> 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. # Agent Development Manager Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/968fdb9f547205ca Decagon posts a senior FDE role to integrate and configure the product in New York, NY, at $150,000–$220,000 base, level with the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Own and scale Decagon’s Agent Development function, leading complex enterprise AI-agent deployments from strategy and initial build through rollout, adoption, and measurable customer outcomes. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) Posted Jan 21, 2026 by Decagon · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$150,000–$220,000** + equity New York, NY On-site Full-time Own and scale Decagon’s Agent Development function, leading complex enterprise AI-agent deployments from strategy and initial build through rollout, adoption, and measurable customer outcomes. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F968fdb9f547205ca&placement=top) - [View posting at Decagon](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/decagon/476e3152-3f9a-48ea-89bd-30516bccead7/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 $150K–$220K Level with the median Midpoint $185K · median $190K This job $150K to $220K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### 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**: Configuration only - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **4+ years** customer-facing technical roles (implementations, solutions consulting, consulting, finance, product, or project management) Background - **Solutions and customer engineering** - **Implementation and data engineering** - **Consulting** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 4+ years. How many do you have? 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[What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: New York, NY - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Pay**: ## More like this [Deepline](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepline) ### [Founding Customer Success Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1f3512226cab42cb) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $140,000–$220,000 [Legora](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/legora) ### [Technical Delivery Manager ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cb3ba528a07189a9) New York, NY On-site 3mo ago $170,000–$250,000 [Thatch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thatch) ### [Partner Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0e7fcf68f87dedb) Austin, TX · New York, NY · +1 more · US remote Remote 11d ago $160,000–$195,000 - [Other jobs at Decagon (11)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ## The job description from Decagon Posted by Decagon on Jan 21, 2026 ### About Decagon Decagon is the leading conversational AI platform empowering every brand to deliver concierge customer experiences. Our technology enables industry-defining enterprises like Avis Budget Group, Block’s Cash App and Square, Chime, Oura Health, and Hunter Douglas to deploy AI agents that power personalized, deeply satisfying interactions across voice, chat, email, SMS, and every other channel. We’re building a future where customer experiences are being redefined from support tickets and hold music to faster resolutions, richer conversations, and deeper relationships. We’re proud to be backed by world-class investors who share that vision, including a16z, Accel, Bain Capital Ventures, Coatue, and Index Ventures, along with many others. We’re an in-office company, driven by a shared commitment to excellence and velocity. Our values — Just Get It Done, Invent What Customers Want, Winner’s Mindset, and The Polymath Principle — shape how we work and grow as a team. ### About the Role As part of Decagon’s Agent Development Team, you will build and scale the function that develops world-class AI Agents for our customers. You will own the strategy and execution for deploying Decagon across complex enterprise environments, ensuring every agent build is smooth, impactful, and sets the foundation for long-term customer success. You will design and own the agent development playbook, creating the frameworks, processes, and standards that make agent builds repeatable and scalable as we grow. You will continuously improve how we deliver by leveraging AI tools, automation, and strong operational design to increase efficiency and reduce time to value. You will partner closely with customer teams to understand their workflows and goals, and work cross-functionally with Sales, Product, and Engineering to translate those needs into successful agent builds. You will guide complex rollouts, align stakeholders, and ensure every launch delivers measurable impact. ### In this role, you will - Lead AI agent builds from zero to one, driving execution, adoption, and business outcomes. - Design agent development strategies tailored to each customer’s goals and technical environment. - Improve speed, quality, and consistency across agent builds by identifying bottlenecks and introducing better systems, tooling, and automation. - Lead with assertion, be data-driven, and help build the world's highest-performing team for developing AI agents. ### Your background looks something like this - 4+ years in customer-facing technical roles like implementations or solutions consulting, or in consulting, finance, product, or project management. - Experience leading complex software or AI deployments with measurable results. - Technical fluency with SaaS platforms, integrations, and APIs. - Strong operational instincts with experience building scalable processes or playbooks. - Clear communicator who can work effectively with both executives and operators. - Highly organized and comfortable bringing structure to ambiguity in a fast-paced environment. - Low ego and team-first. Your success is the team's success. ### Even better if you have - Familiarity with enterprise systems such as Zendesk or Salesforce. - Experience building a new function or operating model from the ground up. - Power user of AI tools who uses them to transform workflows, increase leverage, and drive meaningful efficiency gains. ### Benefits We proudly offer the following benefits for our full-time employees: - Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family - Life Insurance and Disability Benefits - Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K, pension) - Parental Leave - Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot - Monthly stipend to support your wellness, lifestyle, and work-life balance - Daily lunches and snacks in the office to keep you at your best - Take what you need vacation policy (subject to local requirements; UK employees receive 25 days of statutory leave) *These benefits are described in more detail in Decagon’s policies, may vary by location, and can change at any time according to applicable compensation and benefits plans.* [View posting at Decagon](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/decagon/476e3152-3f9a-48ea-89bd-30516bccead7/application) ## About Decagon Omnichannel AI concierge platform for enterprises, unifying voice, chat, and email agents with shared memory and workflow execution. 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