> 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 Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=builds-for-customers&page=47 1,858 forward deployed engineer jobs that build what the customer runs, from 853 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $165,000 to $228,000. **1,858** postings · **853** companies · **1,344** with pay · median **$200,000** · middle half $165,000–$228,000 · read Nov 12, 2026 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/031c2bf24e0ed556) San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025 $180,000–$390,000 [Parloa](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/parloa) ### [Lead Agent Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1556bc4fdeaa7891) New York, NY Since 2025 $196,000–$223,000 [Rise8](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rise8) ### [Senior Software Engineer (Cleared)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6d316eb9aa08e46f) Colorado Springs, CO · Aurora, CO · +1 more Hybrid Since 2025 $143,824–$179,780 [Spear AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spear-ai) ### [Mission Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75e91de6ce709edf) Washington, DC On-site Since 2025 Pay not posted [Two Dots](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/two-dots) ### [Member of the Technical Staff - Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df3f0d46445696a0) San Francisco, CA Since 2025 $175,000–$225,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Software Engineer, Connected Warfare](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b365e775127b47d) Washington, DC Since 2024 $129,000–$253,000 [Skild AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/skild-ai) ### [Research Engineer, Post-training & Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9fe4480a52f3d2a3) San Mateo, CA Since 2024 $100,000–$300,000 [Aurelian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aurelian) ### [Full-stack Software Engineer (multiple roles)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d635fca979364844) Seattle, WA Since 2024 $100,000–$180,000 [Shield AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/shield-ai) ### [Applications Engineer, Autonomy (open level)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/428fb983eb69a54d) San Diego, CA Hybrid Since 2024 $152,000–$318,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Ground Software Engineer, Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2dc8b654e8021d2c) Costa Mesa, CA Since 2024 $191,000–$254,000 [Rise8](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rise8) ### [Senior Software Engineer (Cleared)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b64d596a70473e51) US Remote Since 2024 $143,824–$179,780 [Ritual](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ritual) ### [Growth Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/392092b0f5ad5547) US Remote Since 2024 Pay not posted [Qvest US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qvest-us) ### [Senior Engineer (Applied AI / ML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/70128a2831842945) Austin, TX Remote Since 2024 Pay not posted [Mactores Innovations](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mactores-innovations) ### [AWS Data Engineer (Senior)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a5d8f94e6ff054a) Seattle, WA Remote Since 2022 Pay not posted [N1 Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/n1-health) ### [Associate Data Ops Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/596275016a8bf32c) Boston, MA On-site Since 2022 Pay not posted [Peregrine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/peregrine) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6a6cea813225066d) San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2022 $120,000–$190,000 [Qvest US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qvest-us) ### [Staff Engineer (Applied AI / ML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/374b971316ce9f16) Austin, TX Remote Since 2024 Pay not posted [Hippocratic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hippocratic-ai) ### [Forward Deployment Engineer (Residency Program)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/53f2b52abf645413) Menlo Park, CA On-site 7w ago Pay not posted All 1,858 of these jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Frole%3Dbuilds-for-customers%26page%3D47&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Frole%3Dbuilds-for-customers%26page%3D47&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE jobs that build what the customer runs” go out once you have an account. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs pay? 1,344 of 1,858 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $228,000, from 562 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs require? Of 1,858 postings, 1,073 state a minimum number of years, from 539 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 597 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (297), under 3 years (121) or 10 or more years (58). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs? These 1,858 postings come from 853 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (60), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (59), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (48), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (38) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (36). ### Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs remote? 397 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 441 are hybrid and 476 are on-site. The remaining 544 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 893 of the 1,858 postings. Counted over the 1,858 postings in this search. 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