> 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. # AI Transformation Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a251df485280b316 Sauce posts a FDE role to build for teams inside the company in New York, NY with no pay posted. Own end-to-end AI transformation beginning with Sauce's operations department, from identifying business problems through architecture, implementation, deployment, and adoption. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Sauce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sauce) Posted Jul 23, 2026 by Sauce · open on Lever as of Nov 8, 2026 Pay not posted New York, NY Hybrid Full-time Own end-to-end AI transformation beginning with Sauce's operations department, from identifying business problems through architecture, implementation, deployment, and adoption. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Fa251df485280b316&placement=top) - [View posting at Sauce](https://jobs.lever.co/Sauce/eeeca135-3c94-4e4b-ad90-09f9e96e4fa7/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 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 **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: Internal teams - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### Do you meet what the posting states? 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. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: New York, NY - **Work arrangement**: Hybrid - **Employment type**: Full-time ## More like this [Simpson Thacher & Bartlett](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/simpson-thacher-bartlett) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/872d73bbc699ee75) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $180,000–$210,000 [Red Ventures](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-ventures) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer | Bankrate](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b259c2064b847eda) New York, NY · Charlotte, NC Remote 3mo ago $100,000–$195,000 [Pearson](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pearson) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/28aded475bf05fc5) Durham, NC · Hoboken, NJ New · 4d ago $95,000–$160,000 ## The job description from Sauce Posted by Sauce on Jul 23, 2026 Sauce is a premier restaurant technology platform that helps businesses grow with our Commission-Free Delivery & Pickup structure and proprietary delivery optimization technology. We are serving a 105 billion dollar US local restaurant business. Headquartered in NYC and Tel-Aviv, Sauce wants restaurants to fulfill their highest potential, this means giving local establishments everything they need to connect directly with their customers. The Sauce team pools together decades of restaurant tech experience, along with seasoned tech, sales, marketing, product and operations executives who produce an industry-changing delivery system for successful local restaurants and chains. ** *About The Role:*** We're hiring a builder-architect to lead AI-first transformation at Sauce, starting with our operations department. Not a fullstack dev who "uses AI" — someone closer to a technical founder: you take an operational business problem end-to-end, act as your own PM, design the architecture, and build until it's solved. You'll operate across teams and codebases in an R&D org built on legacy practices — and drag it into the AI-first era.This is a 10X-accelerator role. You get a problem, not a ticket. No PM layer, no sprint ceremonies — you own scoping, solution design, delivery, and adoption. ### What You'll Do: - Own operations problems end-to-end — Understand the operational pain, define the solution, be its PM, architect it, build it, ship it, and iterate until it actually works in production - Drive AI transformation across the company — introduce AI-first practices into an R&D org with legacy habits; champion new tooling and prove it with shipped results - Design and deploy agentic systems — AI agents, human-in-the-loop workflows, operational UIs, CRM integrations, n8n/orchestration pipelines that automate ops end-to-end - Cross boundaries freely — get into other teams' code, other domains, other stacks; no "not my area" - Work directly with business stakeholders — translate vague operational feedback into precise, well-architected solutions - Reports to VP, R&D; works directly with business and ops leadership — you set priorities with them, not receive them ### What You Bring: - Almost a technical founder — you've built products or companies (or operated like you did), and you still love to build - PM + Architect + Engineer in one — you don't need requirements written for you; you write them, then execute - A strong software architect — you build proper, extensible systems, not duct-tape automations; you extend cleanly and never break what exists - AI-native — deep, current, hands-on experience with LLMs, agents, and AI-assisted development; you know what's possible this month, not last year - Relentless — energy to push until the problem is solved; "no matter what" is your operating mode - Multi-domain — comfortable in unfamiliar codebases, stacks, and business areas - A transformation driver — you've changed how a team or company works, not just shipped features into it ### Technical Experience - AI agents in production — tool use, structured outputs, multi-step orchestration, evals, human-in-the-loop design - Ops automation — n8n or similar workflow platforms, operational UIs, CRM integrations (HubSpot a plus) - AI-first development — expert with Cursor / Claude Code / equivalent as primary build tools - Full-stack — Node.js + React or equivalent; PostgreSQL or similar - Architecture — API design, third-party integrations, cloud deployment (Azure / AWS / GCP) - Security awareness — move fast with emerging tech while keeping systems secure ### Nice to Have - *Founder / Founding-engineer experience* - *HubSpot API* - *MongoDBPlaywright / Browser automation* - *Chrome extensions* - *Restaurant or logistics domain knowledge* ### What We Offer: - Strong & Competitive Compensation Package, Including Equity - Company-Sponsored Insurance Package (Health, Dental, Vision, Mental Health) - Paid Parental Leave - Flexible Work Environment - Responsible Paid Time Off Policy *Sauce is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions), national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability (physical or mental), gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, immigration status, or any other classification, category or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. We understand the importance of creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace and celebrate our employees for their differences.* [View posting at Sauce](https://jobs.lever.co/Sauce/eeeca135-3c94-4e4b-ad90-09f9e96e4fa7/apply) ## Similar jobs [SK Life Science, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sk-life-science-inc) ### [Senior AI Solutions Engineer, Business Transformation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1dccb0db3c40fe24) Paramus, NJ On-site 2w ago $135,000–$160,000 [Fluidstack](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluidstack) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Compute Operations ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f4f6e29d5c5a0b3d) New York, NY On-site 5w ago $224,000–$300,000 [fluent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluent) ### [Software Engineer (AI Agents)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/af6349a15d3ebff5) New York, NY Remote New · 2d ago $130,000–$155,000 [Equinix](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/equinix) ### [GTM Engineer: Customer Experience & Lifecycle](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7335306ba6f00dfe) Dallas, TX · Redwood City, CA · +3 more 5mo ago $136,000–$245,000 [Bankrate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bankrate) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6b87285621c7c789) New York, NY · Charlotte, NC Hybrid 3mo ago $100,000–$195,000 - [Compare senior FDE salary ranges](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/senior) - [Similar jobs in New York metro](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=nyc-metro) - [Similar jobs that build for teams inside the company](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=internal-deployment) Hiring at Sauce and want this page changed or removed? Email info@nextmove.md and we take it down. Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)