> 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. # Deployment Systems Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2d651601d19bd72e Nominal posts a FDE role to integrate and configure the product in Austin, TX and 2 more, at $120,000–$230,000 base, below the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Deploy and operate Nominal’s mission-critical platform in restricted, self-hosted, on-prem, and air-gapped customer environments. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Nominal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) Posted Jul 29, 2024 by Nominal · open on Gem as of Nov 8, 2026 **$120,000–$230,000** Austin, TX +2 Full-time Deploy and operate Nominal’s mission-critical platform in restricted, self-hosted, on-prem, and air-gapped customer environments. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F2d651601d19bd72e&placement=top) - [View posting at Nominal](https://jobs.gem.com/nominal/86422272-b1cc-4e82-977a-dd371c73d4fe) 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 $120K–$230K Below the median Midpoint $175K · median $190K This job $120K to $230K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Integrates and configures it Balance **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations Travel **Required, amount not stated** - **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 Austin, TX · Los Angeles, CA · +1 more. Could you work in one of these? 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**: Austin, TX · Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Travel required, amount not stated - **Pay**: ## More like this [Translucent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/translucent) ### [Forward Deployed Analytics Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9e14fb2d7e6db1f2) New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago $150,000–$200,000 [Neural Concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/neural-concept) ### [Platform Deployment Engineer - East Coast](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4bed799740f7035a) Jersey City, NJ Hybrid 7w ago $200,000–$250,000 [Thatch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thatch) ### [Partner Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0e7fcf68f87dedb) Austin, TX · New York, NY · +1 more · US remote Remote 11d ago $160,000–$195,000 - [Other jobs at Nominal (5)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) ## The job description from Nominal Posted by Nominal on Jul 29, 2024 ### About Nominal Nominal is building the connected test and operations platform powering the world's most advanced hardware systems, from spacecraft and autonomous vehicles to next-generation defense programs. Our platform gives hardware engineering teams a single place to ingest data, analyze performance, automate test execution, and collaborate across every phase of development, so they can move faster without sacrificing safety or precision. We're a fast-moving team that owns problems end-to-end, works across disciplines, and thrives at the intersection of hardware and software. We serve top-tier commercial and defense customers, from autonomy leaders like Anduril and Shield AI to next-generation aerospace teams like Hermeus and REGENT, and performance engineering teams like Pratt Miller Motorsports, alongside mission partners within the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force on programs where failure isn’t an option. We’re backed by Sequoia, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Lightspeed. Our team draws from SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Applied Intuition, and other leading companies, united by a common mission: giving hardware engineers the tools to build the future with speed, safety, and confidence. We’re looking for a **Deployment Systems Specialist **to join our team building high-scale, mission-critical infrastructure for advanced hardware systems. You’ll tackle high-scale, mission-critical problems, deploy and monitor complex distributed systems, and own projects end-to-end, all while collaborating with a team of top engineers. This role includes hands-on work in air-gapped environments, frequent travel to end-user sites, and requires U.S. TS Clearance eligibility. ### 🚀 About the role - **Deploy & support:** Deploy Nominal in restricted and self-hosted environments. Own runbooks, deployment documentation, and customer onboarding while troubleshooting issues in the field. - **Work onsite:** Travel to customer locations including test ranges, manufacturing facilities, and air-gapped data centers. Partner directly with customer engineering and IT teams to ensure successful deployments. - **Scale deployments:** Build repeatable deployment patterns across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments. Reduce complexity and improve reliability as we grow. - **Drive priorities:** Identify the highest-impact infrastructure and deployment challenges. Surface risks early and help shape roadmap priorities. - **Improve the platform:** Build observability, automation, and infrastructure tooling that make deployments easier to operate and support. - **Make sound tradeoffs:** Balance speed, reliability, flexibility, and long-term maintainability when making technical decisions. - **Own outcomes:** Take initiative, solve problems, and know when to escalate. Move quickly while maintaining a high bar for quality. ### 🔍 We're Looking For - **Infrastructure and deployment expertise:** Experience operating production infrastructure, distributed systems, or developer platforms. Comfortable in Linux environments, the command line, Kubernetes, and troubleshooting independently. - **On-prem experience:** Hands-on experience deploying and supporting systems in on-prem, edge, or restricted environments. Experience with government or classified environments is a plus. - **Compliance awareness:** Familiarity with security, compliance, and accreditation requirements, including auditability, system hardening, and regulated deployments. - **Customer-facing skills:** Able to work directly with customers on complex technical issues, build trust, and navigate difficult tradeoffs while maintaining clear boundaries and expectations. - **Process builder:** Proven ability to turn operational challenges into repeatable processes, documentation, and deployment standards that scale. - **Systems mindset:** Able to think holistically about infrastructure while digging into root causes and technical details when needed. - **Ownership and execution:** Proactive, resourceful, and comfortable working across teams to drive outcomes in ambiguous environments. - **Security requirements:** This position requires you to currently possess and be able to maintain a U.S. security clearance, in order to meet U.S. regulatory eligibility requirements for the access to classified information associated with this role. ### ⚡ Skills that supercharge us - Unix/Linux systems - Kubernetes / Kuecutl - MinIO / S3 Object Storage - Postgres - Grafana / Prometheus / Loki / Mimir observability stack - Infrastructure as code ### ✨ Benefits/Perks - **🏥 **100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance - **🏖️** Unlimited PTO and sick leave - **🍽️ **Free lunch, snacks, and coffee - **🚀 **Professional Development Stipend - 🛠️ In-office hardware lab with a $250 project stipend - **✈️** Annual company retreat *All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. * ITAR Requirements *To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR * *here* *.* ### Compensation The base pay range for this role is $120,000 – $230,000 per year. [View posting at Nominal](https://jobs.gem.com/nominal/86422272-b1cc-4e82-977a-dd371c73d4fe) ## About Nominal Nominal provides connected cloud and edge software for hardware teams to capture, analyze, automate, and operate mission-critical tests. 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