> 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. # Software Engineer, Product Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1f6f4f1ea14eb94f Salient posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in San Francisco, CA, at $140,000–$200,000 base, below the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Software Engineer, Product responsible for owning end-to-end customer implementations of Salient’s Voice AI Agent solution and building customer-driven features into the core product. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Salient](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salient) Posted May 12, 2026 by Salient · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$140,000–$200,000** + equity San Francisco, CA On-site Full-time Software Engineer, Product responsible for owning end-to-end customer implementations of Salient’s Voice AI Agent solution and building customer-driven features into the core product. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F1f6f4f1ea14eb94f&placement=top) - [View posting at Salient](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/salient/a213eea8-ef18-40cb-b693-67ca3900c7fb/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 $140K–$200K Below the median Midpoint $170K · median $190K This job $140K to $200K. 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 (not covered) - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Individual contributor ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in San Francisco, CA. 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**: San Francisco, CA - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Pay**: ## More like this [Hive](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hive) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d280fa23305a2516) San Francisco, CA On-site 3w ago $120,000–$200,000 [Fulcrum](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fulcrum) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/93c0e9cb9ecf62ba) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $140,000–$300,000 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Kaggle, DeepMind (Fixed-Term Contract)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6d6f76669f791f27) Mountain View, CA · New York, NY 4w ago $174,000–$232,000 ## The job description from Salient Posted by Salient on May 12, 2026 ### About Us Salient builds AI agents for regulated financial services. Our agents automate loan servicing, compliance, collections, recovery, insurance claims, and disputes for banks, captives, and specialty lenders. We are: - Backed by a16z and Y Combinator, with $75M raised in Series A funding - Cash flow positive and profitable, with mid eight figure ARR achieved in under two years - Already serving more than 20% of the auto lending industry - Processing millions of real customer calls and transactions every day - Fully deployed in production with major financial institutions - Actively expanding into new financial services segments - Building together in person in San Francisco We are deeply integrated with our customers, own the full technology stack, and move quickly to bring modern AI into regulated industries where precision, reliability, and performance matter. ### About the Role We're seeking a **Software Engineer, Product **to work directly with our customers to implement our technology and build any required customizations. In this role, you will apply your problem-solving ability, creativity, and technical skills to be a customer’s first resource for implementing AI agents in their company. This role is critical in helping us deliver reliable, compliant, and efficient customer service solutions to millions of borrowers. ### Responsibilities - You will own the end-to-end implementation and execution of high-stakes customer engagements and projects, determining what the customer requirements are and how best to apply our Voice AI Agent solution - Implement and build new features with customers, and implement them in the core engineering product ### Requirements - Relevant college and post-college work experience in a fast moving work environment - Customer-facing polish, with ability to extract requirements and run discovery - strong communicator - Ownership mindset — someone who treats every deployment like a mission-critical project - Strong hands on coder with proven proficiency in programming languages in either Python, Typescript or Javascript - Excellence in technical documentation and cross-team communication - Ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical customers, and comfortable working in a dynamic environment with evolving objectives and many iterations with customers - Ability to work 4 days a week from our San Francisco office (open to candidates willing to relocate) At Salient, we’re building at the edge of AI - fast, focused, and with real ownership. Sprints and major launches move quickly, and we look for people who are energized by that pace. Our team **typically works around 60 hours per week**, **beginning at 8:00 AM**, with **four days spent collaborating in person** at our San Francisco office. We also offer a benefits package designed to support our full-time employees: **medical, dental, and vision coverage**, a **generous 401(k)**, **and catered lunches**. By applying, you acknowledge that your personal information will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy. [View posting at Salient](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/salient/a213eea8-ef18-40cb-b693-67ca3900c7fb/application) ## About Salient Salient provides AI agents and workflow automation for consumer lenders across servicing, collections, audits, disputes, and insurance claims. 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