> 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 Product Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/57179ba1a8531a2e Avoca posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in New York, NY, at $160,000–$300,000 base, above the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. This product engineering role embeds directly with major home-service customers to design, build, and deploy AI voice agents and production CRM/FSM integrations. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Avoca](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avoca) Posted Nov 17, 2025 by Avoca · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$160,000–$300,000** + equity New York, NY On-site Full-time This product engineering role embeds directly with major home-service customers to design, build, and deploy AI voice agents and production CRM/FSM integrations. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F57179ba1a8531a2e&placement=top) - [View posting at Avoca](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/avoca/0fc22fe4-6b8c-4c93-9b3f-fa3738054601/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 $160K–$300K Above the median Midpoint $230K · median $190K This job $160K to $300K. 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 Travel **Required, amount not stated** - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **3+ years** software engineering experience with strong full-stack or backend fundamentals Background - **Software 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 job is in New York, NY. Could you work there? 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**: New York, NY - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Travel required, amount not stated - **Pay**: ## More like this [Alloy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alloy) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0965e7891fc2216d) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $141,000–$250,000 [Kaizen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/kaizen) ### [Senior Cleared Software Engineer (TS/SCI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0f59cb75e2dc611b) New York, NY · Washington, DC Hybrid 2mo ago $220,000–$280,000 [August](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/august) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a8294291597368a7) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $140,000–$240,000 - [Other jobs at Avoca (1)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avoca) ## The job description from Avoca Posted by Avoca on Nov 17, 2025 ### About Avoca Avoca is transforming how home service companies engage with their customers. Our AI-powered conversational agents handle every high-value inbound call, from booking jobs, qualifying leads, and driving higher revenue, all at a speed and consistency unmatched by human call centers. We're a Series B startup backed by Kleiner Perkins, Meritech Capital, General Catalyst, and other top-tier investors, with $125M raised and a $1B valuation. We grew 10x in 2025 and have scaled to 170+ employees in under two years across our NYC headquarters and Santa Barbara office. In a $1T+ market where 85% of missed calls go to competitors, we're building the category-defining platform for AI-driven customer engagement, serving the largest brands in home services. With high-energy, in-office teams in both locations, every hire here has an immediate and visible impact. ### About the Role As a Forward Deployed Product Engineer, you'll embed directly with the largest brands in home services — learning how their businesses actually run, then designing and shipping the AI systems that run their front lines. This isn't a solutions role where you hand off specs and stop coding: you own the build end-to-end, from the first customer conversation to a live deployment handling real call volume. And because you have the deepest view of what customers actually encounter, what you learn in the field feeds directly into our core product roadmap. ### Recent recognition - How a chance encounter in Texas sparked a $1 billion Kleiner Perkins-backed AI startup | Fortune (2026) - Should you join: Avoca | Next Play (2026) - Brody Pennell Partners with Avoca to Take On the Full Customer Experience | Yahoo Finance (2026) ### What You’ll Do - Embed with customers to deeply understand how their business runs, then design and deploy AI voice agents that work from day one. - Build production integrations into customer CRM/FSM systems (APIs, webhooks, and data flows) plus the monitoring and feedback loops that keep them healthy. - Translate messy, real-world business requirements into clean technical architecture and shipped code. - Spot patterns across deployments and turn them into reusable tooling and product improvements that scale beyond a single customer. - Operate with high autonomy in high-stakes, ambiguous environments. - Serve as the on-site technical presence for strategic accounts. ### What You’ll Bring - 3+ years of software engineering experience with strong full-stack or backend fundamentals. **We are open to hiring mid-level, senior-level and staff-level candidates for this role. ** - Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering degree or equivalent experience. - Proficient | Advanced in TypeScript/JavaScript (Next.js, React, Node/Fastify); comfortable with PostgreSQL and AWS; ships production-grade code. - Excel at communicating complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. - Thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous settings — has delivered systems in dynamic environments with shifting priorities. - Eagerness to work in person with us in NYC full time, with travel to customer sites for key deployments. - Bonus: LLMs, prompt engineering, AI agent frameworks, vector databases, or voice/telephony infrastructure — and an eye for how LLM systems shape user experience. - Bonus: direct customer-facing experience — working with clients to scope, implement, or roll out features. ### Your first 6 months - Month 1: Onboard into our TypeScript/voice-AI stack, shadow a live deployment, and ship your first production changes to a customer integration. - Month 3: Own the technical build on a strategic account end-to-end — scoping the integration, standing up the agent, and validating it against customer-agreed success criteria. - Month 6: Be the technical owner at go-live for a flagship account, on-site when it counts, with reusable tools or product improvements you've built now running across other deployments. ### Benefits - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance - Company-sponsored 401(k) through Vestwell - Flexible PTO plus U.S. federal holidays - Monthly wellness stipend - Daily in-office lunch through Parkday - Dinner covered when working late - Commuter benefits - Standing desks and workspace accommodations available on request - All core tools and software provided ### Why Avoca At Avoca, you’ll be part of a team that’s building a category-defining company at the center of a massive market opportunity. We’re a fast-moving, collaborative team with a culture designed for builders who thrive on speed, iteration, and impact. *Avoca provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.* [View posting at Avoca](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/avoca/0fc22fe4-6b8c-4c93-9b3f-fa3738054601/application) ## About Avoca Avoca provides AI front-office agents that answer calls, book jobs, follow up with leads, and coach service-business teams. 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