> 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. # Principal Forward Deployed Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/78beee344451f69f Liatrio posts a principal FDE role to build what the customer runs in US with no pay posted. Principal Forward Deployed Engineer leading enterprise architecture and technical strategy for major client engagements, embedding with enterprise teams to drive AI-native transformation and legacy modernization. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Liatrio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liatrio) Posted Mar 13, 2026 by Liatrio · open on Lever as of Nov 8, 2026 Pay not posted US Remote Full-time Principal Forward Deployed Engineer leading enterprise architecture and technical strategy for major client engagements, embedding with enterprise teams to drive AI-native transformation and legacy modernization. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F78beee344451f69f&placement=top) - [View posting at Liatrio](https://jobs.lever.co/liatrio/43eaf265-9901-408d-8124-b9e8eba8e094/apply) 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 Staff+ FDE postings, 388 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $197K to $262K, median $225K. ### The work Builds what the customer runs Balance **Mixed** Project stages 1. Pre-sales 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations (not covered) Travel **Up to 25%** - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Staff+ - **Role**: Individual contributor ### What they ask for Experience - **10+ years** hands-on software engineering Background - **Software engineering** Visa - **No visa sponsorship** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 10+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a staff-level role. What level are you at now? The work is remote from the US. Can you work from the US? The posting says no visa sponsorship. Do you need one? 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We help industry-leading enterprises break free from legacy systems and adopt AI that reshapes how teams build, deliver, and thrive at scale. We partner directly with enterprise teams to embed AI-native practices into delivery by accelerating modernization, reducing risk, and shipping production-grade AI systems that set the standard for the industry. Our people embed directly inside client organizations, leading hands-on AI enablement and transformations that reshape how entire enterprises build and operate at scale. If you’re ready to lead real AI transformation, this is where you belong. ### About the Role: We are seeking Principal Forward Deployed Engineers who thrive on shipping production software, solving complex systems problems, and pioneering AI-first engineering workflows. As a Principal FDE, you lead the enterprise architecture and technical strategy for major client engagements, serving as a trusted advisor to executive leaders. Remaining hands-on in the code, you align delivery with strategic goals, model AI-first practices, and elevate client teams through active mentorship. ### What You'll Do: - Defining and driving the overarching enterprise architecture and technical strategy across complex client engagements - Writing and reviewing production code across critical systems: establishing high-watermark standards for architecture, resilience, and security alongside embedded delivery teams - Integrating AI and LLM capabilities into enterprise architectures: designing scale-ready agentic systems, RAG platforms, enterprise AI governance, and developer productivity ecosystems - Pioneering AI-assisted software delivery: using advanced AI coding environments, LLM tooling, and agentic assistants to accelerate refactoring, code generation, and test writing in client codebases - Enabling client engineering teams on AI-first practices: hands-on coaching and pairing with client developers to integrate AI coding assistants into their daily development workflows and culture - Evaluating and implementing AI safety, observability, and evaluation frameworks: ensuring client AI integrations are secure, reliable, and production-ready rather than just experimental prototypes - Leading large-scale legacy modernizations: architecting the migration off monolithic platforms to resilient, cloud-native microservices and event-driven architectures - Serving as the primary technical executive interface: advising client engineering leaders and directors on risk mitigation, platform evolution, and technical roadmap execution - Establishing delivery governance, automated testing standards, security guardrails, and CI/CD best practices across multi-team engagements - Mentoring and elevating staff and lead engineers across client and internal Liatrio organizations through architecture reviews, strategic pairing, and hands-on guidance - Partnering with executive account leaders on strategic account growth, technical proposal creation, statement of work (SOW) development, and key client pitches ### Experience and Skills: ### Engineering and Enterprise Architecture - You have a track record of owning the architectural direction of complex workstreams in enterprise environments, you've made the hard technical calls, been accountable for the outcomes, and learned from the experiences that didn't go as planned - You've modernized large legacy applications in real enterprise environments, you understand the strangler fig pattern, incremental refactoring, and event-driven decomposition as practical strategies you've applied under real constraints - You're fluent across the full delivery stack, frontend, backend, APIs, data, cloud infrastructure, with genuine depth in multiple areas - You've designed and delivered cloud-native, distributed systems at enterprise scale, microservices, event-driven architectures, API gateways, async messaging, and you understand the failure modes and operational complexity that comes with them - You've operated in large enterprise environments with multi-cloud setups, complex organizational structures, and legacy constraints, and you know how to deliver meaningful progress despite them - You can hold the technical bar for an entire workstream, reviewing architecture, reviewing code, catching problems early, and developing engineers through the process - You have enough knowledge of platform engineering, infrastructure as code, cloud-native platform adoption, whether that's Kubernetes, managed container services, or other orchestration platforms depending on client environment, and DevOps practices to make good architectural decisions and speak credibly to the engineers responsible for the platform ### AI and Intelligent Systems - You possess end-to-end operational experience designing and deploying enterprise AI solutions, from model integration and RAG pipelines to security, observability, and evaluation framework adoption - You define and model AI-augmented engineering workflows, leveraging modern AI tooling as an institutional force multiplier for developer velocity - You communicate credibly with VP- and C-level client leaders about pragmatic AI strategies, transformation metrics, and high-ROI technical initiatives ### Requirements - 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with significant time spent leading enterprise architecture or principal-level engineering initiatives - Must be authorized to work in the United States or Canada without sponsorship - Travel availability: 25% depending on client needs Liatrio is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity at our company and strive to create a culture of inclusion. We do not discriminate, nor do we tolerate harassment, on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. We want our process to be accessible for everyone. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, or you require a religious accommodation, and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at our company, please contact hello@liatrio.com. [View posting at Liatrio](https://jobs.lever.co/liatrio/43eaf265-9901-408d-8124-b9e8eba8e094/apply) ## About Liatrio Liatrio embeds forward-deployed engineers with enterprise teams to build AI-native systems, modernize delivery, and transfer durable engineering capability. 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