> 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. # Applied AI Software Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/82c7576e3ad4cabe Antithesis posts a FDE role to build for teams inside the company in Vienna, VA, at $155,000–$185,000 base, below the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Build AI-native, full-stack products and workflows that help Sales, Marketing, and RevOps teams work more effectively. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Antithesis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/antithesis) First seen Sep 3, 2026 · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$155,000–$185,000** + equity Vienna, VA On-site Full-time Build AI-native, full-stack products and workflows that help Sales, Marketing, and RevOps teams work more effectively. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F82c7576e3ad4cabe&placement=top) - [View posting at Antithesis](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/antithesis/c491d4a1-1b5e-4f67-aeb3-99617b3b3357/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 $155K–$185K Below the median Midpoint $170K · median $190K This job $155K to $185K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Builds for teams inside the company Balance **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations (not covered) - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: Internal teams - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Individual contributor ### What they ask for Experience - **4+ years** professional software engineering *Preferred* Background - **Software engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 4+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in Vienna, VA. 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**: Vienna, VA - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Pay**: ## More like this [The Carlyle Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/the-carlyle-group) ### [Engineer, AI & Process Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b7b9aaff57e1f740) Washington, DC Remote 2mo ago $160,000–$180,000 [X-energy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/x-energy) ### [Engineer IV, AI & Digital Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/164f027b20ddaee5) Rockville, MD · Gaithersburg, MD Hybrid 2mo ago $180,000–$205,000 [Crowe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crowe) ### [AI Technical Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/09376e25483dddb4) Chicago, IL · Washington, DC · +35 more Hybrid 2w ago $102,400–$204,100 ## The job description from Antithesis ### About Antithesis We’re on a mission to redefine how modern distributed systems are tested and released. Our platform is trusted by engineering teams who demand rock-solid reliability, scalable performance, and deep technical visibility. Our platform doesn’t just assure system correctness and reliability, it exists because developers need something better. If you’ve ever experienced the pain of a production outage, had a bad week on-call, or had a release delayed by weeks because of one killer bug – you’ll understand exactly why we’re doing what we do. If you're passionate about developer-first products, system resilience, and correctness, we’d love to talk. ### About the Role We’re hiring an Applied AI Software Engineer to build AI-native products to help our go-to-market and marketing teams. You’ll work at the intersection of software engineering, applied AI, data, and GTM operations. ### What You’ll Do - Work directly with Sales, Marketing and RevOps to understand how they work, where they get stuck, and how they could do more with technology. - Design, build, and ship full-stack products that use AI to help non-technical teams get work done. - Build everything from lightweight agent workflows and automations to production applications for research, enrichment, account scoring, and other GTM problems. - Make pragmatic build-versus-buy decisions. The right solution might use an existing tool, a reusable agent skill, a custom integration, or a full application. - Partner with RevOps to integrate with the systems that GTM teams use like Salesforce, Marketo, and Gong. Why Join Us? - Join a collaborative, kind team supporting a rapidly-growing sales organization. - Work with the resources - tools, teammates, and world-class experts - to do portfolio-worthy work. - Use and explore AI in an environment that does *not* tolerate workslop. ### Preferred Qualifications - 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, including independently shipping and operating production systems. - Experience shipping an LLM-powered product, feature, or workflow for real users. You understand the difference between an impressive prototype and a system people can depend on. - Experience working directly with non-technical users to understand their workflows, test ideas, and improve products through feedback. - Experience integrating with business systems such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Gong, Slack, or data-enrichment platforms. - Strong product and engineering judgment. You can move quickly when the problem calls for an experiment and build for reliability when the solution becomes business critical. Our current stack for internal GTM applications includes TypeScript, React, LangChain, and AWS. Experience with these tools is helpful, but we care more about strong engineering fundamentals and the ability to learn. [View posting at Antithesis](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/antithesis/c491d4a1-1b5e-4f67-aeb3-99617b3b3357/application) ## About Antithesis Antithesis runs complete software systems in deterministic simulation to find and reproduce bugs for engineering teams operating mission-critical distributed systems. 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