> 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. # Founding Forward Deployed Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0965e7891fc2216d Alloy posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in New York, NY, at $141,000–$250,000 base, level with the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Founding Forward Deployed Engineer at Alloy, one of the first two on a new team embedded with the most strategic enterprise accounts. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Alloy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alloy) Posted Jun 26, 2026 by Alloy · open on Greenhouse as of Nov 8, 2026 **$141,000–$250,000** New York, NY Hybrid Full-time Founding Forward Deployed Engineer at Alloy, one of the first two on a new team embedded with the most strategic enterprise accounts. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F0965e7891fc2216d&placement=top) - [View posting at Alloy](https://www.alloy.com/about/jobs/detail?gh_jid=8610085002&gh_jid=8610085002) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay $141K–$250K Level with the median Midpoint $196K · median $190K This job $141K to $250K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Builds what the customer runs Balance **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations Travel **Required, amount not stated** - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Individual contributor ### What they ask for Experience - **5+ years** developing production-ready software Background - **Software engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 5+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in New York, NY. Could you work there? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: New York, NY - **Work arrangement**: Hybrid - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Travel required, amount not stated - **Pay**: ## More like this [August](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/august) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a8294291597368a7) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $140,000–$240,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/818aaa7b6b639645) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +2 more 2w ago $143,700–$223,600 [Narmi](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/narmi) ### [Senior Software Engineer - Professional Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e21e2a1ccb895111) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $167,000–$196,000 ## The job description from Alloy Posted by Alloy on Jun 26, 2026 ### Alloy is where you belong! Alloy is the AI-powered identity and fraud prevention platform that accelerates onboarding, stops fraud, and scales compliance across the customer lifecycle so financial organizations can grow without limits. More than 900 of the world's leading financial institutions and fintechs trust Alloy for smarter risk management that drives growth. Through our values: Be Bold, Go Fast, Collaborate, and Celebrate Our Differences, we are creating a workplace where you can grow, thrive, and belong. See how we’ve been continuously recognized and named one of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces, Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers, Best Fintech to Work for by American Banker, year after year. Check out our investors and read more about us here. ### About the team We're standing up a new function at Alloy: Forward Deployed Engineering. Our largest enterprise customers need a trusted technical partner with a strong point of view on how Alloy fits into their tech stack and fraud strategy. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll be that partner - embedded with our most strategic accounts and owning the technical outcome end-to-end, with each deployment becoming the foundation for the next. You'll be one of the first two engineers on this founding team. This is a software engineering role through and through - based within our Engineering org, with a scope that spans software, product, and solutions engineering. You won't just join this function - you'll define how it works. Alloy operates in a hybrid-work environment. We look to foster collaboration and community by having our local employees onsite three days a week. ### What you'll be doing - Architect and tune customer and channel-partner deployments end-to-end — API integrations, third-party data integrations, SDKs, and latency constraints. - Write production code across our stack: TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6/React), Python (Django), Node.js, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, and AWS. - Serve as Alloy's credible technical voice with customer engineering leadership, making architectural calls in real time. - Own the engineering track of QBRs for your accounts and serve in their on-call escalation path. - Turn your work into reusable platform primitives and docs, so each deployment makes the next one faster. ### Who we’re looking for - 5+ years of hands-on experience developing production-ready software, with a proven track record of delivering robust, scalable solutions. - Experience in a customer-facing technical role, Forward Deployed Engineering, solutions engineering with deep technical ownership, or similar - where you were accountable to an external stakeholder, not just an internal roadmap. - Strong backend and API fluency, with the ability to read and write production code across services you don't own. - Sound architectural judgment under ambiguity: you can make and defend technical decisions in the room, with a customer watching. - A genuine pull toward customer-facing work - you find energy in solving a real customer's real problem, alongside their engineers. - A clear technical communicator who can explain a complex integration tradeoff to a bank's VP of Engineering and to an Alloy PM in the same afternoon. - Ability to travel on occasion to our NYC office, as well as client offices in the US. ### Nice to have - Experience at a company with a strong Forward Deployed Engineering culture (Palantir, Scale AI, Ramp, Plaid, Stripe, etc.). - Familiarity with identity, fraud, KYC/KYB, or financial services infrastructure. - Experience with SDK development or embedded front-end integrations. We're a lean team, so your impact will be felt immediately, and opportunities will grow as the company scales up. If this all sounds like a good fit for you, why not join us? Alloy is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Below is the anticipated starting base compensation range for this role; however, pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, in-demand skills, relevant experience, and/or geography. In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is also eligible for equity awards in the form of stock options (ISOs) as well as a competitive total benefits package. Your recruiter will be happy to walk you through the details and what compensation could look like for you specifically! *This position has a salary range of $141,000 to $250,000. * ### Benefits and Perks - Unlimited PTO and flexible work policy - Employee stock options - Medical, dental, vision plans with HSA (monthly employer contribution) and FSA options - 401k with 100% match up to 4% of annual employee compensation - Eligible new parents receive 16 weeks of paid parental leave - Home office stipend for new employees - Annual Learning & Development annual stipend - Well-being benefits include access to ClassPass, OneMedical, UrbanSitter, and Spring Health ### How to apply Apply right here! You've found the application! Alloy is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and employer. We’re committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, parental or pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status. We are committed to an inclusive interview experience and provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with visible and invisible disabilities. We encourage applicants to share needed accommodations with their recruiter. All Alloy jobs are listed on our careers page. Any communication during the recruitment process, including interview requests or job offers, will come directly from a recruiting team member with an alloy.com email address. We do not use outside applications or automated text messaging in our recruiting process. We will not ask for any sensitive financial or identification information during the recruiting process. If you’re ever unsure, please contact us directly via our website before sharing personal information. [View posting at Alloy](https://www.alloy.com/about/jobs/detail?gh_jid=8610085002&gh_jid=8610085002) ## About Alloy Single API + dashboard for KYC/KYB/AML, fraud, and credit decisioning that orchestrates 50+ third-party data sources for banks and fintechs. 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