> 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. # Member of Technical Staff Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a38bade6988c3a33 Modus posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in New York, NY, at $150,000–$350,000 base, above the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Build and deploy production-grade AI agents that automate end-to-end financial audit workflows for early accounting-firm customers. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Modus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/modus) Posted Jan 22, 2026 by Modus · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$150,000–$350,000** New York, NY On-site Full-time Build and deploy production-grade AI agents that automate end-to-end financial audit workflows for early accounting-firm customers. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Fa38bade6988c3a33&placement=top) - [View posting at Modus](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/modus/da8611c9-3ea7-4e74-b6f6-35df088c7c02/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–$350K Above the median Midpoint $250K · median $190K This job $150K to $350K. 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**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Individual contributor ### 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. 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Modus Audit is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners to invest in and modernize accounting firms using Agentic AI. We streamline financial audits from the ground up — starting with real customers and real revenue. We've partnered with our first firm, and are rapidly growing our engineering team to help us build and deploy our agents at scale. We’re a small, execution-focused team. If you're excited by fast feedback loops, messy real-world data, and applied AI with business impact — we’d love to talk. ### Why this role matters Our core thesis: audits should be faster, more accurate, and more scalable — and agents are the way to get there. You’ll work directly with our early customers and founders to ship production-grade AI-powered agents. You'll design and own zero-to-one systems across LLM pipelines, document parsing, browser automation, and backend infrastructure. You’ll shape the product and the company. ### What you'll do - Build and deploy AI agents that parse documents, extract entities, cross-check financials, and complete workflows end-to-end - Work across the stack — from Python backends and vector stores to browser-based agents and internal tools - Ship fast: iterate on v1s quickly, and come back to compound the wins - Own real outcomes with our design partners — your work will hit production - Evaluate and integrate emerging AI frameworks, tools, and best practices - Help us build the engineering culture you’d want to work in ### What we look for - Strong builder instincts and end-to-end ownership - Track record of shipping AI/infra/backend features fast (Python preferred) - Experience or interest in LLMs, Agent Frameworks, RAG, browser automation, or doc parsing - Bias for action, debugging in prod, and learning from real-world usage - Not above any task — write the scraper, deploy the server, call the customer ### Compensation - Competitive base salary ($150K–$350K depending on experience) - Meaningful early-stage equity - Full healthcare benefits - In-person office in NYC with team meals, fast iteration cycles, and real user exposure [View posting at Modus](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/modus/da8611c9-3ea7-4e74-b6f6-35df088c7c02/application) ## About Modus Modus partners with and invests in accounting firms, embedding AI workflows and growth resources to modernize audit delivery. 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