> 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=39 2,522 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs serving external customers, from 1,038 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $163,000 to $228,000. **2,522** postings · **1,038** companies · **1,832** with pay · median **$195,000** · middle half $163,000–$228,000 · read Nov 10, 2026 Updated Nov 11, 2026 [Hippocratic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hippocratic-ai) ### [Integration Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/27ec72ed8f0e4738) US Remote 5mo ago Pay not posted [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [Sr. AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed430921c27565a8) Palo Alto, CA 5mo ago $220,000–$350,000 [CompassX Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/compassx-group) ### [Solution Architect - GenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/133ba7b7d03d87d8) Irvine, CA Hybrid 5mo ago Pay not posted [Rhoda AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rhoda-ai) ### [Research Member of Technical Staff- Applied Research](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a271421ade75153) Mountain View, CA 5mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6801db30761f80db) San Diego, CA 5mo ago $115,300–$160,100 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [Sr. AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/915e4bb42c4a9df4) Washington, DC 5mo ago $220,000–$350,000 [Lovelytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lovelytics) ### [Lead Consultant, Gen AI ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/49d6ba1b5b494dcd) Arlington, VA · Chicago, IL Remote 5mo ago $112,000–$160,000 [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) ### [BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d4252868cd1a506) Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 more 5mo ago $190,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2865522375d0ee1d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 5mo ago $288,000–$360,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcc647133c0d24b0) Washington, DC 5mo ago $125,000–$220,000 [Peregrine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/peregrine) ### [Deployment Strategist, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6a46a96e7a6da44b) Washington, DC On-site 5mo ago $140,000–$190,000 [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) ### [BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a4c47c8ee4f67d78) Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 more 5mo ago $150,000 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Agent Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2e3f4229557ee1e) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $175,000–$230,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a7b6627b779b7eb2) Palo Alto, CA 5mo ago $135,000–$230,000 [Canvas Medical](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/canvas-medical) ### [Product Experience Builder](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8a4dc7db29ba4368) US Remote 6mo ago $100,000–$200,000 [Salient](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salient) ### [Software Engineer, Product](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1f6f4f1ea14eb94f) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $140,000–$200,000 [UnitX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/unitx) ### [Product Operations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2e575c0e0198b540) Milpitas, CA On-site 6mo ago $100,000–$120,000 [Artian AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/artian-ai) ### [Software Engineer - Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/25d3d5712250fc8e) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $125,000–$150,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Advanced AI Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a4e1febd22fdb964) Morristown, NJ · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more 6mo ago $87,400–$293,800 [Xometry](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/xometry) ### [Staff Data Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71ff23b7571feae1) North Bethesda, MD · Waltham, MA Hybrid 6mo ago $163,000–$190,000 [Code and Theory](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/code-and-theory) ### [Lead Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe41a7345cc1817f) New York, NY 6mo ago $130,000–$225,000 [PressW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pressw) ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/29869ee43c0bebca) Austin, TX Hybrid 6mo ago $90,000–$125,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Full Stack AI Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2dfcc7438da4f949) US · city not listed 6mo ago Pay not posted [Xometry](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/xometry) ### [Staff Data Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/00fffe33bce898ca) North Bethesda, MD · Waltham, MA Hybrid 6mo ago $163,000–$190,000 [Appian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/appian) ### [Principal Consultant (Public Sector)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8c1b5eb92e40777d) Mclean, VA On-site 6mo ago $100,000–$225,000 [X by 2](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/x-by-2) ### [Technical Lead (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9edafe217e21b423) Raleigh, NC · Durham, NC · +1 more Hybrid 6mo ago $143,000–$185,000 [PressW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pressw) ### [Senior Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2901769085db5ae8) Austin, TX Hybrid 6mo ago $140,000–$175,000 [BLEN, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/blen-inc) ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a5b5e3855f5c2dfe) US Remote 6mo ago $130,000–$200,000 [Nimble Gravity](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nimble-gravity) ### [Sr AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0b17ccb5bdf6a3e8) US Remote 6mo ago Pay not posted [Shakudo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/shakudo) ### [Principal Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cc28132e0e3ad7f2) Menlo Park, CA On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [TriEdge Investments](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/triedge-investments) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/262b31c2a1ad3860) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b777191a511ed82d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 6mo ago $405,000–$485,000 [Linero](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/linero) ### [Systems Integration Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/45457d6006614840) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $160,000–$250,000 [Mercor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mercor) ### [Software Engineer, Enterprise Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2e242f85fa04f99c) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $145,000–$285,000 [Unstructured](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/unstructured) ### [AI Engineer - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/714325e0c7b85e01) US Remote 6mo ago $205,000–$365,000 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [Agentic AI and Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/64d5cd11d7906ecf) Honolulu, HI 6mo ago $99,000–$225,000 [CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting) ### [Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/329e826238fcede0) Denver, CO Hybrid 6mo ago $90,000–$200,000 [Intapp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/intapp) ### [Applied AI Architect, Legal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/526db9cefd2376a2) New York, NY 6mo ago Pay not posted [Gallatin AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gallatin-ai) ### [Mission Operations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f81c45e021c5160f) Austin, TX On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [Data Intellect](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/data-intellect) ### [Senior kdb+ Architect (Greenfield Project)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/730d1c9ac9dcc3cb) New York, NY 6mo ago Pay not posted 1,685 of these 2,522 jobs build what the customer runs. - 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[Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers pay? 1,832 of 2,522 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $228,000, from 686 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers require? Of 2,522 postings, 1,435 state a minimum number of years, from 686 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 779 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (389), under 3 years (175) or 10 or more years (92). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers? These 2,522 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) (67), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (61), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (56) and [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (45). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs serving external customers remote? 531 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 624 are hybrid and 697 are on-site. The remaining 670 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 1,217 of the 2,522 postings. Counted over the 2,522 postings in this search. 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