> 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/75f6dd075ad25a46 Alex posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in New York, NY, at $120,000–$180,000 base, below the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Own end-to-end customer deployments of an AI recruiting platform, from workflow design and third-party integrations through production support and monitoring. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Alex](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alex) Posted Aug 26, 2026 by Alex · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$120,000–$180,000** + equity New York, NY On-site Full-time Own end-to-end customer deployments of an AI recruiting platform, from workflow design and third-party integrations through production support and monitoring. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F75f6dd075ad25a46&placement=top) - [View posting at Alex](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/alexai/a740ba34-d98a-4fea-b310-23ed3f366a39/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 $120K–$180K Below the median Midpoint $150K · median $190K This job $120K to $180K. 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 - **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 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 - **Pay**: ## More like this [Capgemini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capgemini) ### [GECX- Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7a8c3f3d7fe80a2) Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 more Hybrid 6w ago $88,544–$207,401 [pensar](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pensar) ### [Security Research Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/47f4c4f009782ad0) New York, NY 2w ago $120,000–$175,000 [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) ### [Business Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/373b94c00da9da13) Austin, TX · Seattle, WA · +2 more 2mo ago $118,000–$176,000 ## The job description from Alex Posted by Alex on Aug 26, 2026 ### About Alex & the Role Alex is an AI recruiter. Alex screens and interviews candidates over voice — on the web and over the phone — and it works inside the systems companies already recruit with: their applicant tracking system, their requisitions, their hiring process. Enterprises and staffing firms use it to run interviews at a volume they otherwise couldn't. Forward-Deployed Engineers are the technical owners of every Alex deployment. When a customer signs, FDEs are the people who make Alex work inside their systems and their process — and keep it working. It is the most end-to-end engineering role at the company: you design the solution, build it, integrate it, ship it to production, and own it afterwards. ### What you'll do - **Design and build how a customer uses Alex.** Turn a hiring process described in a meeting into workflows that actually run — triggers, filters, interview guides, and the actions we take back in their ATS. When a customer needs something their setup doesn't do yet, you drive it: design, build, test, roll out, verify. - **Own the integration surface.** We integrate with roughly two dozen applicant tracking systems, some directly and some through a unified API partner. You'll build new integrations, maintain existing ones, and go deep on the ones you own — along with the other systems a customer's workflow reaches into, like assessment providers and identity verification. - **Run the technical side of onboarding.** Connection, permissions and scopes, job import, field mapping, workflow build, test interviews, go-live — sequenced so nothing is discovered in front of a candidate. - **Own the deployments in production.** The team owns the support queue — for customers and candidates both — and diagnoses to root cause rather than working around it. You'll also build the monitoring that catches problems before a customer has to call. - **Be the technical voice of the customer.** You are the person who sees, across many accounts, where the product runs out. Turning that into an evidenced case our product engineering team can act on is part of the job. ### What we're looking for - Real engineering ability. This role reads code, writes code, and ships changes. It is not a technical-adjacent role. - Comfort working inside someone else's system with incomplete documentation. Much of this job is finding out what a third-party API actually does, as opposed to what its docs claim. - Debugging instinct — the reflex to go get the evidence rather than reason from the symptom. - Direct customer contact without a buffer. You'll run your own working sessions and say hard things clearly. - Strong writing. A large fraction of the output of this role is a clear written explanation. ### Nice to have - Forward-deployed, implementation, solutions, or integrations engineering experience — especially anywhere with a long tail of third-party systems. - You've built against a messy enterprise API and lived with the result. - Fluency with observability tooling — logs, traces, dashboards, alerting you had to live with. ### Why join - High ownership and growth opportunities - Collaborate with a tight-knit team of talented builders - Launch products that directly impact people’s careers - Medical, dental, and vision insurance - FSA, DCFSA, HSA options - Flexible paid time off (PTO) - 401(k) plan - Fully paid parental leave program If you've gotten this far and this role resonates with you, we want you to apply. Your first conversation will be with Alex, our AI recruiter. *Alex is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.* [View posting at Alex](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/alexai/a740ba34-d98a-4fea-b310-23ed3f366a39/application) ## About Alex Autonomous recruiting platform that interviews, screens, verifies, schedules, and reactivates candidates for employers and staffing firms through live AI conversations. 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