> 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. # Senior Python/AI Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/76cd1c61755c34ac Nortal posts a senior FDE role to build what the customer runs in US · city not listed with no pay posted. A hands-on senior engineer will build the knowledge pipelines, retrieval systems, and evaluation foundations for production AI solutions in a mining-company context. Read from the employer’s posting on November 9, 2026. - [Nortal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nortal) First seen Oct 24, 2026 · open on iCIMS as of Nov 9, 2026 Pay not posted US · city not listed Hybrid A hands-on senior engineer will build the knowledge pipelines, retrieval systems, and evaluation foundations for production AI solutions in a mining-company context. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F76cd1c61755c34ac&placement=top) - [View posting at Nortal](https://careers-en-nortal.icims.com/jobs/6613/senior-python-ai-engineer/job?in_iframe=1) 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, 1,864 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? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. 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