> 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 Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/42b9f2267bbf8fac Basic Capital posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in New York, NY, at $180,000–$210,000 base, level with the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. A forward deployed engineer embeds with retirement-plan administrators, record-keepers, and payroll processors to identify operational problems and build end-to-end software solutions. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Basic Capital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/basic-capital) Posted Jul 24, 2026 by Basic Capital · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$180,000–$210,000** + equity New York, NY On-site Full-time A forward deployed engineer embeds with retirement-plan administrators, record-keepers, and payroll processors to identify operational problems and build end-to-end software solutions. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F42b9f2267bbf8fac&placement=top) - [View posting at Basic Capital](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/basiccapital/6c9012fd-7c66-4d6a-9156-4c585a7ab2b9/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 $180K–$210K Level with the median Midpoint $195K · median $190K This job $180K to $210K. 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 ### What they ask for Experience - **2+ years** forward deployed / solutions engineering experience Background - **Solutions and customer engineering** - **Forward deployed engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 2+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? 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[What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: New York, NY - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Pay**: ## More like this [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 [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 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e4b5aa282dcdc7d7) East Palo Alto, CA · San Francisco, CA · +3 more New · 2d ago $143,700–$223,600 ## The job description from Basic Capital Posted by Basic Capital on Jul 24, 2026 ### About Basic Capital Basic Capital is a fintech company disrupting America’s $1T retirement industry by building the modern 401(k) built for today's workforce, and the first ever retirement mortgage. Our mission is to create products, platforms, and a credit marketplace that power a fundamentally new retirement system. Our founding team includes leaders from Goldman Sachs, Uber, Block, Stripe, and Robinhood. We’re backed by top investors such as Lux Capital, Forerunner Ventures, BoxGroup, SVAngel, Inspired Capital, and Henry Kravis. Based in Tribeca, NYC, we’re assembling a lean, high-performance team committed to reducing wealth inequality. For more information, visit Basic Capital’s website. ### You will - Embed directly with external parties such as Third Party Administrators (TPA's), Record-Keepers, and HR/Payroll processors - Rapidly understand their toughest operational issues and use software and AI as a lever to quickly build end-to-end full stack products for them - Engage directly with external stakeholders, from technical teams to executives ### Required Competencies - 2+ years of forward deployed / solutions engineering experience - Strong full stack software engineering skills - Proficiency in any of the following: Kotlin, Rust, Java, Go, C/C++, Python, Ruby, or TypeScript - Proficiency with React ### Preferred Competencies - Experience in fintech or early-stage technology companies - A highly analytical approach to solving business and operational problems using technology - Curiosity about the intersection of technology and business operations ### Cultural Fit - Passionate about solving big social problems with pragmatic solutions - Aptitude for complexity and curiosity for financial markets - Enjoys learning new technologies and selecting the right tool for each job - Adaptable and open to contributing across the tech stack as the team evolves - Autonomous, high agency, accountable, and thrives in a fast-paced environment - Strong collaboration and communication skills, working effectively in cross-functional teams - Excited to be a part of an in-office team [View posting at Basic Capital](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/basiccapital/6c9012fd-7c66-4d6a-9156-4c585a7ab2b9/application) ## About Basic Capital Provides employer 401(k) plans, investment and recordkeeping services, and individual retirement products, including its Retirement Mortgage financing arrangement. 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