> 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 on-site involving pre-sales Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic&stage=presales&work=onsite 99 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors on-site involving pre-sales, from 67 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $140,000 to $225,000. **99** postings · **67** companies · 75 state pay: median **$186,000**, half $140,000–$225,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Armadin](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/armadin) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/94d19b74b47c0652) Palo Alto, CA On-site New · 4d ago Pay not posted [Simple AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/simple-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/048b7691c8a2aa85) San Francisco, CA On-site 13d ago $120,000–$200,000 [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Clearance Required](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b574821bd9397e37) Arlington, VA On-site 13d ago $145,000–$250,000 [Manifest OS](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/manifest-os) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/32fe49ebe3886798) New York, NY On-site 3w ago $170,000–$230,000 [Autoscience Institute](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/autoscience-institute) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a9012b69fa44776f) Menlo Park, CA On-site 3w ago Pay not posted [Matroid](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/matroid) ### [VLM & VFM Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55bdc7eeef3cb713) Palo Alto, CA On-site 4w ago $150,000–$300,000 [Conversion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/conversion) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fa7adc0dbf2cb4a2) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $175,000–$250,000 [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6c5d5100c300639f) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $167,000–$203,000 [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) ### [Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15bda554e4bf3180) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $155,000–$193,000 [Exa (formerly Metaphor)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exa-formerly-metaphor) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ca8c96310ebe227) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $160,000–$300,000 [Monaco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/monaco) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7b17a63586ec69e2) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Edison Scientific](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/edison-scientific) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d999f8040fbafe9a) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [Giga](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/giga) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer I/II](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a8c1bc68a76e5ecc) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago $100,000–$190,000 [Nebius](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nebius) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise - Tavily](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3b1bb863d0950d0d) New York, NY On-site 5mo ago $179,500–$224,300 [Neuroscale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/neuroscale-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/96062865293dcd19) Reston, VA On-site 5mo ago $125,000–$180,000 [Reducto](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reducto) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5c86f9b878bf4784) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [Istari Digital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/istari-digital) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b3f45aa90f3efb3) Dayton, OH On-site 5mo ago Pay not posted [Tamarind Bio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tamarind-bio) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/83b1a36d98d499c3) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago Pay not posted [AI Fund](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ai-fund) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2f06993ec835e0eb) Mountain View, CA On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [Sphere](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sphere) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a5ab4958d57cacb) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $200,000–$260,000 [Nebius](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nebius) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Ecosystem - Tavily](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6c84d725e3bcef33) New York, NY On-site 7mo ago $112,700–$183,900 [Phoebe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/phoebe) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/45c545bcd1fec46d) New York, NY On-site 8mo ago Pay not posted [Tavily](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tavily) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/370b27a2ed0eb887) New York, NY On-site 8mo ago Pay not posted [Gecko Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gecko-robotics) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fea34c721efe528e) New York, NY On-site 9mo ago $140,000–$245,000 [Poetic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/poetic) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/27199df9c93f0a8e) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 9mo ago $160,000–$275,000 [Modal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/modal) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c0acbfff78099976) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA On-site 13mo ago $180,000–$240,000 [Exa (formerly Metaphor)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exa-formerly-metaphor) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/754262bce98e3326) San Francisco, CA On-site 16mo ago $160,000–$300,000 [Chalk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chalk) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/691d370903875671) New York, NY On-site 49mo ago $170,000–$280,000 [Baidu USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baidu-usa) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer Intern](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ef0d31c0a644932) Mountain View, CA On-site 7w ago Pay not posted [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - Commercial](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bffff1e6db75bc0a) Chicago, IL On-site 4mo ago $120,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - Commercial](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bd532cc43f12eba7) New York, NY On-site 130mo ago $120,000 [Elorian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/elorian) ### [Software Engineer - Applications](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0686c28278c3efd2) Palo Alto, CA On-site New · 5d ago $250,000–$400,000 [Shield AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/shield-ai) ### [Senior Applications Engineer, Maritime Autonomy (R6378)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79f85027b9a2b9f3) US · city not listed On-site 7d ago Pay not posted [Judgment Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/judgment-labs) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4e63c57607c88bc3) San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Public Sector ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71513f5a11931534) Washington, DC On-site 4w ago $280,000–$320,000 [Maxima](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/maxima) ### [Deployment Engineer - San Mateo](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3321c5afac6894e6) San Mateo, CA On-site 1mo ago Pay not posted [RELEX Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/relex-solutions) ### [Product Engineer | Manufacturing](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4095405923d15a1c) Atlanta, GA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Variance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/variance) ### [Software Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a38ffba49062e2d) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Helios](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/helios) ### [Applied Intelligence Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5981309e6f071152) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $165,000–$225,000 [Lovable](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lovable) ### [Partner Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df03085c8d553a3c) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $199,000–$271,000 45 of 99 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dic%26stage%3Dpresales%26work%3Donsite&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs for individual contributors on-site involving pre-sales 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 on-site involving pre-sales pay? 75 of 99 postings state a pay range. The median is $186,000, and half of them sit between $140,000 and $225,000, from 45 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors on-site involving pre-sales require? Of 99 postings, 37 state a minimum number of years, from 34 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 24 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (12) or 10 or more years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors on-site involving pre-sales? These 99 postings come from 67 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (22), [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) (4), [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) (3), [Exa (formerly Metaphor)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exa-formerly-metaphor) (3) and [Conversion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/conversion) (2). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors on-site involving pre-sales remote? 0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 99 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 47 of the 99 postings. Counted over the 99 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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