> 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/2949996701bc198f Credal.ai posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in Brooklyn, NY, at $140,000–$220,000 base, below the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Embeds with organizations pursuing high-stakes missions to deliver critical outcomes while improving Credal’s core product through customer learnings. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Credal.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/credal-ai) First seen Apr 22, 2026 · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$140,000–$220,000** Brooklyn, NY On-site Full-time Embeds with organizations pursuing high-stakes missions to deliver critical outcomes while improving Credal’s core product through customer learnings. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F2949996701bc198f&placement=top) - [View posting at Credal.ai](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/credal/ec8a560e-fe8b-4989-b24f-5946bbbb8ab4/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–$220K Below the median Midpoint $180K · median $190K This job $140K to $220K. 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 Brooklyn, NY. Could you work there? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: Brooklyn, NY - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Pay**: ## More like this [MongoDB](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mongodb) ### [Senior Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee18b4ffe9431fe6) Seattle, WA · Denver, CO · +5 more Remote 2w ago $126,000–$248,000 [Pyyne](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pyyne) ### [Senior Backend Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0f2fdf113ac10f7a) New York, NY Hybrid New · 6d ago $180,000–$195,000 [Bain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bain) ### [Lead, Engineering Excellence](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22a12cc51fef0229) Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +8 more Hybrid 2mo ago $179,875–$203,925 - [Other jobs at Credal.ai (2)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/credal-ai) ## The job description from Credal.ai ### About us Our mission at Credal is to harness frontier AI for everyone building a better future. We accelerate the most complex, sophisticated operations of the most impactful institutions, while weaving security and governance into every part of our product. Our customers include the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, MongoDB, Comcast NBC Universal, Lattice, Wise (Transferwise), Checkr, and incident.io among others. We’ve raised over $10m to date with a ton of runway. You’ll join a team of Thoughtful Doers™ from places like Palantir, Cruise, Meta, Uber, and Google. 📍 Credal is **in-person** in our spacious NYC office with meals provided. ### About the role Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) means embedding directly with organizations that rely on us, particularly those pursuing incredibly important missions in healthcare, tech, robotics, etc., to help them deliver critical outcomes and make our core product even better in the process. FDE responsibilities look similar to those of a small startup CTO: you’ll work independently or in small teams and own end-to-end execution of high stakes projects. By joining Credal as an FDE, you are leapfrogging your rate of learning and impact on the world. “Forward Deployed Engineering” was pioneered by Palantir: Credal’s founders and core team were top flight Palantir Forward Deployed Engineers and worked in some of the highest stakes engineering environments in the world (fun fact: our CTO wrote Palantir’s FDE job description!) ### About you - *Much of Credal’s existing product has come out of learnings from customers!* You think critically, creatively, and empathetically about what will really help our users and make our product better long term - You’re technical, curious, analytical, and love coming up with the *right* product for users’ problems - You’re a people person who loves working with leaders and end users alike, iterating on approaches and code to win - You embrace real world complexity, messiness and ambiguity, versus preferring being fed other peoples’ tidy Jira tickets - You believe technology is a tool to use to build, not an end unto itself ### Benefits and work environment - Opportunity to take ownership and accountability of major mission, business and technical outcomes from day one. Exercise your full capacity to create positive change in the world, rather than waiting for permission to advance to slightly less boring tickets or tasks. - High quality health coverage, including great mental health benefits, for you and your immediate family. This includes comprehensive and HSA options. - Industry-leading vision, dental, life, disability coverage. - Regular team activities & offsite events (last year we went to Turks and Caicos for a hackathon week!) - Unlimited PTO - and unlike some other companies, we're serious about you taking the time you need to recharge and be the best you can be! We also offer a guaranteed two weeks off during the last two weeks of December when the entire company goes on vacation! - A generous housing subsidy for those who choose to live close to the office. ### Interview process - Intro conversation with our leadership team - Virtual chat - Work trial to meet our team and CEO. - References *(we check references on **everyone** at Credal to make sure all your future coworkers are world class and great to be around).* ### More about us We’ve built the industry’s highest ceiling and most secure Action & Agent building platform for sticky, custom AI workflows. Use cases span countless domains, including: KYC, anti-money laundering, healthcare regulation, climate standards setting, cybersecurity, sales, people, IT, and customer support. - Cultural principles - Team of 13 with 9 engineers. - 7-figure ARR. - >100% NRR. - Product docs, case studies, blog, podcast [View posting at Credal.ai](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/credal/ec8a560e-fe8b-4989-b24f-5946bbbb8ab4/application) ## About Credal.ai Enterprise AI control plane for building, governing, and deploying secure agents and MCP servers across company data and tools with permission mirroring, auditability, and approvals. 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