> 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 build what the customer runs for technical leads Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=lead&role=builds-for-customers&page=21 816 forward deployed engineer jobs that build what the customer runs for technical leads, from 393 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $180,000 to $231,000. **816** postings · **393** companies · **639** with pay · median **$213,000** · middle half $180,000–$231,000 · read Nov 6, 2026 [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Staff Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d90215677cacd31e) Austin, TX Remote Since 2025 $200,000–$250,000 [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/94e4c37ab2250de2) San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025 $180,000–$225,000 [Reply](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reply) ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e4e6425a106f87a) Atlanta, GA · Kansas City, MO · +1 more Hybrid 11mo ago Pay not posted [Qualytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qualytics) ### [Senior Sales Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e8131113365a3ff7) US Remote Since 2025 Pay not posted [Commerce Architects](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/commerce-architects) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/04ee8bec5fcd3c50) Spokane, WA Remote Since 2025 Pay not posted [PhysicsX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/physicsx) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/774e7ed1f294a9c8) New York, NY Hybrid Since 2025 $200,000–$250,000 [C3.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/c3-ai) ### [ Data Scientist (Federal) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22c6231358814fa8) Tysons, VA On-site Since 2025 $136,000–$183,000 [Canvas Medical](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/canvas-medical) ### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/53dfbacde8578f09) San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC Remote Since 2025 Pay not posted [Atolio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/atolio) ### [Senior Deployment Engineer -USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ae605d9d682d89e) US Remote Since 2025 Pay not posted [TrueFoundry](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/truefoundry) ### [Senior AI/ML Engineer — LLM & Agent Stack (Customer Facing)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/245ead0bc1b975e3) San Francisco, CA Hybrid Since 2025 Pay not posted [Zencore](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zencore) ### [Software Engineer (Short Term Contract)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0e5d4a710b46e4c5) US Remote Since 2025 Pay not posted [Parloa](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/parloa) ### [Lead Agent Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1556bc4fdeaa7891) New York, NY Since 2025 $196,000–$223,000 [Rise8](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rise8) ### [Senior Software Engineer (Cleared)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6d316eb9aa08e46f) Colorado Springs, CO · Aurora, CO · +1 more Hybrid Since 2025 $143,824–$179,780 [Qvest US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qvest-us) ### [Senior Engineer (Applied AI / ML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/70128a2831842945) Austin, TX Remote Since 2024 Pay not posted [Rise8](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rise8) ### [Senior Software Engineer (Cleared)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b64d596a70473e51) US Remote Since 2024 $143,824–$179,780 [Qvest US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qvest-us) ### [Staff Engineer (Applied AI / ML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/374b971316ce9f16) Austin, TX Remote Since 2024 Pay not posted All 816 of these jobs build what the customer runs. - [Let Nextmove find the roles that fit you — free](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dlead%26role%3Dbuilds-for-customers%26page%3D21&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dlead%26role%3Dbuilds-for-customers%26page%3D21&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for technical leads” go out once you have an account. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for technical leads pay? 639 of 816 postings state a pay range. The median is $213,000, and half of them sit between $180,000 and $231,000, from 270 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for technical leads require? Of 816 postings, 552 state a minimum number of years, from 283 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 266 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (212), 10 or more years (43) or under 3 years (31). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for technical leads? These 816 postings come from 393 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (54), [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (54), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (31), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (21) and [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (18). ### Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for technical leads remote? 179 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 201 are hybrid and 135 are on-site. The remaining 301 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 428 of the 816 postings. Counted over the 816 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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