> 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 on-site involving pre-sales Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?stage=presales&work=onsite&page=2 197 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs on-site involving pre-sales, from 124 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $160,000 to $225,000. **197** postings · **124** companies · 146 state pay: median **$192,000**, half $160,000–$225,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Clarion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clarion) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/518778ab88c2b41c) New York, NY On-site 8mo ago $150,000–$200,000 [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 [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 [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 [Giga](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/giga) ### [Senior / Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6294269c419cf48f) San Francisco, CA On-site 16mo ago $180,000–$400,000 [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 [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 [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 [Lirvana Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lirvana-labs) ### [Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/abc4942708dfec2e) New York, NY On-site New · 2d ago Pay not posted [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 [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Aerospace](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/492222403f260da6) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d 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 [Heidi Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/heidi-health) ### [Implementation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/416cfd1178536232) New York, NY On-site 4w ago $150,000–$190,000 [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 [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Automotive](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/27f62ce9c80d4125) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [Matroid](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/matroid) ### [Deep Learning Field Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9ccf1587a31f7ec) Palo Alto, CA On-site 4w ago $150,000–$300,000 [Altana](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/altana) ### [Senior Staff Implementation Delivery Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/28306742057e7321) Washington, DC On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [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 [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/44f0de2ca4442dd8) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [Matroid](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/matroid) ### [Senior VLM & VFM Field Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f13fd828ebf1e20) Palo Alto, CA On-site 4w ago $200,000–$350,000 [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 [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 [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Semiconductor](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba548c631b51d6ee) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d 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 [Axon Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axon-enterprise) ### [Mission Engineer - Colorado Springs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ab174c19e8b1e22) Colorado Springs, CO On-site 2mo ago $127,500–$204,000 [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 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Healthcare Integrations Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f70a270105c7febe) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $150,000–$290,000 [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 [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 [Causal Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/causal-labs) ### [Member of Technical Staff — Product Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1543d6fa6ceed9eb) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Lirvana Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lirvana-labs) ### [Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4186dd5e45b5ba65) Menlo Park, CA On-site 4mo 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 [Bland AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bland-ai) ### [Agent Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2835d19d46c9e04d) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $120,000–$200,000 84 of 197 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 on-site involving pre-sales pay? 146 of 197 postings state a pay range. The median is $192,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $225,000, from 84 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs on-site involving pre-sales require? Of 197 postings, 92 state a minimum number of years, from 73 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 58 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (17), 6 to 9 years (10) or 10 or more years (7). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs on-site involving pre-sales? These 197 postings come from 124 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (23), [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) (6), [Rivet Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rivet-industries) (6), [Rogo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rogo) (6) and [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) (5). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs on-site involving pre-sales remote? 0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 197 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 90 of the 197 postings. Counted over the 197 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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