> 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=21 940 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 [TikTok](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tiktok) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist — Ads Vertical - Global Monetization Product and Technology](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/11e8875b2a5e4431) New York, NY 7d ago $159,000–$272,000 [Pure Storage](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pure-storage) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Services Solutions Architect – AI, Advanced Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/73d6437db41a3e41) New York, NY · Raleigh, NC On-site 3w ago $146,000–$219,000 [August](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/august) Integrates and configures it ### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4add4f39f8f0faf7) New York, NY On-site 3w ago $100,000–$160,000 [Nebius](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nebius) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Customer AI Engineer - Token Factory](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a30f941f89ff45f5) US Remote 3w ago $209,800–$262,200 [vClusterLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vclusterlabs) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Infrastructure Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/57f65dd383fd12c5) US Remote 4w ago €90,000–€105,000 [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/505c60db81fbe5f6) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 4w ago Pay not posted [Harell Data](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/harell-data) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/09054feda7b2ff39) Bellevue, WA 4w ago Pay not posted [OpenAI Deployment Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai-deployment-company) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Technical Deployment Lead - Cybersecurity - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/41677034157b16aa) New York, NY Hybrid 5w ago $170,000–$400,000 [vClusterLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vclusterlabs) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Infrastructure Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5274ff9a0b5abf27) US Remote 4w ago SG$155,000–SG$175,000 [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/164df6750dfc857c) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 more Hybrid 4w ago Pay not posted [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) Integrates and configures it ### [Delivery Solutions Architect - Digital Native Business](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dd17787d941e4e29) US · city not listed 5w ago $180,000–$247,500 [Stripe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stripe) Integrates and configures it ### [Partner Solutions Engineer, Ecosystem](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e598f78f2faf26a7) US Remote 6w ago $208,300–$312,500 [Motif](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/motif) Integrates and configures it ### [Solutions Engineer (NYC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/88030503037ecb12) New York, NY On-site 7w ago Pay not posted [Vannevar Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vannevar-labs) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Mission Lead - USV Software](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b77fe239ef44a044) Norfolk, VA On-site 7w ago Pay not posted [Virtasant](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/virtasant) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Deployment Strategist - Cloud & AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/010e7c7eae2dc876) US Remote 7w ago Pay not posted [Serval](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/serval) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist, Flagship Account](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fdf9cb94545435b8) Santa Clara, CA · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7w ago $150,000–$280,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Strategist, Agent Development (Spanish speaking)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/af12fb2cd8f338a3) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $200,000–$290,000 [Reindeer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reindeer) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d534abf54738d3c2) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $180,000–$230,000 · OTE [Glean](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/glean) Integrates and configures it ### [Partner Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/42c89791e06624ee) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) Integrates and configures it ### [Palantir Engineer - AI and Data Science Engineer III](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ace3e428c6716f4b) Huntsville, AL 2mo ago Pay not posted [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) Integrates and configures it ### [Transformation Project Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c11132579acaebcd) Eagan, MN Hybrid 2mo ago $74,200–$137,800 [Benchling](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/benchling) Integrates and configures it ### [Technical Solution Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/970d4add91d36440) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $154,000–$209,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Applied AI Architect, Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/301376dc825dc9cc) Washington, DC Hybrid 2mo ago $234,000–$335,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) Integrates and configures it ### [Palantir Engineer - Data Engineer II - Secret Clearance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/49c0807615ac3252) Huntsville, AL 2mo ago Pay not posted [Seqera](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seqera) Integrates and configures it ### [Technical Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79fca284ae29c806) US Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted [Oracle](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oracle) Integrates and configures it ### [Customer Engineering Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ee26631bc8e8b42) Nashville, TN 2mo ago $114,600–$234,600 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Solutions Architect, NVIDIA Cloud Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7701d9b6b18c7976) Santa Clara, CA Remote 2mo ago $184,000–$287,500 [Perplexity](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/perplexity) Integrates and configures it ### [Applied AI Architect, Perplexity Computer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0286143cb6cbd380) San Francisco, CA 2mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) Integrates and configures it ### [Principal Solutions Architect - Data Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55bccdc797e4f7fc) New York, NY 2mo ago $196,000–$257,200 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Engagement Manager (Homeland Layered Defense), Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c8c10267b57092d) Washington, DC 2mo ago $166,400–$208,000 [TRM Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/trm-labs) Integrates and configures it ### [Solutions Architect, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7e87595bec8de7fa) US Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted [Lynx Analytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lynx-analytics) Integrates and configures it ### [Solution Architect - GenAI, Data & Applications (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/88dcda47f30956b7) New York, NY · Philadelphia, PA · +1 more 2mo ago Pay not posted [Chainalysis Government Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chainalysis-government-solutions) Integrates and configures it ### [Systems Engineer - Cleared Programs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b17874cf91627ca7) VA On-site 2mo ago $197,000–$231,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Integrates and configures it ### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, WWPS ProServe Delivery Team](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bdae58c5e4f95f51) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 3mo ago $131,300–$177,600 [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) Integrates and configures it ### [Director Of Technical Operations ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/57b6f7800943ba3a) Washington, DC · Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $180,000–$220,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Lead, Semiconductors- SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/482c316966a717c1) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $200,000–$295,000 [Code and Theory](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/code-and-theory) Integrates and configures it ### [Associate Director, AI & Creative Transformation (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6e6d060f239beb3) New York, NY 4mo ago $110,000–$160,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Integrates and configures it ### [Sr Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ec7f7e2ef66247d) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 3mo ago $153,600–$207,800 [Edra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/edra) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Strategist (New York)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2951c94d466b9d27) New York, NY On-site 4mo ago $175,000–$250,000 [Vannevar Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vannevar-labs) Integrates and configures it ### [Mission Strategist - Tampa (Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1c5d4751f994043a) Tampa, FL On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted 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%3D21&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Frecipient%3Dexternal%26stage%3Dpoc%26page%3D21&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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