> 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=8 625 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads involving proof of concept, from 348 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $175,000 to $238,000. **625** postings · **348** companies · 502 state pay: median **$205,000**, half $175,000–$238,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 7, 2026 [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) ### [Cyber - AI Engineer - Manager - Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5352527da1726f71) New York, NY Remote 7w ago $144,900–$302,100 [STR](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/str) ### [Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/12f65f5427a6e8c2) Woburn, MA 6w ago $175,000–$240,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Healthcare](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0887cdce0d974b96) New York, NY On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Finance Analytics & AI Senior Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f288d5189eec259) Multiple US offices 7w ago Pay not posted [C3.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/c3-ai) ### [Federal Solution Leader](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/32ce49535b2c0050) Tysons, VA 7w ago $130,000–$203,000 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Staff Research Engineer, Applied AI, DeepMind](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/713ebe7e74f1e4c4) Mountain View, CA 7w ago $207,000–$300,000 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Software Engineering, AI Systems (SMTS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/270724389386ab3d) San Francisco, CA · Bellevue, WA · +1 more 1mo ago $148,500–$246,000 [Hitachi Energy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hitachi-energy) ### [Federal Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9798b9bebc97700) Washington, DC On-site 1mo ago $160,000–$205,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Agentic AI Engineer - Anthropic/Claude](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3f96147bfa75cf8b) Multiple US offices 1mo ago $91,100–$179,500 [General Dynamics Information Technology](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/general-dynamics-information-technology) ### [AI ENGINEER](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a8e022e35ec8dbc) MD Hybrid 1mo ago $165,750–$224,250 [AMD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amd) ### [Principal Software Development Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/20d3a5bdaf0eb713) Santa Clara, CA 1mo ago Pay not posted [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Government ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d9287f0bb0c2c80f) Washington, DC Hybrid 1mo ago $211,000–$302,000 [Mercor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mercor) ### [Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier Engineering (NYC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/10ec122e743146e7) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $160,000–$500,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Agentic AI Engineer, Senior - Anthropic/Claude](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7f56b55a0198cf95) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $122,000–$240,500 [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) ### [Government and Infrastructure - Service Delivery Center - AI Solution Development Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6fd9792570f70480) San Antonio, TX Hybrid 2mo ago $76,200–$174,100 [TikTok](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tiktok) ### [Solution Engineer - Global E-commerce, Seller Business](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1bfa2acc00187497) San Jose, CA 2mo ago Pay not posted [Applied Intuition](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-intuition) ### [Robotics Integration Engineer, Tech Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6fb93c7f671aa958) Sunnyvale, CA On-site 2mo ago $180,000–$210,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Cyber Full Stack Senior Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2b9eb02cd6f6a20f) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $122,000–$240,500 [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) ### [Government and Infrastructure - Service Delivery Center - AI Solution Senior Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/af97e495f8fdbaf7) San Antonio, TX Hybrid 2mo ago $65,500–$152,100 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Engineer (Federal)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/40118733a4b00450) Washington, DC Remote 2mo ago $185,000–$300,000 · OTE [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [Artificial Intelligence Engineer, Senior](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/53fce1fa02d2e6c3) El Segundo, CA 2mo ago $99,000–$225,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Lead Palantir AI and Data Science Engineer II](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4867fab29840d472) Rosslyn, VA 2mo ago $159,100–$265,100 [Capco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capco) ### [Principal Consultant – Semantic Data & AI Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67092a02a2043ad9) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $146,000–$183,000 [Restaurant365](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/restaurant365) ### [Senior Customer Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4b9c23c20a3d39bd) Irvine, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $130,000–$174,000 [phData](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/phdata) ### [Machine Learning Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f112b0f140d0eadf) US Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior AI Engineer – SFL Scientific](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e6b27ec9fe547bca) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $128,000–$252,500 [Baseten](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baseten) ### [AI Inference Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d9dd26df1b19851) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $165,000–$330,000 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Engineering Lead, Strategic Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3ff1ce35a22b105f) New York, NY On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Redapt, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/redapt-inc) ### [Senior AI Implementation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b32f7185f2c283e4) Las Vegas, NV 3mo ago Pay not posted [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Palantir AI and Data Science Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97c77738f88c05c8) Huntsville, AL 2mo ago Pay not posted [Egen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/egen) ### [Lead AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/592a2153423a33f3) US Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Engineering Lead, Strategic Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55e8a726e8f37fe4) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Ultralytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ultralytics) ### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/85a1bd886c280432) New York, NY On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Palantir AI and Data Science Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f47692deaec94223) Huntsville, AL 2mo ago Pay not posted [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Early Access Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0443856f84cf3e77) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $250,000–$330,000 [Shield AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/shield-ai) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cffaf17fd03b9d30) Washington, DC On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Casper Studios](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/casper-studios) ### [AI Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ced696cc688023e) US Remote 3mo ago $90,000–$180,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Senior Solutions Architect, Agentic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bbc4e0e7b7f53b69) Santa Clara, CA · US remote Remote 3mo ago $184,000–$287,500 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Sign in with ChatGPT](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/13ce38a01a32be33) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $197,000–$280,000 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [Palantir Mission Integration Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8756e873fbd3ce1f) Fayetteville, NC · Fort Belvoir, VA · +3 more 3mo ago $99,000–$225,000 355 of 625 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? 502 of 625 postings state a pay range. The median is $205,000, and half of them sit between $175,000 and $238,000, from 252 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving proof of concept require? Of 625 postings, 439 state a minimum number of years, from 255 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 225 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (153), 10 or more years (36) or under 3 years (25). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads involving proof of concept? These 625 postings come from 348 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? 130 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 154 are hybrid and 99 are on-site. The remaining 242 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 302 of the 625 postings. Counted over the 625 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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