> 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/78d5c76b362dd187 Ciridae posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in San Francisco, CA with no pay posted. Build and deploy end-to-end software systems that turn customers’ ambiguous operational problems into production workflows, owning the work from architecture through cutover and adoption. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Ciridae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ciridae) Posted May 1, 2026 by Ciridae · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 Pay not posted San Francisco, CA On-site Full-time Build and deploy end-to-end software systems that turn customers’ ambiguous operational problems into production workflows, owning the work from architecture through cutover and adoption. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F78d5c76b362dd187&placement=top) - [View posting at Ciridae](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ciridae/1b1473f1-7d22-4996-8363-fc199fa0a13a/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 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**: Technical lead ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in San Francisco, CA. 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**: San Francisco, CA - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Employment type**: Full-time ## More like this [Petra Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/petra-security) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac67d87a1e5c0c2c) San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo ago Pay not posted [Netic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/netic) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Intern - 2026-2027](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b6e1dc647e4936bf) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $138,000–$160,000 [Casca](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/casca) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/927bef3af6c8393d) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago $160,000–$265,000 - [Other jobs at Ciridae (3)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ciridae) ## The job description from Ciridae Posted by Ciridae on May 1, 2026 *This is a super-powered FDE who has world-class engineering talent with the ability to translate it to a business audience. Over four weeks, a mess of spreadsheets, disconnected SaaS, and tribal knowledge becomes a full-stack system the business runs on. Our internal platform, Crucible, removes the deployment ramp, so you can have a production grade working demo by the end of your first day on site. You stay close to the code and close to the customer, carrying the system from first build through real use.* **What you own. **The full solution, end-to-end. From an ambiguous operational problem through architecture, frontend, backend, data, integrations, LLM orchestration, production cutover, and the metric that proves it worked. You own the deployment and oversee integrations. You work within a small pod that provides the delivery and platform support you need to focus on building the right thing. You're writing React in the morning, shaping a Postgres schema after lunch, and debugging an agent loop before dinner. What you learn in the field feeds back into Crucible as reusable tooling, patterns, and platform capabilities that make the next deployment faster. **What you bring. **Production software shipped end-to-end across the stack: React and TypeScript on the frontend, Python on the backend, APIs in use. Opinions about RAG, agents, and evals formed from building them, not reading about them. Judgment to turn incomplete requirements and evolving user feedback into working software. Comfort in a room with a CFO or a CTO alike. Calm with ambiguity. Excitement about spending meaningful time with customers and taking responsibility for whether the system is adopted and delivers the intended result. **Level.** Experienced FDEs lead engagements start to finish. Earlier-career engineers ramp quickly to do the same. [View posting at Ciridae](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ciridae/1b1473f1-7d22-4996-8363-fc199fa0a13a/application) ## About Ciridae Ciridae builds and operates custom AI operating systems that connect business records, workflows, and agents for mid-market companies. 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