> 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. # Every FDE job search Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse 4,257 searches for forward deployed engineer jobs in the US, by location, work arrangement, kind of work and level, each with current postings. 4,257 searches with enough postings and employers to compare, filed by their first condition. Counts are current postings. Updated November 6, 2026 ## FDE jobs by location 1,800 searches · [Every search by location →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse/location) - [New York metro 908](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=nyc-metro) - [SF Bay Area 972](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area) - [Seattle area 221](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=puget-sound) - [Boston area 175](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=greater-boston) - [Washington, DC area 426](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv) - [Austin 152](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=austin) - [Chicago 188](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=chicagoland) - [Los Angeles 165](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=greater-la) - [Dallas–Fort Worth 166](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dfw) - [Denver–Boulder 109](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=front-range) - [Raleigh–Durham 45](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=triangle) - [Atlanta 129](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=atlanta) - [Philadelphia 46](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=philly-metro) - [Miami 48](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=miami-metro) - [Phoenix 32](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=phoenix-metro) - [Houston 68](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=houston-metro) - [San Diego 50](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=san-diego) - [Portland 21](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=portland-or) - [Salt Lake City 5](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=salt-lake) - [Minneapolis–St. Paul 53](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=twin-cities) - [Kansas City 30](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=kansas-city) ## FDE jobs by work arrangement 750 searches · [Every search by work arrangement →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse/work-arrangement) - [On-site 842](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?work=onsite) - [Hybrid 797](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?work=hybrid) - [Remote 696](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?work=remote) ## FDE jobs by kind of work 585 searches · [Every search by kind of work →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse/kind-of-work) - [Builds what the customer runs 1,844](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=builds-for-customers) - [Plans what the customer deploys first 324](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=strategist) - [Integrates and configures it 395](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=technical-delivery) - [Proves it works before the sale 47](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=presales) - [Keeps customers running after launch 34](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=postsales-adoption) - [Builds for teams inside the company 533](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=internal-deployment) - [Leads the deployment team 134](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=leadership) ## FDE jobs by level 310 searches · [Every search by level →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse/level) - [Junior 40](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=junior) - [Mid 166](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid) - [Senior 2,534](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior) - [Staff+480](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff) ## FDE jobs by the background they ask for 422 searches · [Every search by the background they ask for →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse/background) - [Software engineering 1,697](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering) - [Solutions and customer engineering 554](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering) - [Implementation and data engineering 764](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering) - [Forward deployed engineering 169](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering) - [Consulting 307](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting) ## FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager 190 searches · [Every search by individual contributor or manager →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse/contributor-or-manager) - [Individual contributor 1,712](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic) - [Technical lead 1,470](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=lead) - [People manager 122](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=manager) ## FDE jobs by company stage 126 searches · [Every search by company stage →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse/company-stage) - [Early (pre-seed–Series A) 452](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early) - [Growth (Series B–C) 432](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=growth) - [Later private 867](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late) - [Public 751](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public) - [Bootstrapped 89](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=bootstrapped) - [Subsidiary 87](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=subsidiary) ## FDE jobs by coding work 47 searches · [Every search by coding work →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse/coding-work) - [Writes production code 2,545](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production) - [Prototypes and scripts 161](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=prototype) - [Configuration only 422](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=configuration) - [No coding 53](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=none) ## FDE jobs by project stage 19 searches · [Every search by project stage →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse/project-stage) - [Pre-sales / evaluation 786](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?stage=presales) - [Proof of concept 1,265](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?stage=poc) - [Implementation / production 3,205](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?stage=implementation) - [Ongoing operations 2,410](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?stage=operations) ## FDE jobs by who you build for 5 searches · [Every search by who you build for →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse/who-you-build-for) - [External customers 2,515](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?recipient=external) - [Internal teams 463](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?recipient=internal) - [Both 298](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?recipient=both) ## FDE jobs by visa sponsorship 2 searches · [Every search by visa sponsorship →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse/visa-sponsorship) - [Available 87](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?visa=yes) ## FDE jobs by travel 1 search · [Every search by travel →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse/travel) - [25% or more 619](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?travelMin=25) ## Company lists ### Companies by trait - [Writes more production code than most](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?trait=more-production-code) · 1,002 - [Writes less production code than most](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?trait=less-production-code) · 349 - [Works with outside customers more than most](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?trait=more-customer-facing) · 1,065 - [Works with outside customers less than most](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?trait=less-customer-facing) · 300 - [More pre-sales than most](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?trait=more-pre-sales) · 389 - [Less pre-sales than most](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?trait=less-pre-sales) · 974 - [More senior roles than most](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?trait=more-senior-roles) · 1,214 - [More junior roles than most](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?trait=more-junior-roles) · 141 - [More remote roles than most](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?trait=more-remote) · 411 - [Fewer remote roles than most](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?trait=less-remote) · 727 - [More travel than most](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?trait=more-travel) · 499 - [Less travel than most](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?trait=less-travel) · 870 ### Companies by stage - [Early-stage](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?stage=early) · 284 - [Growth-stage](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?stage=growth) · 208 - [Later-stage private](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?stage=late) · 253 - [Public](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?stage=public) · 180 - [Bootstrapped](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?stage=bootstrapped) · 42 - [Subsidiary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?stage=subsidiary) · 51 ### Companies by size - [1–50 people](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?size=1-50) · 244 - [51–200 people](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?size=51-200) · 240 - [201–1,000 people](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?size=201-1000) · 224 - [1,001–5,000 people](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?size=1001-5000) · 147 - [5,000 or more people](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies?size=5001%2B) · 158 [Salary by company, level, location and kind of work →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary#salary-guides) Employer postings · Postings read on November 6, 2026 · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)