Hybrid 7w ago Pay not posted [Miro](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/miro) ### [Forward Deployed Consultant, Manufacturing](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/be5caad23766cbf2) US Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted [Eliza](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eliza) ### [GTM Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e846080fefa26a7a) Remote, OR Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Egen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/egen) ### [Pre-Sales Architect (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1f0e661b320b8b85) US Remote 3mo ago $185,000–$225,000 [Hightouch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hightouch) ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/582d222c53e6731f) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Remote 5mo ago $175,000–$230,000 [StackAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stackai) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5225873c20a5c99f) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $153,000–$200,000 [Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1af269a9dbe0e40) San Francisco, CA On-site 8mo ago $165,000–$230,000 [Mendix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mendix) ### [Intelligence Center X Engineer - Americas](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0af30c9ac127f183) US · city not listed Hybrid 5w ago $125,300–$334,400 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Applied AI, Research Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ad03554ab362a16c) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $300,000–$400,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [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) ### [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) ### [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) ### [Deployment Strategist, Space Systems Command](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7bd71aa29083eac6) Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $203,200–$254,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [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) ### [Deployed Engineer (Seattle)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e03d5804545775cf) Seattle, WA 5mo ago $165,000–$380,000 · OTE All 21 prove the product works before the sale. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dic%26role%3Dpresales&placement=alert) New fde jobs that prove the product works before the sale for individual contributors 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 jobs that prove the product works before the sale for individual contributors pay? 15 of 21 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $187,000 and $253,000, from 12 companies. ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that prove the product works before the sale for individual contributors? These 21 postings come from 18 companies. The employers with the most postings are [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) (3), [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) (2), [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) (1), [Atlas Technica](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/atlas-technica) (1) and [Egen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/egen) (1). ### Are FDE jobs that prove the product works before the sale for individual contributors remote? 7 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 8 are hybrid and 4 are on-site. The remaining 2 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 11 of the 21 postings. Counted over the 21 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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