> 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.

# FDE jobs by level

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse/level

310 searches for fde jobs by level in the US, each with current postings and the employers behind them.

310 searches. Each one opens the current postings, with the posting count beside it.

Updated November 6, 2026

## Junior

[All 40 Junior jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=junior) · 30 companies

### FDE jobs by company stage

- [Public](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=junior) · 13

### FDE jobs by coding work

- [Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&level=junior) · 30
- [Writes production code · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&level=junior&stage=operations) · 20

### FDE jobs by project stage

- [Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=junior&stage=operations) · 28
- [Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=junior&stage=poc) · 12

## Mid

[All 166 Mid jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid) · 123 companies

### FDE jobs by the background they ask for

- [Software engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=mid) · 81
- [Implementation and data engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=mid) · 48
- [Solutions and customer engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&level=mid) · 22
- [Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&level=mid) · 15
- [Software engineering · Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&coding=production&level=mid) · 64
- [Software engineering · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=mid&stage=operations) · 59
- [Software engineering · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=mid&recipient=external) · 58
- [Implementation and data engineering · Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&coding=production&level=mid) · 35
- [Implementation and data engineering · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=mid&stage=operations) · 32
- [Software engineering · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=mid&stage=poc) · 26
- [Software engineering · Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&companyStage=late&level=mid) · 25
- [Software engineering · Public](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&companyStage=public&level=mid) · 22
- [Software engineering · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=mid&recipient=internal) · 20
- [Implementation and data engineering · Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&companyStage=late&level=mid) · 19
- [Implementation and data engineering · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=mid&stage=poc) · 17
- [Solutions and customer engineering · Implementation / production](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&level=mid&stage=implementation) · 17

### FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager

- [Technical lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&management=lead) · 14
- [Individual contributor · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&management=ic&stage=poc) · 44
- [Individual contributor · Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&management=ic&stage=presales) · 19
- [Individual contributor · Prototypes and scripts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=prototype&level=mid&management=ic) · 15

### FDE jobs by company stage

- [Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=mid) · 44
- [Public](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=mid) · 37
- [Growth (Series B–C)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=growth&level=mid) · 20
- [Early (pre-seed–Series A)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&level=mid) · 19
- [Later private · Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&companyStage=late&level=mid) · 34
- [Later private · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=mid&stage=operations) · 30
- [Public · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=mid&stage=operations) · 26
- [Public · Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&companyStage=public&level=mid) · 25
- [Public · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=mid&recipient=internal) · 18
- [Public · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=mid&stage=poc) · 18
- [Public · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=mid&recipient=external) · 16
- [Early (pre-seed–Series A) · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&level=mid&stage=operations) · 15
- [Later private · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=mid&stage=poc) · 15

### FDE jobs by coding work

- [Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&level=mid) · 112
- [Configuration only](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=configuration&level=mid) · 28
- [Prototypes and scripts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=prototype&level=mid) · 20
- [Writes production code · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&level=mid&recipient=external) · 87
- [Writes production code · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&level=mid&stage=poc) · 30
- [Writes production code · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&level=mid&recipient=internal) · 20
- [Configuration only · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=configuration&level=mid&stage=operations) · 18

### FDE jobs by project stage

- [Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&stage=operations) · 114
- [Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&stage=poc) · 56
- [Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&stage=presales) · 25
- [Ongoing operations · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&recipient=external&stage=operations) · 87
- [Proof of concept · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&recipient=external&stage=poc) · 33
- [Ongoing operations · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&recipient=internal&stage=operations) · 22
- [Proof of concept · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&recipient=internal&stage=poc) · 18

### FDE jobs by who you build for

- [External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&recipient=external) · 126
- [Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&recipient=internal) · 28
- [Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&recipient=both) · 11
- [External customers · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&recipient=external&travelMin=25) · 17

### FDE jobs by travel

- [25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=mid&travelMin=25) · 22

## Senior

[All 2,534 Senior jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior) · 1,185 companies

