> 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 plan what the customer deploys first involving proof of concept Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=strategist&stage=poc&page=4 129 forward deployed engineer jobs that plan what the customer deploys first involving proof of concept, from 88 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $170,000 to $244,000. **129** postings · **88** companies · 94 state pay: median **$209,000**, half $170,000–$244,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Deployment Strategist (Mid/Senior Levels)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/233c182f95f3a859) San Francisco, CA · Bellevue, WA · +8 more Remote 4mo ago $134,750–$316,750 [August](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/august) ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6833631848861e2f) New York, NY On-site 5mo ago $100,000–$160,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0daca810f2d27dec) US · city not listed 6mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [Axle](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axle) ### [Senior Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b61799977c4b0a1) New York, NY On-site 4mo ago $160,000–$200,000 [Waniwani](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/waniwani) ### [Founding Deployment Strategist @ Waniwani](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dc5bf7b8250641a5) New York, NY 6mo ago Pay not posted [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Deployment Strategist, Build to Apply - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ca3c76d2a42048d9) San Diego, CA On-site 8mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Nuvo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nuvo) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/90f33510f658297c) New York, NY 9mo ago $160,000–$220,000 [HappyRobot](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/happyrobot) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c210b42e7acdc74a) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 16mo ago $150,000–$220,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Deployment Strategist - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1bb783c00bcb2ec0) Fayetteville, NC Hybrid 9mo ago $110,000–$170,000 All 129 plan what the customer deploys first. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first involving proof of concept pay? 94 of 129 postings state a pay range. The median is $209,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $244,000, from 57 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first involving proof of concept require? Of 129 postings, 72 state a minimum number of years, from 55 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 40 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (18), under 3 years (10) or 10 or more years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first involving proof of concept? These 129 postings come from 88 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (7), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (7), [Rivet Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rivet-industries) (5), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (4) and [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (4). ### Are FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first involving proof of concept remote? 22 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 40 are hybrid and 40 are on-site. The remaining 27 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 74 of the 129 postings. Counted over the 129 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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