> 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 pre-sales Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?stage=presales&page=20 778 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs involving pre-sales, from 412 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $166,000 to $231,000. **778** postings · **412** companies · **574** with pay · median **$198,000** · middle half $166,000–$231,000 · read Nov 10, 2026 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a52f0355fad92673) Starbase, TX On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Leads the deployment team ### [Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Enterprise)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9b612508e6525cc3) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $251,000–$335,000 [Qualified Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qualified-health) Leads the deployment team ### [Director, Data Modernization](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e6420374ec05b274) US Remote 5mo ago $190,000–$230,000 [HiddenLayer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hiddenlayer) Proves it works before the sale ### [AI Solutions Architect- Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0f0c7b5f29f9f077) US Remote 5mo ago Pay not posted [Celonis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/celonis) Proves it works before the sale ### [Senior Value Engineer - Banking](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/689f32bb2b9debbc) New York, NY Hybrid 5mo ago $157,000–$183,000 [Indicium AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/indicium-ai) Leads the deployment team ### [Vice President of Agentic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e428b809047fab6d) New York, NY 6mo ago $220,000–$350,000 [Taktile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/taktile) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr. Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a14b0e74ab61af1) New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $160,000–$200,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (Bay Area)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a596ddfc7a1ad70) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $185,000–$315,000 · OTE [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Proves it works before the sale ### [Applied AI Architect, Commercial](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3c3610a4cc4fc4d6) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $240,000–$315,000 [Vannevar Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vannevar-labs) Leads the deployment team ### [Enterprise Technical Lead (Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f690faf1f1a405cd) Washington, DC · San Diego, CA · +1 more Remote Since 2025 $150,000–$215,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (NYC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a593282280776759) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $185,000–$315,000 · OTE [AMD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amd) Leads the deployment team ### [Director, Cluster Forward Deployment Engineering Data Center GPU](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcbb2b5305ef3d6b) Santa Clara, CA 2w ago Pay not posted [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/484d5a806f49b322) US Remote 7w ago $68,443–$92,398 [Superblocks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/superblocks) Keeps customers running after launch ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ebcf605b1d4f329c) US Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [PVM](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pvm) Leads the deployment team ### [Echo/ Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2213e7800d0baa47) Huntsville, AL On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (Early Career- SF)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf677e9e9ca98360) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $160,000–$185,000 · OTE [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployment Strategist, Space Systems Command](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7bd71aa29083eac6) Los Angeles, CA On-site 4mo ago $203,200–$254,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (Seattle)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e03d5804545775cf) Seattle, WA 6mo ago $165,000–$380,000 · OTE 405 of these 778 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fstage%3Dpresales%26page%3D20&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fstage%3Dpresales%26page%3D20&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales” 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 pre-sales pay? 574 of 778 postings state a pay range. The median is $198,000, and half of them sit between $166,000 and $231,000, from 272 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales require? Of 778 postings, 453 state a minimum number of years, from 277 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 246 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (126), under 3 years (47) or 10 or more years (34). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales? These 778 postings come from 412 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (45), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (24), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (20), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (18) and [Provectus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/provectus) (11). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales remote? 201 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 213 are hybrid and 185 are on-site. The remaining 179 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 418 of the 778 postings. Counted over the 778 postings in this search. 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