> 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 Platform Engineer, Find My Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bcc832bcdee76cf6 Apple posts a senior FDE role to build what the customer runs in Cupertino, CA, at $150,400–$277,600 base, above the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Lead partner integrations from scoping and architecture through pilots and enablement. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) Posted Oct 21, 2026 by Apple · open on Apple careers as of Nov 8, 2026 **$150,400–$277,600** Cupertino, CA Lead partner integrations from scoping and architecture through pilots and enablement. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Fbcc832bcdee76cf6&placement=top) - [View posting at Apple](https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200683831-0836/senior-platform-engineer-find-my) 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–$278K Above the median Midpoint $214K · median $190K This job $150K to $278K. 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 3. Implementation 4. Operations - **Coding**: Prototypes and scripts - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **5+ years** software development Background - **Software engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 5+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in Cupertino, CA. Could you work there? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. 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