> 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. # Customer Software Application Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7bb4d5324bed0d63 Seasats posts a FDE role to integrate and configure the product in San Diego, CA, at $130,000–$180,000 base, level with the mid-level FDE median of $149,000 across 106 postings with pay. Customer Software Application Engineer supporting external customers and internal teams across setup, troubleshooting, documentation, deployments, and vehicle software integrations for autonomous ocean vehicles. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Seasats](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seasats) First seen Jul 30, 2026 · open on Breezy as of Nov 8, 2026 **$130,000–$180,000** San Diego, CA On-site Full-time Customer Software Application Engineer supporting external customers and internal teams across setup, troubleshooting, documentation, deployments, and vehicle software integrations for autonomous ocean vehicles. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F7bb4d5324bed0d63&placement=top) - [View posting at Seasats](https://seasats.breezy.hr/p/1c19c578d9ae-customer-software-application-engineer/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 $130K–$180K Level with the median Midpoint $155K · median $149K This job $130K to $180K. Mid-level FDE postings, 106 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $123K to $162K, median $149K. ### The work Integrates and configures it Balance **Mixed** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: Both - **Level**: Mid - **Role**: Individual contributor ### What they ask for Experience - **2+ years** technical professional experience ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 2+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a mid-level role. What level are you at now? The job is in San Diego, CA. Could you work there? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. 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