### FDE jobs by the background they ask for

- [Software engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=senior) · 1,280
- [Implementation and data engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=senior) · 587
- [Forward deployed engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering&level=senior) · 129
- [Software engineering · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=senior&recipient=external) · 981
- [Software engineering · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=senior&stage=operations) · 963
- [Software engineering · Technical lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=senior&management=lead) · 589
- [Software engineering · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=senior&stage=poc) · 548
- [Implementation and data engineering · Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&coding=production&level=senior) · 424
- [Implementation and data engineering · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=senior&stage=operations) · 405
- [Software engineering · Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&companyStage=late&level=senior) · 381
- [Implementation and data engineering · Technical lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=senior&management=lead) · 352
- [Software engineering · Public](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&companyStage=public&level=senior) · 292
- [Software engineering · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=senior&travelMin=25) · 265
- [Implementation and data engineering · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=senior&stage=poc) · 247
- [Implementation and data engineering · Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&companyStage=late&level=senior) · 214
- [Software engineering · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=senior&recipient=internal) · 206
- [Implementation and data engineering · Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=senior&stage=presales) · 160
- [Implementation and data engineering · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=senior&travelMin=25) · 139
- [Implementation and data engineering · Public](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&companyStage=public&level=senior) · 128
- [Consulting · Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&coding=production&level=senior) · 103
- [Solutions and customer engineering · Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&companyStage=late&level=senior) · 99
- [Forward deployed engineering · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering&level=senior&stage=operations) · 94
- [Consulting · Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&level=senior&stage=presales) · 90
- [Software engineering · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=senior&recipient=both) · 90
- [Solutions and customer engineering · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&level=senior&travelMin=25) · 87
- [Forward deployed engineering · Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering&coding=production&level=senior) · 85
- [Solutions and customer engineering · Public](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&companyStage=public&level=senior) · 83
- [Forward deployed engineering · Technical lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering&level=senior&management=lead) · 69
- [Consulting · Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&companyStage=late&level=senior) · 63
- [Consulting · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&level=senior&travelMin=25) · 51
- [Implementation and data engineering · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=senior&recipient=internal) · 45
- [Implementation and data engineering · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=senior&recipient=both) · 44
- [Software engineering · Prototypes and scripts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&coding=prototype&level=senior) · 44
- [Solutions and customer engineering · Prototypes and scripts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&coding=prototype&level=senior) · 39
- [Solutions and customer engineering · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&level=senior&recipient=both) · 33
- [Software engineering · Available](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=senior&visa=yes) · 32
- [Software engineering · Subsidiary](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&companyStage=subsidiary&level=senior) · 31
- [Implementation and data engineering · Prototypes and scripts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&coding=prototype&level=senior) · 30
- [Forward deployed engineering · Configuration only](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering&coding=configuration&level=senior) · 27
- [Forward deployed engineering · Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering&companyStage=late&level=senior) · 27
- [Solutions and customer engineering · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&level=senior&recipient=internal) · 26
- [Software engineering · Bootstrapped](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&companyStage=bootstrapped&level=senior) · 25
- [Consulting · Prototypes and scripts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&coding=prototype&level=senior) · 24
- [Forward deployed engineering · Growth (Series B–C)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering&companyStage=growth&level=senior) · 23
- [Consulting · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&level=senior&recipient=both) · 22
- [Forward deployed engineering · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering&level=senior&recipient=both) · 17
- [Implementation and data engineering · Subsidiary](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&companyStage=subsidiary&level=senior) · 15

### FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager

- [Technical lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&management=lead) · 1,089
- [People manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&management=manager) · 33
- [Technical lead · Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&level=senior&management=lead) · 771
- [Technical lead · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&management=lead&stage=operations) · 766
- [Technical lead · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&management=lead&stage=poc) · 468
- [Technical lead · Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=senior&management=lead) · 342
- [Technical lead · Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&management=lead&stage=presales) · 317
- [Individual contributor · Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=senior&management=ic) · 294
- [Individual contributor · Public](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=senior&management=ic) · 284
- [Technical lead · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&management=lead&travelMin=25) · 256
- [Technical lead · Public](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=senior&management=lead) · 233
- [Individual contributor · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&management=ic&recipient=internal) · 206
- [Individual contributor · Configuration only](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=configuration&level=senior&management=ic) · 165
- [Technical lead · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&management=lead&recipient=internal) · 97
- [Technical lead · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&management=lead&recipient=both) · 67
- [Technical lead · Prototypes and scripts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=prototype&level=senior&management=lead) · 66
- [Individual contributor · Bootstrapped](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=bootstrapped&level=senior&management=ic) · 43
- [Individual contributor · Prototypes and scripts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=prototype&level=senior&management=ic) · 40
- [Technical lead · Available](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&management=lead&visa=yes) · 35
- [Technical lead · Subsidiary](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=subsidiary&level=senior&management=lead) · 28
- [Technical lead · No coding](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=none&level=senior&management=lead) · 26
- [Individual contributor · Subsidiary](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=subsidiary&level=senior&management=ic) · 25
- [People manager · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&management=manager&stage=operations) · 23
- [Technical lead · Bootstrapped](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=bootstrapped&level=senior&management=lead) · 18

