> 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/0fe4112f3d62e9d4 H Company posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in San Francisco, CA and 2 more with no pay posted. This founding Forward Deployed Engineer will identify high-impact customer workflows, integrate agentic AI systems with customer infrastructure, and deliver production-grade automation solutions. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) Posted Aug 26, 2026 by H Company · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 Pay not posted San Francisco, CA +2 Hybrid Full-time This founding Forward Deployed Engineer will identify high-impact customer workflows, integrate agentic AI systems with customer infrastructure, and deliver production-grade automation solutions. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F0fe4112f3d62e9d4&placement=top) - [View posting at H Company](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hcompany/9d3a4bc3-da2d-4cc7-850b-c4010aa2e02b/application) 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 Not posted 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 - **3+ years** AI + software engineering - **3+ years** AI experience Background - **Software engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 3+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 more. Could you work in one of these? 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**: San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · New York, NY - **Work arrangement**: Hybrid - **Remote work restrictions**: SF/Bay Area, Austin, TX, or NY - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Travel required, amount not stated ## More like this [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e2fc21f78f9a6a01) Austin, TX · New York, NY Hybrid 11d ago Pay not posted [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/de0ff307c6d67d9b) San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 more Hybrid 2mo ago Pay not posted [Casca](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/casca) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/927bef3af6c8393d) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago $160,000–$265,000 - [Other jobs at H Company (5)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) ## The job description from H Company Posted by H Company on Aug 26, 2026 ### FOUNDING FORWARD DEPLOYED ENGINEER ### What we're looking for - Individuals with impressive achievements and great technical skills, highly proficient in Python . - Around 3 years of experience in AI with the ability to act autonomously and demonstrate real curiosity for AI. - Customer-facing experience and comfortable working alongside a customer. - Excellent communication skills. **About H:** H Company is a next-generation AI research and product company pioneering the future of autonomous, agentic AI. Founded to build intelligence that acts, H Company is creating the foundational infrastructure for autonomous AI systems that drive real-world outcomes across industries. ### About the Team The Forward Deployed Team is committed to ensuring the successful implementation of our Agents to help our customer automate and optimize tasks, and allow them to focus on what really matters. The team is also responsible to shape the future vision of our products by distilling learnings from the field into the H platform. That platform empowers a wide range of professionals and businesses to safely, easily and autonomously deploy agents at scale for a broad range of tasks: from ensuring websites behave as expected to automating repeated tasks. ### Key Responsibilities Understand and identify customer’s most important and impactful multi-step task to automate Seamlessly integrate with customer systems, including but not limited to databases, third-party APIs, and internal tools, etc. Rapidly iterate in the field with tight feedback loops to continuously improve product fit and drive end-to-end solution delivery Architect, build, and maintain production-grade services that scale with usage and complexity Collaborate closely with product, research, and engineering teams to shape the roadmap and align on priorities based on findings in the field ### Requirements 3+ years of professional AI + software engineering experience, ideally in fast-paced environments (e.g., startups, consulting, or product teams), or otherwise proven technical acumen through projects and past experiences Experience working with AI/ML systems, especially integrating LLMs or other agentic workflows into real products Heavy fluency in Python and familiarity with Typescript Familiarity with backend (FastAPI, Next.js…) and frontend (React…) frameworks and a good sense of UI/UX tradeoffs Experience building and deploying production systems: APIs, services, infrastructure, and/or data pipelines Proficiency in integrating third-party APIs, databases, and external systems in a secure and reliable way Strong problem-solving skills and ability to thrive in ambiguous, customer-facing environments Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal Bias for action: able to ship quickly, iterate fast, and own the full lifecycle of solutions Willingness to travel for on-site deployments or customer engagements ### Location H's teams are distributed throughout Paris, France, London, UK, and the US. This role can be based either in SF/Bay area-CA, Austin-TX, or NY. ### What we offer Be part of the founding journey of one of the most exciting AI startups shaping the future of AI and agentic systems. Collaborate with a fun, dynamic and multicultural team, working alongside world-class AI engineers, researchers, and builders in a high-trust, high-impact environment. Enjoy a competitive compensation package, including equity. [View posting at H Company](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hcompany/9d3a4bc3-da2d-4cc7-850b-c4010aa2e02b/application) ## About H Company Builds computer-use AI models, agents, and deployment infrastructure so enterprises can automate workflows across web, desktop, and legacy software without relying on APIs. 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