> 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. # Applied AI Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b91b4149e9c174c Armory posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in New York, NY, at $140,000–$200,000 base, below the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Translate customer and field feedback into platform capabilities. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Armory](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/armory) Posted Sep 15, 2026 by Armory · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$140,000–$200,000** + equity New York, NY On-site Full-time Translate customer and field feedback into platform capabilities. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F5b91b4149e9c174c&placement=top) - [View posting at Armory](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Armory/fe7f9996-7338-4eae-b909-3684a849191d/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–$200K Below the median Midpoint $170K · median $190K This job $140K to $200K. 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** - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Individual contributor ### What they ask for Experience - **2+ years** Building production software Background - **Software 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? The job is in New York, 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**: New York, NY - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Pay**: ## More like this [Treeswift Inc](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/treeswift-inc) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/64333e4e40c44025) New York, NY Hybrid 6w ago $150,000–$190,000 [InstaLILY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/instalily) ### [Software Engineer, Full Stack](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/69133966645ebb04) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA 4mo ago $150,000–$190,000 [Lio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lio) ### [Forward Deployed AI Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c83ebafb16cf0b49) New York, NY On-site 5w ago $150,000–$190,000 ## The job description from Armory Posted by Armory on Sep 15, 2026 Armory is building the transaction network for US healthcare services. Payments became infrastructure. Telecom became infrastructure. The complexity of routing money or connecting two people anywhere in the world disappeared behind reliable networks, and the end user simply transacts. Our mission is to do that for healthcare: rebuild the transaction rails from new primitives that make getting care as simple as ordering takeout. We're a small team in New York, in person every day. We've built and shipped complex workflow and AI systems for HHS, NIH, and other critical institutions. We're here because few systems matter more to the daily lives of Americans, and few are more in need of rebuilding. ### The role As an Applied AI Engineer, you play two roles: a field product engineer who viscerally understands what customers actually need, and a systems builder who makes it real. You work across a tight-knit team of engineers, strategists, and business development, taking raw signal from the field and metabolizing it into what needs to be built, not one-off solutions, but components of an architected system. Every piece of code you ship compounds into the machine we're building for US healthcare. ### What we're looking for - **Strong engineering fundamentals**: 2+ years building production software. You can architect a system, reason about how the pieces fit, and hold a clear line on engineering principles. - **Bias for leverage**: you like pulling a thread all the way and making hard things repeatable, so the next problem is easier than the last. - **Product sense**: you don't just build the ticket; you notice what the platform actually needs and build toward it. - **Clear communicator**: you explain technical decisions plainly, and you raise problems with the product or the plan early rather than working around them. ### Compensation $140,000 - $200,000 + competitive equity Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, or U.S. lawful permanent resident. This is a full-time, in-person position based at our New York City office. 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