> 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 jobs that build what the customer runs in Los Angeles Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=greater-la&role=builds-for-customers&page=3 90 forward deployed engineer jobs that build what the customer runs in Los Angeles, from 41 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $161,000 to $218,000. **90** postings · **41** companies · 75 state pay: median **$185,000**, half $161,000–$218,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Sift](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sift) ### [Application Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5c5e0dbb4cb61e39) Marina Del Rey, CA · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7mo ago $125,000–$175,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Mission Software Engineer, EW](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3c1ebbc33939cd4e) Costa Mesa, CA 4mo ago $166,000–$220,000 [Field AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/field-ai) ### [Senior Autonomy Engineer (Federal)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0e60bd92643875d3) Irvine, CA On-site 7mo ago Pay not posted [Flip](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flip) ### [Staff Software Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0462b41550eec93d) Marina Del Rey, CA · Williamsburg, NY On-site 8mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [West Monroe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/west-monroe) ### [Principal AI Software Engineer, TechEx (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a4fa989247e7868) Los Angeles, CA · Boston, MA · +7 more 11mo ago $152,200–$205,900 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Staff Software Engineer, Active Clearance, Air Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/07fb96b46de82a44) Irvine, CA 12mo ago $220,000–$292,000 [Nominal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) ### [Software Engineer - Mission Dev](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/930f583e6dd485a0) Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 18mo ago $130,000–$230,000 [Flip](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flip) ### [Staff Software Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/53cf1a6fb6a947df) Marina Del Rey, CA · Williamsburg, NY On-site 8mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Rise8](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rise8) ### [Senior Software Engineer (Cleared)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6d316eb9aa08e46f) El Segundo, CA · Colorado Springs, CO · +1 more Hybrid 19mo ago $143,824–$179,780 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Ground Software Engineer, Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2dc8b654e8021d2c) Costa Mesa, CA 26mo ago $191,000–$254,000 All 90 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Los Angeles pay? 75 of 90 postings state a pay range. The median is $185,000, and half of them sit between $161,000 and $218,000, from 33 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Los Angeles require? Of 90 postings, 49 state a minimum number of years, from 29 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 22 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (16), under 3 years (7) or 10 or more years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Los Angeles? These 90 postings come from 41 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (16), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (9), [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) (6), [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) (3) and [First Resonance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/first-resonance) (3). ### Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Los Angeles remote? 4 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 24 are hybrid and 25 are on-site. The remaining 37 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 57 of the 90 postings. Counted over the 90 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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