> 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 in Los Angeles Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=greater-la&page=5 171 forward deployed engineer jobs in Los Angeles, CA, including related deployment roles, from 74 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $160,000 to $222,000. **171** postings · **74** companies · **146** with pay · median **$190,000** · middle half $160,000–$222,000 · read Nov 8, 2026 [Match Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/match-group) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Principal, Legal AI Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df82766d1de19b1f) West Hollywood, CA Hybrid 4mo ago Pay not posted [True Anomaly](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/true-anomaly) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Platform Engineer, AI (Levels I, II, III)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5881541586407788) Long Beach, CA · Denver, CO Hybrid 4mo ago $120,000–$235,000 [Relativity Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/relativity-space) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer (Factory Platform)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8da7b85537e74832) Long Beach, CA On-site 3mo ago $154,000–$230,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Solutions Engineer, Talent Acquisition](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df3d981f0840ffe5) Costa Mesa, CA 4mo ago $161,000–$212,000 [Faraday Future](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/faraday-future) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI & Business Operations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/52f0d9a5d487411f) El Segundo, CA 6mo ago $130,000–$150,000 [True Anomaly](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/true-anomaly) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Platform Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f03a35e95f49ad01) Long Beach, CA · Denver, CO Hybrid 4mo ago $190,000–$285,000 [Metropolis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/metropolis) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d677b6d5e0e32d6) Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $170,000–$200,000 [General Matter](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/general-matter) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/965624d2a4a5828b) Los Angeles, CA On-site 6mo ago $100,000–$200,000 [True Anomaly](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/true-anomaly) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Platform Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aa3d2770f20cf7fb) Long Beach, CA · Denver, CO Hybrid 4mo ago $225,000–$325,000 [Baidu USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baidu-usa) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a0ee7bfdc384d701) Los Angeles, CA 3mo ago Pay not posted [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployment Strategist, Space Systems Command](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7bd71aa29083eac6) Los Angeles, CA On-site 4mo ago $203,200–$254,000 94 of these 171 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fregion%3Dgreater-la%26page%3D5&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fregion%3Dgreater-la%26page%3D5&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE and deployment jobs in Los Angeles” go out once you have an account. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) Los Angeles is the seventh-largest FDE job market of the 21 US metros listed here, after Boston area and Chicago, with 171 postings from 74 companies read on November 8, 2026. Hiring here: [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) , [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) , [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) , [Nominal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) , [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex). ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs in Los Angeles pay? 146 of 171 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $222,000, from 61 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in Los Angeles require? Of 171 postings, 98 state a minimum number of years, from 52 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 43 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (40), under 3 years (11) or 10 or more years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in Los Angeles? These 171 postings come from 74 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (20), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (19), [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) (7), [Nominal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) (5) and [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) (5). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs in Los Angeles remote? 8 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 44 are hybrid and 42 are on-site. The remaining 77 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 81 of the 171 postings. Counted over the 171 postings in this search. 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