> 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 involving proof of concept serving external customers Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?recipient=external&stage=poc&page=16 940 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers, from 459 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $170,000 to $240,000. **940** postings · **459** companies · **709** with pay · median **$203,000** · middle half $170,000–$240,000 · read Nov 6, 2026 Updated Nov 7, 2026 [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) ### [BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d4252868cd1a506) Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 more 5mo ago $190,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [Sr. AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/915e4bb42c4a9df4) Washington, DC 5mo ago $220,000–$350,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2865522375d0ee1d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 5mo ago $288,000–$360,000 [Peregrine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/peregrine) ### [Deployment Strategist, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6a46a96e7a6da44b) Washington, DC On-site 5mo ago $140,000–$190,000 [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) ### [BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a4c47c8ee4f67d78) Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 more 5mo ago $150,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcc647133c0d24b0) Washington, DC 5mo ago $125,000–$220,000 [Canvas Medical](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/canvas-medical) ### [Product Experience Builder](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8a4dc7db29ba4368) US Remote 5mo ago $100,000–$200,000 [Artian AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/artian-ai) ### [Software Engineer - Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/25d3d5712250fc8e) New York, NY On-site 5mo ago $125,000–$150,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Advanced AI Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a4e1febd22fdb964) Morristown, NJ · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more 5mo ago $87,400–$293,800 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a7b6627b779b7eb2) Palo Alto, CA 5mo ago $135,000–$230,000 [X by 2](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/x-by-2) ### [Technical Lead (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9edafe217e21b423) Raleigh, NC · Durham, NC · +1 more Hybrid 6mo ago $143,000–$185,000 [Nimble Gravity](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nimble-gravity) ### [Sr AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0b17ccb5bdf6a3e8) US Remote 6mo ago Pay not posted [TriEdge Investments](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/triedge-investments) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/262b31c2a1ad3860) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Unstructured](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/unstructured) ### [AI Engineer - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/714325e0c7b85e01) US Remote 6mo ago $205,000–$365,000 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [Agentic AI and Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/64d5cd11d7906ecf) Honolulu, HI 6mo ago $99,000–$225,000 [Transluce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/transluce) ### [AI Behavior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/064476c718d3c08f) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $310,000–$500,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Cyber, Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6eae965b2b6f816) Washington, DC On-site 6mo ago $211,000–$335,000 [Percepta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/percepta) ### [Embedded Research Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0e4d344cb1e89185) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $180,000–$400,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Cloud-Native Stack – CSP Engagements](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df4aff725c16c5b2) Multiple US offices 6mo ago $184,000–$356,500 [Mercor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mercor) ### [Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6ae52ff90fa4789c) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $160,000–$500,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Startups](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/298ca66f9910d7a0) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $211,000–$278,000 [Blue Orange Digital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/blue-orange-digital) ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5bfac65f00cfc7f8) New York, NY Remote 6mo ago Pay not posted [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Senior Solutions Architect, Retail](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4a3e5e5e5bdcfec8) US Remote 6mo ago $184,000–$356,500 [Wyetech](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wyetech) ### [Software Engineer 3](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/483ee7085da62c3d) Ft. Meade, MD On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [Via](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/via) ### [Senior Engineer, AI Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3fa6ce9c797cb412) New York, NY 6mo ago $180,000–$250,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Engineer (Charlotte)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f57c3361b2838d7) Charlotte, NC Remote 6mo ago $150,000–$250,000 · OTE [DeepTempo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deeptempo) ### [Founding Solution Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5acdd1630379cf59) Menlo Park, CA Hybrid 7mo ago Pay not posted [Lyzr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lyzr) ### [Solutions Architect- North America](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/be313b9eb203124b) US Remote 7mo ago Pay not posted [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) ### [Senior Solutions Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ab90418d9dd210ca) Washington, DC Remote 7mo ago $180,000–$245,000 [Connectly.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/connectly-ai) ### [Senior Software Engineer (SF)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6e77dafd8af1da2d) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [Egen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/egen) ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4280a7a58dd5bed7) US Remote 8mo ago Pay not posted [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ffd9374ddf8014f) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 8mo ago $180,000–$225,000 [Innovative Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/innovative-solutions) ### [Cloud Engineer- Data/AI Focused](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6f96f97954142b20) US Remote 9mo ago Pay not posted [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Field Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8035440dea35abbb) New York, NY On-site 9mo ago $200,000–$240,000 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61bf3caa773548de) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 10mo ago $200,000–$320,000 [AHEAD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ahead) ### [Senior AI Engineer, AI Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/31682f4b1780b3d8) US Remote 11mo ago Pay not posted [Oumi](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oumi) ### [Senior Field ML Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5580bbfedf9711f9) San Francisco, CA · Bellevue, WA · +1 more Hybrid 11mo ago Pay not posted [Typeface](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/typeface) ### [Solutions Architect ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3efe382e7af45e15) US Remote 11mo ago $160,000–$210,000 · OTE [Tavus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tavus) ### [Customer Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8ee31e5e457753a2) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 11mo ago $180,000–$230,000 · total compensation [West Monroe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/west-monroe) ### [Principal AI Software Engineer, TechEx (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a4fa989247e7868) Boston, MA · Chicago, IL · +7 more 11mo ago $152,200–$205,900 648 of these 940 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Frecipient%3Dexternal%26stage%3Dpoc%26page%3D16&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Frecipient%3Dexternal%26stage%3Dpoc%26page%3D16&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers” go out once you have an account. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers pay? 709 of 940 postings state a pay range. The median is $203,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $240,000, from 308 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers require? Of 940 postings, 558 state a minimum number of years, from 305 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 310 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (150), under 3 years (54) or 10 or more years (44). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers? These 940 postings come from 459 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (65), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (32), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (31), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (24) and [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) (15). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs involving proof of concept serving external customers remote? 202 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 223 are hybrid and 211 are on-site. The remaining 304 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 477 of the 940 postings. Counted over the 940 postings in this search. 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