> 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. # Agentic AI FDE | USA | FTE Only Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/205bc649246b6f0c Photon posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in US · city not listed, at $80,000–$280,000 base, below the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Agentic AI Forward Deployed Engineer responsible for architecting, deploying, and optimizing customer-specific agentic AI solutions and proof-of-concepts in enterprise environments. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Photon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/photon) Posted Feb 20, 2026 by Photon · open on Oracle Cloud as of Nov 8, 2026 **$80,000–$280,000** *annualized* US · city not listed Full-time Agentic AI Forward Deployed Engineer responsible for architecting, deploying, and optimizing customer-specific agentic AI solutions and proof-of-concepts in enterprise environments. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F205bc649246b6f0c&placement=top) - [View posting at Photon](https://fa-ertb-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/25192) 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 $80K–$280K Below the median Midpoint $180K · median $190K This job $80K to $280K. 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 3. Implementation 4. Operations Travel **Up to 80%** - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **12+ years** overall professional experience - **10+ years** software engineering, infrastructure engineering, or applied ML engineering Background - **Software engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 10+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? 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