> 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. # Lead Forward-Deployed AI Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4f39d356f2f074a8 causaLens posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in US with no pay posted. Leads hands-on technical delivery for US pharma and life sciences customers, taking AI systems from onsite discovery through production and customer acceptance. Read from the employer’s posting on November 9, 2026. - [causaLens](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/causalens) First seen Nov 3, 2026 · open on Recruitee as of Nov 9, 2026 Pay not posted US Remote Full-time Leads hands-on technical delivery for US pharma and life sciences customers, taking AI systems from onsite discovery through production and customer acceptance. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F4f39d356f2f074a8&placement=top) - [View posting at causaLens](https://causalens.recruitee.com/o/lead-forward-deployed-ai-engineer) 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, 1,868 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 Travel **Required, amount not stated** - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### Do you meet what the posting states? 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**: US - **Work arrangement**: Remote - **Remote work restrictions**: Based within practical reach of a US pharma hub; regular work at customer sites required. - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Travel required, amount not stated ## More like this [Venn](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/venn) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/167e0db0baadded5) US Remote 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Growth Signals](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/growth-signals) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/26d0566cb62406a1) Boston, MA · US remote Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [EVB](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/evb) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/29e38981d6ecf645) Remote, OR Remote 5w ago $180,000–$250,000 ## The job description from causaLens ### Why causaLens - The next Accenture will have no employees. We are building it. - We are partnering with both sides of the industry: helping CROs, CCOs, consultancies and BPOs reimagine how they deliver services, and partnering directly with pharma companies of every size, from mid-market to global leaders. - We build Digital Workers: pre-skilled AI workforces that do knowledge work inside the customer's own environment and are paid for the outcome, not the seat. - We build with pharma services. Our Digital Workers already run inside two of the five largest CROs, helping partners like Syneos Health and Parexel deliver more for their pharma clients. Read our press release with Syneos' Global Head of Commercial Product: [link] - AI tools alone have not moved the P&L. MIT found 95% of organisations saw no return on $30 to 40B of GenAI spend. We sell finished work with SLAs, not software, so the value shows up in results. - Pharma runs on trusted service partners. About half of drug development is outsourced, and $300B+ of branded sales lose exclusivity by 2032. Digital Workers give that ecosystem the extra capacity and cost efficiency the next decade demands. - Life sciences is our largest sector, and where we are doubling down. Millions in ARR, flagship logos including J&J, Syneos Health and Parexel, with more of the largest CROs and brands onboarding now. - $51M raised from top VCs and angels, including the CEO of Revolut. 3x ARR growth and 160% net revenue retention last year **.** - Unique IP that regulated enterprises trust: Our Digital Worker harness incorporates unique, proprietary reliability technology (causalens.com/the-reliability-features) and causal reasoning (causalens.com/causal-reasoning-lab). - Ownership. Help establish local technical delivery in the US, working directly with customers and collaborating with our UK engineers **.** ### The Culture Our culture values intellectual rigour, ownership and the primacy of winning. Two articles that define how we think: ### A Hiring Framework for a New Kind of Services Company — anjor.xyz ### The Primacy of Winning — piratewires.com ### Requirements ### The Role Lead hands-on technical delivery for US pharma and life sciences customers, operating independently onsite and coordinating with UK engineers and Value Engineering. ### What you'll bring - Personal ownership of production AI systems using Python, LLMs and agentic workflows, with sound software engineering and measurable business impact - Independent client delivery: lead onsite discovery, clarify requirements, resolve technical blockers and communicate risks, with limited day-to-day supervision - A track record of leading a small engineering team or enterprise delivery workstream from discovery through production, staying hands-on and accountable for technical outcomes - Experience evaluating and operating reliable systems. Pharma, life sciences or regulated-enterprise delivery experience is preferred - Based within practical reach of a named US pharma hub and willing to work regularly at customer sites ### What you'll do - Lead customer discovery and turn workflows into feasible scope, technical designs and measurable acceptance criteria - Build and integrate agentic systems with enterprise data and APIs; own evaluation, failure handling, testing and deployment - Own technical delivery through production and customer acceptance, partnering with Value Engineering on scope, dependencies and progress - Guide engineers, review code and designs, collaborate with UK colleagues and turn delivery lessons into reusable approaches ### What you'll not do **— **R&D in the lab, isolated from customers **— **Product or platform development. There is a separate team internally for this **Benefits** We care about our people’s lives, both inside and outside of causaLens. Beyond the core benefits like competitive remuneration and a great work-life balance, we offer the following: - 20 days of paid holiday, plus bank holidays - carry over/sell holiday options (up to 5 days) - Share options - Referral bonus program - Learning and development budget ### Logistics - Recruiter Screen - Hiring Manager / Team Interview (30 mins): Deep dive into past projects, recentcodebases - Take-Home Challenge (3 hours): Testing structured thinking and practicalcoding/problem-solving. - "Day 0" Onsite (Hammersmith): * 3 x 30-minute technical interviews.-Founders/Exec Interview *If you require accommodations during the application process or in your role at causaLens, please contact us at *talent@causalens.com [View posting at causaLens](https://causalens.recruitee.com/o/lead-forward-deployed-ai-engineer) ## Similar jobs [Bayesian Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bayesian-health) ### [Software Engineer, Data Integration](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bccb8f30b163f7c8) US Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted [Tines](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tines) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0176bb4b867a420b) US Remote 5w ago $220,000–$240,000 · OTE [VetsEZ](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vetsez) ### [Senior AI Application Engineer (Remote Opportunity)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/68b6265a8888a342) Dallas, TX Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [Smartsheet](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/smartsheet) ### [Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2f2a1aa02d3af7a5) US Remote 2mo ago $127,500–$165,000 [Perseus Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/perseus-group) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f7bf9fa743ef8b82) US Remote 2w ago $117,000–$143,000 - [Compare senior FDE salary ranges](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/senior) - [Similar jobs that build what the customer runs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=builds-for-customers) Hiring at causaLens and want this page changed or removed? 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