> 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 Software Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/26d0566cb62406a1 Growth Signals posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs, remote, hiring in Massachusetts with no pay posted. Delivers enterprise customer software implementations from discovery and requirements through deployment, adoption, and stabilization. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Growth Signals](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/growth-signals) First seen Oct 24, 2026 · open on Rippling as of Nov 8, 2026 Pay not posted Remote, hiring in Massachusetts Full-time Delivers enterprise customer software implementations from discovery and requirements through deployment, adoption, and stabilization. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F26d0566cb62406a1&placement=top) - [View posting at Growth Signals](https://ats.rippling.com/growth-signals/jobs/909e845f-6e44-4708-9c1d-35993e4bbd62) 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 **Mixed** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations Travel **Up to 50%** - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **3+ years** software, solutions, or customer-facing technical role Background - **Software engineering** - **Solutions and customer 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 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**: Boston, MA · US remote - **Work arrangement**: Remote - **Remote work restrictions**: Hybrid in Boston, Massachusetts, or remote within the United States. - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Up to 50% ## More like this [Zus Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zus-health) ### [Staff Integrations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f395eb966bbbdb02) Boston, MA Remote 2mo ago $160,000–$200,000 [Oden Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oden-technologies) ### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a0a7407331899c9c) US Remote 2mo ago $95,000–$160,000 [Owkin](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/owkin) ### [Forward Deployed Computational Biologist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/91a30dd11cb73e24) Boston, MA Remote 5w ago $128,000–$150,000 ## The job description from Growth Signals ### About Growth Signals We’re building the future of AI-driven strategic innovation, and we’re looking for people who are excited to join us at the ground floor. As a seed-stage B2B startup, we’re on a mission to help teams accelerate discovery, validate concepts faster and scale impact across the organization, and we believe customer obsession is our unfair advantage. As an early member of our team, you’ll shape how we engage, retain, and grow our product & customers. This is a high‑travel, client‑facing delivery role that supports enterprise solution implementations in close collaboration with customers and internal teams. You will regularly work onsite with enterprise customers, participating in critical delivery phases and representing Growth Signals with professionalism and clarity. Candidates must be comfortable traveling 40–50% and working directly with external stakeholders. Growth Signals is hiring a Forward Deployed Software Engineer to support the delivery of enterprise customer solutions—from discovery and requirements through deployment and adoption. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys engaging directly with customers, bringing structure to ambiguity, and translating technical capabilities into practical, business‑aligned solutions. You’ll balance hands‑on customer interaction with strong internal coordination, disciplined execution, and adherence to delivery standards to ensure predictable, secure enterprise deployments. ### Responsibilities - Participate in end‑to‑end delivery of enterprise customer solutions, supporting engagements from requirements and discovery through deployment and adoption. - Serve as a technical advisor by translating customer business needs and ambiguous challenges into **clear, incremental, and deployable solution requirements**. - Own the **project execution lifecycle** for customer engagements, including requirements gathering, milestone definition, task breakdown, dependency tracking, and delivery coordination. - Support the **technical lifecycle of customer implementations**, including solution design, configuration, integration, deployment, and post‑deployment stabilization. - Engage directly with customers during implementation phases—including onsite participation—to support successful delivery, adoption, and operational readiness. - Design and support **secure, scalable, and reliable software solutions** appropriate for enterprise environments. - Collaborate closely with Sales, Customer Success, Engineering, and Product teams to ensure aligned execution and predictable delivery outcomes. - Assist with triage and resolution of technical or delivery issues in coordination with internal stakeholders. - Advocate for customers by capturing implementation insights, product feedback, and feature requests and relaying actionable input to Product and Engineering teams. - Maintain delivery standards related to solution quality, documentation, deployment readiness, and adherence to enterprise security and compliance practices. ### Required Qualifications - 3+ years in a software, solutions, or customer‑facing technical role. - Background supporting enterprise software delivery or implementation projects. - Working knowledge of project management practices, including requirements definition, milestone planning, and delivery coordination. - Proficiency with APIs, cloud platforms, and modern SaaS architectures. - Hands‑on development of frontend components using React and TypeScript, integrated with backend services. - Capability designing and implementing secure backend APIs using Python (e.g., Flask, Pydantic, Pyright, or similar frameworks). - Familiarity with LLMs, GenAI workflows, agent frameworks, or MCP concepts preferred. - Strong customer‑facing communication skills, comfort working in structured delivery environments, and willingness to travel 40–50%. ### Preferred Qualifications - Demonstrated success delivering complex enterprise software solutions in customer‑facing, client‑embedded environments. - Prior experience in Solutions Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering, Professional Services, or Enterprise Delivery roles with direct ownership of outcomes. **Location:** Hybrid (Boston, MA) or Remote (US) **Travel:** Up to 40–50% **Employment Type:** Full-Time, Permanent [View posting at Growth Signals](https://ats.rippling.com/growth-signals/jobs/909e845f-6e44-4708-9c1d-35993e4bbd62) ## About Growth Signals Growth Signals uses AI to connect research sources, generate innovation concepts, and move ideas through enterprise development pipelines. 10–50 people ## Similar jobs [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a5e1855e6916121) San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +8 more Remote 4mo ago $88,970–$198,170 [First Resonance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/first-resonance) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer (New England Area)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/473c461a80ccbf80) Providence, RI · Boston, MA · +1 more Hybrid 2mo ago $145,000–$175,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Mission Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cc4b231a5945a37b) Waltham, MA New · 4d ago $132,000–$175,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/68680c17f0761c20) Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +2 more 3w ago $143,700–$213,800 [TetraScience](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tetrascience) ### [Senior Scientific Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e21192b291ed4ac4) Boston, MA 2w ago $140,000–$200,000 - [Compare senior FDE salary ranges](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/senior) - [Similar jobs in Boston area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=greater-boston) - [Similar jobs that build what the customer runs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=builds-for-customers) Hiring at Growth Signals and want this page changed or removed? 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