> 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 serving external customers Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?recipient=external&page=3 2,531 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs serving external customers, from 1,038 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $163,000 to $225,000. **2,531** postings · **1,038** companies · 1,835 state pay: median **$195,000**, half $163,000–$225,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Zebra Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zebra-technologies) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Customer Facing](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4d7625b7fb387e81) Holtsville, NY · Lincolnshire, IL Hybrid 9d ago $96,800–$145,200 [Medra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/medra) ### [Forward Deployed Robotics Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d9b4f103b1afb83) San Francisco, CA On-site 9d ago $130,000–$210,000 [Didero](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/didero) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0cffa0668d774f5) New York, NY Hybrid 9d ago $180,000–$300,000 [6sense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/6sense) ### [Staff Data Scientist, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/858a50fe32ba1077) San Francisco, CA Remote 9d ago $194,736.75–$265,613.9 [Minerva](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/minerva) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2e4a93b1a8147acd) New York, NY On-site 10d ago $215,000–$241,000 [OpenAI Deployment Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai-deployment-company) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Cleared - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c19d1fdb2baf1e9b) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 10d ago $170,000–$400,000 [Didero](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/didero) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/753e8490762c7f02) New York, NY Hybrid 9d ago $180,000–$300,000 [6sense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/6sense) ### [Sr. Data Scientist, Forward-Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8eac81fe1ac3dfde) San Francisco, CA Remote 9d ago $168,349.5–$230,912.6 [NewRocket](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/newrocket) ### [Senior/Lead Forward Deployed AI Engineer/Architect-Copilot/Azure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/384a61776ddb4eb4) US Remote 10d ago Pay not posted [CrossCountry Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crosscountry-consulting) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Recent Graduate) - DC Metro](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d90bc54a20cb2e75) Mclean, VA Hybrid 10d ago $95,000–$125,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Open Models](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e29d3d2ea75f914e) Santa Clara, CA 10d ago $184,000–$356,500 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1798a89ed0fd75b) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 10d ago $143,700–$223,600 [Plain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/plain) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/25449c101b2d1a5a) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 10d ago $180,000–$250,000 [CrossCountry Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crosscountry-consulting) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Recent Graduate) - Chicago](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/41a0b6e3ff27d353) Chicago, IL Hybrid 10d ago $95,000–$125,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - AI Infra - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c7485e204e45fc68) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 10d ago $185,000–$300,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/110f7227e28583f5) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 10d ago $168,100–$261,500 [Creative Chaos](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/creative-chaos) ### [Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c586756ad8cd001b) Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 more Hybrid 10d ago Pay not posted [Sayari](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sayari) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer II (Remote, US) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9f4bb795c063c4e6) US Remote 11d ago $160,000–$180,000 [FlowGen Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flowgen-labs) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9fa7ffc811510f1d) San Francisco, CA On-site 12d ago $200,000–$375,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f5bf574259f324a9) Jessup, MD · Arlington, VA · +4 more 10d ago $168,100–$250,200 [Creative Chaos](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/creative-chaos) ### [Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ce6cf44b2e8d0cd) Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 more Hybrid 10d ago Pay not posted [Palo Alto Networks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palo-alto-networks) ### [Distinguished Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3e0f76a5b93bf30e) Charlotte, NC Remote 13d ago $248,700–$341,250 [Dataminr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dataminr) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c55612999e1e90b8) US Remote 13d ago $165,000–$220,000 [Bluprintx](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bluprintx) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4c3d9f83beb8b1ff) New York Remote 13d ago $280,000–$320,000 [Creative Chaos](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/creative-chaos) ### [Forward-Deployed Full-stack Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c7038c2ebded9ec5) Waltham, MA · Cincinnati, OH · +1 more Hybrid 10d ago Pay not posted [Palo Alto Networks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palo-alto-networks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (Customer Engineering, Prisma AIRS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7962c42156b29600) CA, TX, NY On-site 13d ago $156,400–$253,000 [Harper](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/harper) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5470e15a9d30b7ea) US Remote 13d ago $150,000–$200,000 [jeffreym-consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/jeffreym-consulting) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/99c63127d5fcd58e) Seattle, WA On-site 13d ago $150,000–$225,000 [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cc9a1edf72389424) Washington, DC 13d ago $145,000–$250,000 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/202e5a48c009cc01) New York, NY · Charlotte, NC · +7 more Hybrid 13d ago $130,600–$147,000 [Simple AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/simple-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/048b7691c8a2aa85) San Francisco, CA On-site 13d ago $120,000–$200,000 [NetImpact Strategies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/netimpact-strategies) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Technical Architect)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/433a4d78b0341f4b) US Remote 13d ago $170,000–$210,000 [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Clearance Required](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/068870f28c40572a) Washington, DC 13d ago $145,000–$250,000 [Overland AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/overland-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1229d389bf76fbbb) Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA On-site 13d ago $140,000–$180,000 [Gen Digital Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gen-digital-inc) ### [Lead, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9937e8447c5955b) New York, NY Hybrid 13d ago $200,000–$240,000 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/447ae8b697e6250a) Charlotte, NC · New York, NY · +5 more Hybrid 13d ago $150,000–$180,000 [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Clearance Required](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/03a5618294a2164f) Tacoma, WA Hybrid 13d ago $146,000–$253,000 [Unit8](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/unit8) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Hybrid, USA)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b4a5cc72e7e9d855) Denver, CO · Charlotte, NC · +1 more Hybrid 13d ago $140,000–$220,000 [Gen Digital Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gen-digital-inc) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/41a70beca4fd5f53) New York, NY Hybrid 13d ago $200,000–$240,000 [Arthur D. Little](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arthur-d-little) ### [Consultant - Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a953b347571852a) Boston, MA · New York, NY 13d ago Pay not posted 1,689 of 2,531 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 serving external customers pay? 1,835 of 2,531 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $225,000, from 681 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers require? Of 2,531 postings, 1,428 state a minimum number of years, from 684 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 771 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (394), under 3 years (172) or 10 or more years (91). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers? These 2,531 postings come from 1,038 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (77), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (68), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (62), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (60) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (43). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers remote? 531 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 609 are hybrid and 698 are on-site. The remaining 693 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1,216 of the 2,531 postings. Counted over the 2,531 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) ## Related pages - [All FDE jobs in the US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs) - [FDE and deployment jobs serving internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?recipient=internal) · 463 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers and internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?recipient=both) · 300 jobs - [FDE salary for external-customer work](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/external-customers) - [Every FDE job search](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse)