> 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 involving pre-sales with significant travel Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?stage=presales&travelMin=25&page=6 221 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs involving pre-sales with significant travel, from 93 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $158,000 to $231,000. **221** postings · **93** companies · 182 state pay: median **$200,000**, half $158,000–$231,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Mistral AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mistral-ai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist - USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/146109157dc6eeb2) Palo Alto, CA Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Rivet Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rivet-industries) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist, New Business](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/562f927e966c34cd) Washington, DC On-site 4mo ago $140,000–$200,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/045b19ea19318959) Miami, FL On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [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 [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f3a8d02dc926fb61) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 5mo ago Pay not posted [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0daca810f2d27dec) US · city not listed 6mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist, New Grad - Intel, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/50e504561a95469f) Washington, DC On-site 4mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist, Build to Apply - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ca3c76d2a42048d9) San Diego, CA On-site 8mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist, Build to Apply - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5fc4e1c6521a2615) Honolulu, HI On-site 8mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist, Build to Apply - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/326bd9d2548086f6) Washington, DC On-site 9mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1bb783c00bcb2ec0) Fayetteville, NC Hybrid 9mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4db610fee594adf8) Chicago, IL Hybrid 55mo ago Pay not posted [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/657885bd4aca696f) Honolulu, HI On-site 55mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - Intel](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5472299bdd089131) Washington, DC On-site 61mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Mendix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mendix) Leads the deployment team ### [Intelligence Center X Engineering Manager - Americas](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/661a0f7842c19c00) US · city not listed Hybrid 5w ago $197,300–$394,600 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a52f0355fad92673) Starbase, TX On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Qualified Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/qualified-health) Leads the deployment team ### [Director, Data Modernization](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e6420374ec05b274) US Remote 4mo ago $190,000–$230,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (Bay Area)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a596ddfc7a1ad70) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $185,000–$315,000 · OTE [Mendix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mendix) Proves it works before the sale ### [Intelligence Center X Engineer - Americas](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0af30c9ac127f183) US · city not listed Hybrid 5w ago $125,300–$334,400 [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 Hybrid 4mo ago $203,200–$254,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (Early Career- SF)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf677e9e9ca98360) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $160,000–$185,000 · OTE 112 of 221 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales with significant travel pay? 182 of 221 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $158,000 and $231,000, from 68 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales with significant travel require? Of 221 postings, 134 state a minimum number of years, from 66 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 73 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (34), 10 or more years (14) or under 3 years (13). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales with significant travel? These 221 postings come from 93 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (43), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (28), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (10), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (6) and [Rivet Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rivet-industries) (6). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales with significant travel remote? 56 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 54 are hybrid and 43 are on-site. The remaining 68 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 221 of the 221 postings. Counted over the 221 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. Travel is the share the posting states. 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