### FDE jobs by company stage

- [Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=senior) · 649
- [Public](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=senior) · 523
- [Bootstrapped](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=bootstrapped&level=senior) · 64
- [Subsidiary](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=subsidiary&level=senior) · 53
- [Later private · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=senior&recipient=external) · 518
- [Later private · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=senior&stage=operations) · 449
- [Public · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=senior&stage=operations) · 365
- [Public · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=senior&recipient=external) · 353
- [Later private · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=senior&stage=poc) · 278
- [Public · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=senior&stage=poc) · 237
- [Later private · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=senior&travelMin=25) · 183
- [Later private · Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=senior&stage=presales) · 175
- [Public · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=senior&recipient=internal) · 117
- [Public · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=senior&travelMin=25) · 104
- [Later private · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=senior&recipient=internal) · 79
- [Growth (Series B–C) · Configuration only](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=configuration&companyStage=growth&level=senior) · 65
- [Later private · Configuration only](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=configuration&companyStage=late&level=senior) · 63
- [Later private · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=senior&recipient=both) · 52
- [Public · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=senior&recipient=both) · 48
- [Bootstrapped · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=bootstrapped&level=senior&recipient=external) · 43
- [Later private · Prototypes and scripts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=prototype&companyStage=late&level=senior) · 40
- [Subsidiary · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=subsidiary&level=senior&recipient=external) · 33
- [Early (pre-seed–Series A) · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&level=senior&recipient=both) · 28
- [Growth (Series B–C) · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=growth&level=senior&recipient=both) · 26
- [Public · Prototypes and scripts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=prototype&companyStage=public&level=senior) · 23
- [Subsidiary · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=subsidiary&level=senior&stage=poc) · 21
- [Growth (Series B–C) · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=growth&level=senior&recipient=internal) · 19
- [Early (pre-seed–Series A) · Prototypes and scripts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=prototype&companyStage=early&level=senior) · 17
- [Subsidiary · Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=subsidiary&level=senior&stage=presales) · 15

### FDE jobs by coding work

- [Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&level=senior) · 1,973
- [Prototypes and scripts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=prototype&level=senior) · 107
- [No coding](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=none&level=senior) · 38
- [Writes production code · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&level=senior&stage=operations) · 1,461
- [Writes production code · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&level=senior&stage=poc) · 776
- [Writes production code · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&level=senior&travelMin=25) · 354
- [Writes production code · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&level=senior&recipient=both) · 147
- [Prototypes and scripts · Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=prototype&level=senior&stage=presales) · 62
- [Configuration only · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=configuration&level=senior&recipient=both) · 37
- [No coding · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=none&level=senior&stage=operations) · 30
- [Prototypes and scripts · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=prototype&level=senior&travelMin=25) · 27
- [No coding · Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=none&level=senior&stage=presales) · 15

### FDE jobs by project stage

- [Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&stage=operations) · 1,881
- [Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&stage=poc) · 992
- [Ongoing operations · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&stage=operations&travelMin=25) · 341
- [Proof of concept · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&stage=poc&travelMin=25) · 229
- [Pre-sales / evaluation · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&stage=presales&travelMin=25) · 172
- [Ongoing operations · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&recipient=both&stage=operations) · 156
- [Proof of concept · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&recipient=internal&stage=poc) · 144
- [Proof of concept · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&recipient=both&stage=poc) · 79
- [Pre-sales / evaluation · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&recipient=both&stage=presales) · 53
- [Pre-sales / evaluation · Available](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&stage=presales&visa=yes) · 23

