> 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. # Senior VLM & VFM Field Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f13fd828ebf1e20 Matroid posts a senior FDE role to build what the customer runs in Palo Alto, CA, at $200,000–$350,000 base, above the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,849 postings with pay. Senior field engineer owning customer-facing delivery of production-grade VLM, VFM, and computer vision systems across enterprise deployments. Read from the employer’s posting on November 6, 2026. - [Matroid](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/matroid) First seen Oct 4, 2026 · open on Breezy as of Nov 6, 2026 **$200,000–$350,000** Palo Alto, CA On-site Full-time Senior field engineer owning customer-facing delivery of production-grade VLM, VFM, and computer vision systems across enterprise deployments. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F8f13fd828ebf1e20&placement=top) - [View posting at Matroid](https://matroid.breezy.hr/p/19f218e5ce3b-senior-vlm-vfm-field-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 $200K–$350K Above the median Midpoint $275K · median $190K This job $200K to $350K. Senior FDE postings, 1,849 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 2. Proof of concept 3. Implementation 4. Operations - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **3+ years** industry experience focused on computer vision, AI, robotics, machine learning, natural language processing, or a related discipline *Preferred* ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in Palo Alto, 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**: Palo Alto, CA - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Pay**: ## More like this [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/522df6273aa0eeb2) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $251,000–$278,000 [Baseten](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baseten) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Training)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aff80bb0a92dd3dd) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Apollo Research](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apollo-research) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Product)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7394fd0a5648bf6e) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $222,000–$290,000 - [Other jobs at Matroid (2)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/matroid) ## What you’ll do - Build and deploy VLM, VFM, and specialized computer vision systems - Own technical delivery from scoping and model selection through production deployment - Optimize inference across cloud, edge, and hybrid environments - Establish benchmarks, analyze failure modes, and improve model robustness ## What you’ll bring - Master’s degree or higher in a relevant technical discipline - Hands-on experience with visual recognition and adapting or evaluating VLMs or visual foundation models - Excellent Python and software engineering skills for model and infrastructure integrations - Proficiency with PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, Hugging Face, NumPy, and OpenCV [View posting at Matroid](https://matroid.breezy.hr/p/19f218e5ce3b-senior-vlm-vfm-field-engineer/apply) ## Similar jobs [Reducto](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reducto) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5c86f9b878bf4784) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [Laurel](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/laurel) ### [Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/303b3bfbfb7335e6) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6w ago $221,000–$275,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [ML Ops DSX Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/76728b0c4db2d623) Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remote Remote 10d ago $184,000–$356,500 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [AI Forward Deployed Engineering Senior Manager | Sales ReInvention](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/16bca3048d7b55d6) Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +41 more 6w ago $112,900–$366,300 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent (Brazilian Portuguese speaking)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c214f10a964983c7) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago $180,000–$390,000 - [Compare senior FDE salary ranges](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/senior) - [Similar jobs in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area) - [Similar jobs that build what the customer runs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=builds-for-customers) Hiring at Matroid and want this page changed or removed? 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