> 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 technical leads involving proof of concept Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=lead&stage=poc&page=5 628 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads involving proof of concept, from 352 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $173,000 to $238,000. **628** postings · **352** companies · 505 state pay: median **$204,000**, half $173,000–$238,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Reflection AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reflection-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c318a17794050b62) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67b7c374d76c71b3) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 5mo ago $216,000–$270,000 [DatologyAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/datologyai) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Post-Sales)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4564fd55dfb82f47) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $230,000–$300,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer- AWS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ddbac2a0e2e9909f) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $155,600–$306,800 [Sentry](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sentry) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/541bacaa6aead6e0) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $190,000–$230,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aa082644713e92d5) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 5mo ago $180,000–$225,000 [Tessera Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tessera-labs) ### [Forward-Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/478f6651d1af72b7) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Remote 6mo ago $180,000–$233,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/846556254a1d0631) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $155,600–$306,800 [Strider Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/strider-technologies) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f5cffb28dacce7e4) Tysons Corner, VA Hybrid 6mo ago Pay not posted [Lumbra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lumbra) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Oahu (TS/SCI Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ef1b644051eba72) HI On-site 7mo ago Pay not posted [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Manufacturing](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8e4d676d2dfc0169) Boston, MA 7mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Microsoft AI&Data](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ea56143c4962635c) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $155,600–$306,800 [Valthos](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/valthos) ### [Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6e418fd55eefa7dc) New York, NY On-site 7mo ago Pay not posted [Telnyx](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/telnyx) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4b1805ac4dba0f6b) New York, NY · Dallas, TX Remote 8mo ago Pay not posted [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c1ce4e251ff50b01) Raleigh, NC 7mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9447fc12c6c78803) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $155,600–$306,800 [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) ### [Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/92abff21b2d86629) Washington, DC Remote 8mo ago $180,000–$245,000 [Photon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/photon) ### [Agentic AI FDE | USA | FTE Only](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/205bc649246b6f0c) US · city not listed 8mo ago $80,000–$280,000 [Glean](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/glean) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1c77cf92a5eebfe8) Mountain View, CA Hybrid 9mo ago $160,000–$270,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Google Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7ba77f13d80fe03b) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $155,600–$306,800 [Sema4.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sema4-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7f80586ba2ff833) Atlanta, GA Hybrid 10mo ago Pay not posted [Pear-VC](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pear-vc) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Solutions) - Atrix](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/16e92c2468a37b1b) New York, NY Hybrid 11mo ago Pay not posted [SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/509559a2545bb60e) US Remote 11mo ago $200,000–$225,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior OpenAI Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1487467ca3af20dd) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $155,600–$306,800 [Arini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arini) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/14092de3c283aff7) San Francisco, CA On-site 12mo ago $120,000–$300,000 [Profound](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/profound) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc8070eaf3deefc7) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA On-site 12mo ago $140,000–$260,000 [Invisible Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/invisible-technologies) ### [Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19bb1237798f4e23) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 12mo ago $210,000–$300,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ba382de9be47e8d) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $155,600–$306,800 [Intenseye](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/intenseye) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4fc88c7286435311) New York, NY Hybrid 14mo ago Pay not posted [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b932491c6942bae3) Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 more Hybrid 14mo ago $145,800–$280,000 [Invisible Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/invisible-technologies) ### [Senior Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/194ad054792c1d47) New York, NY Hybrid 12mo ago $180,000–$264,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Snowflake Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/630f2cec8bd0ae92) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $155,600–$306,800 [Eliza](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eliza) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f5d9dd7aa0343d25) Austin, TX Hybrid 16mo ago Pay not posted [AGI, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agi-inc) ### [AI Product FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/73b40d642e7dd7ef) San Francisco, CA On-site 20mo ago Pay not posted [Invisible Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/invisible-technologies) ### [Senior Data Scientist (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/05a0e99369661e8f) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 15mo ago $193,000–$250,000 [Liatrio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liatrio) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed01f136f05c7a42) US Remote 22mo ago Pay not posted [Baseten](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baseten) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/973f0d388b7bfc6f) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 31mo ago $165,000–$330,000 [Lockheed Martin](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lockheed-martin) ### [Operations AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Level 4](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/02ed00cb1edd3179) Fort Worth, TX 13d ago $104,900–$194,700 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [ Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer (Secret cleared) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/69b2dcc6d4155f60) Arlington, VA On-site 2w ago $89,000–$179,200 [Capgemini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capgemini) ### [Senior GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Lead Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3bbbf5a0ec16d6dc) Atlanta, GA · Nashville, TN · +3 more Hybrid 3w ago $109,180–$197,175 354 of 628 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 technical leads involving proof of concept pay? 505 of 628 postings state a pay range. The median is $204,000, and half of them sit between $173,000 and $238,000, from 255 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving proof of concept require? Of 628 postings, 441 state a minimum number of years, from 257 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 224 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (154), 10 or more years (36) or under 3 years (27). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving proof of concept? These 628 postings come from 352 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (62), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (23), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (21), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (19) and [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (14). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving proof of concept remote? 129 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 156 are hybrid and 100 are on-site. The remaining 243 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 306 of the 628 postings. Counted over the 628 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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