> 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/8a17699f6adcec65 Apple posts a FDE role to build for teams inside the company in Cupertino, CA with no pay posted. Embed with Sales teams to translate ambiguous business problems into concrete engineering specifications and shippable code. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) First seen Sep 2, 2026 · open on Apple careers as of Nov 8, 2026 Pay not posted Cupertino, CA Full-time Embed with Sales teams to translate ambiguous business problems into concrete engineering specifications and shippable code. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F8a17699f6adcec65&placement=top) - [View posting at Apple](https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200668208-0836/forward-deployed-engineer) 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 for teams inside the company Balance **Mixed** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept 3. Implementation 4. Operations - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: Internal teams - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Individual contributor ### What they ask for Experience - **8+ years** Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Architecture, full-stack product engineering, or a related highly technical, cross-functional role Background - **Software engineering** - **Solutions and customer engineering** - **Forward deployed engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 8+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in Cupertino, 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**: Cupertino, CA - **Employment type**: Full-time ## More like this [Patch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/patch) ### [Software Engineer - Market Intelligence](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/37f1a4334c032ed2) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4w ago $170,000–$220,000 [RingCentral](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ringcentral) ### [Enterprise AI Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a2c74c8d2ab32982) Belmont, CA On-site 5mo ago $127,400–$182,000 [Roku](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/roku) ### [Sr. AI Transformation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/33d5909e360f7f5a) San Jose, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $242,200–$486,000 - [Other jobs at Apple (7)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) ## What you’ll do - Build end-to-end prototypes across backend, data, and frontend layers that solve real Sales problems today. - Bring learnings from user engagement back to influence the roadmap of the internal AI-driven insight platform. - Partner with data scientists and product managers to operationalize prototype code into production-grade services. - Represent the platform to executive leadership, partner teams, and frontline Sales users. ## What you’ll bring - 8+ years in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Architecture, full-stack product engineering, or related cross-functional role. - Strong full-stack skills with proficiency in Python and JavaScript/Node.js. - Familiarity with SQL and relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Snowflake). - Functional literacy in AI/ML concepts, including LLM lifecycle (prompts, retrieval, evaluation, inference). ## About Apple Designs and sells iPhone, Mac, iPad, Watch, and Vision Pro plus a $100B+ Services layer (App Store, iCloud, Apple Pay, Music, TV+) atop a 2.5B device installed base. 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