### FDE jobs by who you build for

- [Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&recipient=internal) · 304
- [Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&recipient=both) · 204
- [Both · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&recipient=both&travelMin=25) · 35

### FDE jobs by travel

- [25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&travelMin=25) · 479

## Staff+

[All 480 Staff+ jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff) · 290 companies

### FDE jobs by the background they ask for

- [Software engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=staff) · 310
- [Implementation and data engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=staff) · 120
- [Solutions and customer engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&level=staff) · 78
- [Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&level=staff) · 39
- [Forward deployed engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering&level=staff) · 38
- [Software engineering · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=staff&stage=operations) · 238
- [Software engineering · Technical lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=staff&management=lead) · 234
- [Software engineering · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=staff&recipient=external) · 171
- [Software engineering · Public](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&companyStage=public&level=staff) · 126
- [Software engineering · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=staff&stage=poc) · 126
- [Software engineering · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=staff&recipient=internal) · 97
- [Implementation and data engineering · Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&coding=production&level=staff) · 95
- [Software engineering · Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&companyStage=late&level=staff) · 86
- [Implementation and data engineering · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=staff&recipient=external) · 82
- [Implementation and data engineering · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=staff&stage=operations) · 82
- [Software engineering · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=staff&travelMin=25) · 67
- [Solutions and customer engineering · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&level=staff&recipient=external) · 60
- [Implementation and data engineering · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=staff&stage=poc) · 57
- [Solutions and customer engineering · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&level=staff&stage=operations) · 53
- [Implementation and data engineering · Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=staff&stage=presales) · 50
- [Software engineering · People manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=staff&management=manager) · 50
- [Software engineering · Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=staff&stage=presales) · 50
- [Solutions and customer engineering · Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&coding=production&level=staff) · 47
- [Implementation and data engineering · Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&companyStage=late&level=staff) · 44
- [Implementation and data engineering · Public](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&companyStage=public&level=staff) · 42
- [Solutions and customer engineering · Technical lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&level=staff&management=lead) · 42
- [Implementation and data engineering · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=staff&travelMin=25) · 41
- [Software engineering · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=staff&recipient=both) · 41
- [Solutions and customer engineering · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&level=staff&stage=poc) · 34
- [Consulting · Technical lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&level=staff&management=lead) · 30
- [Forward deployed engineering · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering&level=staff&recipient=external) · 28
- [Solutions and customer engineering · Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&companyStage=late&level=staff) · 27
- [Consulting · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&level=staff&stage=operations) · 26
- [Consulting · Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&level=staff&stage=presales) · 26
- [Forward deployed engineering · Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering&coding=production&level=staff) · 26
- [Software engineering · Individual contributor](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=staff&management=ic) · 26
- [Solutions and customer engineering · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&level=staff&travelMin=25) · 26
- [Consulting · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&level=staff&recipient=external) · 25
- [Forward deployed engineering · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering&level=staff&stage=operations) · 25
- [Consulting · Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&coding=production&level=staff) · 24
- [Solutions and customer engineering · Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&level=staff&stage=presales) · 24
- [Implementation and data engineering · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=implementation-and-data-engineering&level=staff&recipient=internal) · 23
- [Solutions and customer engineering · Public](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=solutions-and-customer-engineering&companyStage=public&level=staff) · 23
- [Consulting · Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&companyStage=late&level=staff) · 20
- [Software engineering · Early (pre-seed–Series A)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&companyStage=early&level=staff) · 20
- [Software engineering · Growth (Series B–C)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&companyStage=growth&level=staff) · 20
- [Forward deployed engineering · Technical lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering&level=staff&management=lead) · 18

### FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager

- [Technical lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=lead) · 353
- [People manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=manager) · 85
- [Individual contributor](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=ic) · 42
- [Technical lead · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=lead&stage=operations) · 260
- [Technical lead · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=lead&recipient=external) · 209
- [Technical lead · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=lead&stage=poc) · 144
- [Technical lead · Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=staff&management=lead) · 100
- [Technical lead · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=lead&recipient=internal) · 91
- [Technical lead · Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=lead&stage=presales) · 78
- [Technical lead · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=lead&travelMin=25) · 75
- [People manager · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=manager&stage=operations) · 59
- [People manager · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=manager&recipient=external) · 57
- [People manager · Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&level=staff&management=manager) · 53
- [Technical lead · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=lead&recipient=both) · 52
- [People manager · Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=manager&stage=presales) · 30
- [People manager · Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=staff&management=manager) · 28
- [Technical lead · Growth (Series B–C)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=growth&level=staff&management=lead) · 25
- [Individual contributor · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=ic&recipient=internal) · 20
- [People manager · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=manager&travelMin=25) · 20
- [Technical lead · Configuration only](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=configuration&level=staff&management=lead) · 17
- [Technical lead · Early (pre-seed–Series A)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&level=staff&management=lead) · 17
- [People manager · Growth (Series B–C)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=growth&level=staff&management=manager) · 17
- [People manager · Public](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=staff&management=manager) · 17
- [Individual contributor · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=ic&recipient=external) · 16
- [Individual contributor · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=ic&stage=poc) · 16

### FDE jobs by company stage

- [Public](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=staff) · 163
- [Later private](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=staff) · 142
- [Growth (Series B–C)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=growth&level=staff) · 46
- [Early (pre-seed–Series A)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&level=staff) · 27
- [Subsidiary](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=subsidiary&level=staff) · 26
- [Bootstrapped](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=bootstrapped&level=staff) · 11
- [Public · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=staff&stage=operations) · 124
- [Later private · Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&companyStage=late&level=staff) · 111
- [Later private · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=staff&stage=operations) · 109
- [Later private · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=staff&recipient=external) · 92
- [Public · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=staff&stage=poc) · 77
- [Public · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=staff&recipient=external) · 76
- [Public · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=staff&recipient=internal) · 62
- [Later private · Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=staff&stage=poc) · 60
- [Later private · Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=staff&stage=presales) · 45
- [Public · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=staff&travelMin=25) · 39
- [Later private · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=staff&travelMin=25) · 38
- [Growth (Series B–C) · Writes production code](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&companyStage=growth&level=staff) · 36
- [Growth (Series B–C) · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=growth&level=staff&stage=operations) · 31
- [Later private · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=staff&recipient=internal) · 31
- [Growth (Series B–C) · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=growth&level=staff&recipient=external) · 30
- [Public · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=public&level=staff&recipient=both) · 24
- [Early (pre-seed–Series A) · Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&level=staff&stage=operations) · 20
- [Early (pre-seed–Series A) · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=early&level=staff&recipient=external) · 19
- [Later private · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late&level=staff&recipient=both) · 19

### FDE jobs by coding work

- [Configuration only](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=configuration&level=staff) · 29
- [Prototypes and scripts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=prototype&level=staff) · 20
- [No coding](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=none&level=staff) · 13
- [Writes production code · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&level=staff&travelMin=25) · 75
- [Writes production code · Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&level=staff&stage=presales) · 71
- [Writes production code · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=production&level=staff&recipient=both) · 59
- [Configuration only · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=configuration&level=staff&recipient=external) · 18

### FDE jobs by project stage

- [Ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&stage=operations) · 354
- [Proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&stage=poc) · 185
- [Pre-sales / evaluation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&stage=presales) · 109
- [Ongoing operations · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&recipient=external&stage=operations) · 198
- [Proof of concept · External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&recipient=external&stage=poc) · 109
- [Ongoing operations · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&stage=operations&travelMin=25) · 69
- [Ongoing operations · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&recipient=both&stage=operations) · 55
- [Proof of concept · Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&recipient=internal&stage=poc) · 54
- [Proof of concept · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&stage=poc&travelMin=25) · 50
- [Pre-sales / evaluation · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&stage=presales&travelMin=25) · 32
- [Proof of concept · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&recipient=both&stage=poc) · 22
- [Pre-sales / evaluation · Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&recipient=both&stage=presales) · 16

### FDE jobs by who you build for

- [External customers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&recipient=external) · 282
- [Internal teams](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&recipient=internal) · 122
- [Both](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&recipient=both) · 75
- [External customers · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&recipient=external&travelMin=25) · 80
- [Both · 25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&recipient=both&travelMin=25) · 16

### FDE jobs by visa sponsorship

- [Available](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&visa=yes) · 12

### FDE jobs by travel

- [25% or more](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&travelMin=25) · 100

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