> 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 prove the product works before the sale with ongoing operations Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=presales&stage=operations 13 forward deployed engineer jobs that prove the product works before the sale with ongoing operations, from 10 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $173,000 to $250,000. **13** postings · **10** companies · median **$203,000**, half $173,000–$250,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [WithCoverage](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/withcoverage) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Growth](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/210b16a81d8c3545) New York, NY On-site 5w ago $140,000–$170,000 [PackageX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/packagex) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15c5ce3ea0223520) US · city not listed Hybrid 5w ago $150,000–$175,000 [Deep Infra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deep-infra) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1aec0681eb976cc3) Palo Alto, CA 2mo ago $150,000–$195,000 [Egen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/egen) ### [Pre-Sales Architect (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1f0e661b320b8b85) US Remote 3mo ago $185,000–$225,000 [Hightouch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hightouch) ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/582d222c53e6731f) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Remote 5mo ago $175,000–$230,000 [StackAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stackai) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5225873c20a5c99f) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $153,000–$200,000 [Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1af269a9dbe0e40) San Francisco, CA On-site 8mo ago $165,000–$230,000 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Applied AI, Research Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ad03554ab362a16c) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $300,000–$400,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Engineer (Bay Area)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a596ddfc7a1ad70) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $185,000–$315,000 · OTE [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Engineer (NYC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a593282280776759) New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $185,000–$315,000 · OTE [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Deployment Strategist, Space Systems Command](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7bd71aa29083eac6) Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $203,200–$254,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Engineer (Early Career- SF)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf677e9e9ca98360) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $160,000–$185,000 · OTE [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Engineer (Seattle)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e03d5804545775cf) Seattle, WA 5mo ago $165,000–$380,000 · OTE All 13 prove the product works before the sale. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Frole%3Dpresales%26stage%3Doperations&placement=alert) New fde jobs that prove the product works before the sale with ongoing operations go out by email once you have an account and set an alert. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE jobs that prove the product works before the sale with ongoing operations pay? 13 of 13 postings state a pay range. The median is $203,000, and half of them sit between $173,000 and $250,000, from 10 companies. ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that prove the product works before the sale with ongoing operations? These 13 postings come from 10 companies. The employers with the most postings are [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) (4), [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) (1), [Deep Infra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deep-infra) (1), [Egen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/egen) (1) and [Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) (1). ### Are FDE jobs that prove the product works before the sale with ongoing operations remote? 2 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 4 are hybrid and 5 are on-site. The remaining 2 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 6 of the 13 postings. Counted over the 13 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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