> 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 Security Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97911d9a42244ce4 Strix posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in New York, NY with no pay posted. A customer-facing security engineer who deploys Strix in customer environments, validates AI agent findings, and helps turn discovered vulnerabilities into fixes. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Strix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/strix) Posted Aug 24, 2026 by Strix · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 Pay not posted New York, NY On-site Full-time A customer-facing security engineer who deploys Strix in customer environments, validates AI agent findings, and helps turn discovered vulnerabilities into fixes. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F97911d9a42244ce4&placement=top) - [View posting at Strix](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/strix/891e4e98-e162-4879-b695-1b43a371b4ff/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 Not posted Senior FDE postings, 1,864 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 (not covered) 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations - **Coding**: Configuration only - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Individual contributor ### What they ask for Experience - **3+ years** Security engineering, penetration testing, or solutions/security consulting Background - **Software engineering** - **Consulting** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 3+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in New York, NY. Could you work there? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. 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Strix is on a mission to solve security. Strix builds autonomous AI penetration testing agents that think like attackers: discovering, validating, and helping fix real vulnerabilities across live applications, codebases, and infrastructure, continuously, not once a year. We are looking for strong technical people who want to work at the intersection of AI, security, and infrastructure. ### About this role We're seeking a Forward-Deployed Security Engineer to be the technical bridge between Strix and our customers, running engagements, tuning the platform to each environment, and turning agent findings into fixed vulnerabilities. ### You're excited about this role because you will… - Deploy and operate Strix inside customer environments, from kickoff to eye-opening findings - Triage and validate agent-discovered vulnerabilities and communicate impact to security teams - Feed what you learn in the field back into the product and the agents - Become a trusted security advisor to some of the most interesting engineering organizations ### Qualifications - 3+ years in security engineering, penetration testing, or solutions/security consulting - Strong understanding of application security and common vulnerability classes - Scripting ability (Python, bash) and comfort working across varied customer stacks - Excellent written and verbal communication with technical and executive audiences - A tendency to leave things in a better way than you found them ### What we offer - Competitive salary with meaningful equity - Health, vision, and dental insurance - Office lunch and dinner (when working from our New York office) Strix is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law. To all recruitment agencies: Strix does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to Strix employees. Strix is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with the Company. [View posting at Strix](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/strix/891e4e98-e162-4879-b695-1b43a371b4ff/application) ## About Strix Strix builds AI agents and a platform for continuous penetration testing across applications, APIs, code, infrastructure, and cloud environments. 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