> 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. # Forward Deployed Solution Engineer – Applied AI FDE Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a6269874b4bdbd0 ServiceNow posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs, remote, hiring in California, at $201,300–$352,300 base, above the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Forward-deployed software engineering role on ServiceNow’s Applied AI FDE team, partnering with strategic enterprise customers to build and deploy production-grade LLM applications. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) First seen Oct 7, 2026 · open on SmartRecruiters as of Nov 8, 2026 **$201,300–$352,300** *annualized* + equity Remote, hiring in California Full-time Forward-deployed software engineering role on ServiceNow’s Applied AI FDE team, partnering with strategic enterprise customers to build and deploy production-grade LLM applications. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F1a6269874b4bdbd0&placement=top) - [View posting at ServiceNow](https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/ServiceNow/744000154154044) 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 $201K–$352K Above the median Midpoint $277K · median $190K This job $201K to $352K. 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 **Up to 30%** - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **10+ years** software engineering - **2+ years** building systems in customer-facing or embedded roles Background - **Software engineering** - **Solutions and customer engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 2+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The work is remote from the US. Can you work from the US? 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**: Santa Clara, CA - **Work arrangement**: Remote - **Remote work restrictions**: Santa Clara, California, US - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Up to 30% - **Pay**: ## More like this [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Forward Deployed Solution Engineer – Applied AI FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/764d86c11acb70bd) Atlanta, GA Remote Yesterday Pay not posted [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Senior MLOps Engineer - DSX Enablement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d111a9977bdaacbb) Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remote Remote 2mo ago $184,000–$356,500 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise - EDU](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4b0baa0ee913def4) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA Remote Yesterday $251,000–$278,000 - [Other jobs at ServiceNow (11)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ## What you’ll do - Build and deploy full-stack LLM-enabled applications - Embed with customers to adapt, implement, and iterate solutions in live environments - Engineer APIs, orchestration pipelines, vector database integrations, and UI components - Create reusable libraries, prompts, scaffolds, SDKs, and documentation ## What you’ll bring - 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in customer-facing or embedded roles - Production experience designing and implementing AI-native software - Strength in Python, Node.js or Java; React or Angular; and REST or GraphQL APIs - Familiarity with LangChain, Semantic Kernel, prompt chaining, vector search, and context management ## About ServiceNow Enterprise AI workflow platform connecting people, systems, data, and agents so large organizations can automate IT, employee, customer, security, and industry operations. 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