> 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. # Forward Deployed Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d327c27ab9bc28d6 Sola posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in New York, NY, at $120,000–$200,000 base, below the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. A customer-facing engineer who investigates enterprise workflow failures, implements fixes, and builds custom integrations that become reusable platform improvements. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Sola](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sola) Posted Oct 23, 2026 by Sola · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$120,000–$200,000** New York, NY On-site Full-time A customer-facing engineer who investigates enterprise workflow failures, implements fixes, and builds custom integrations that become reusable platform improvements. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Fd327c27ab9bc28d6&placement=top) - [View posting at Sola](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sola/cf2b27be-7dc8-4e14-aff0-512639bac918/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 $120K–$200K Below the median Midpoint $160K · median $190K This job $120K to $200K. 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 Travel **Required, amount not stated** - **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. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: New York, NY - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Travel required, amount not stated - **Pay**: ## More like this [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) ### [AI deployment engineer (Central)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f106a3ca48ce33ec) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 more Hybrid New · 4d ago $132,000–$184,000 [Revin](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/revin) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer — Conversational Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2945f8ea2febf1bd) New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $120,000–$200,000 [First Resonance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/first-resonance) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer (New England Area)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/473c461a80ccbf80) Providence, RI · Boston, MA · +1 more Hybrid 2mo ago $145,000–$175,000 ## The job description from Sola Posted by Sola on Oct 23, 2026 ### Help build the next category-defining AI company AI has transformed how we write, communicate, and build software. The next frontier is even bigger: transforming how businesses actually operate. That's what we're building at Sola. Sola is an AI-native platform reinventing enterprise process automation and disrupting legacy RPA tools. Our AI agents can execute complex workflows across any application, browser, desktop, or legacy system—free from the limitations and fragility of traditional automation tools. Users simply record their screen, and Sola creates a custom agent to run that process at scale. The opportunity at hand is enormous. Nearly every enterprise, across every industry, runs on processes that are still painfully manual. We're building the technology to change that. And we're just getting started. We're hiring a small group of **Forward Deployed Engineers** to help bring Sola to the world's largest enterprises and rewrite the playbook for how automation is built in the enterprise. ### Why Sola? Why now? ### A massive market ready for reinvention. Enterprise automation is one of the biggest opportunities in AI. Legacy automation platforms have been constrained by rigid rules, complex implementations, and brittle workflows.. Sola is changing that with AI agents that can reason, adapt, and execute work across enterprise systems: the next generation of a massive software category. ### Real traction. Serious momentum. Sola today powers enterprise workflows across healthcare, finance, legal, logistics, and more, including at Fortune 500 companies. We've closed seven-figure enterprise deals with a lean team. The product is proven. The market is responding. Now we're building the team to scale it. ### Build alongside leaders who've done it before. Work alongside David Fullerton, formerly CTO of Heap (Series C to acquisition) and Stack Overflow (Series A to E), as well as Sola's founders Neil Deshmukh and Jessica Wu. You'll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional engineers and help shape how the company grows. ### Early-stage ownership. Exceptional upside. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Conviction, and Y Combinator, Sola has raised more than $20M to build the future of enterprise automation. We’re still early enough that individual contributions can meaningfully influence the company’s trajectory, and you’ll have a direct influence on how the FDE role evolves over time. ### What you'll do As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Sola, you'll combine hands-on technical execution with customer-facing communication and partnership. - Dive deep on customer workflow failures using logs, browser tools, APIs, and code, then implement and verify fixes - Build custom integrations and contribute production code to Sola's platform, turning recurring customer needs into reusable improvements - Join customer calls alongside Customer Success, ask questions that clarify the problem, and own the solution through resolution - Help customers onboard and adapt their workflows to Sola, including occasional travel for customer onboarding and key projects as needed ### Who we're looking for We're open to early-career engineers, new graduates with demonstrated programming ability, or strong customer-facing engineers who are comfortable writing production code. You'll likely be a strong fit if you have: - Strong technical foundations, whether from a CS degree with demonstrated coding abilities, or hands-on experience in a strong technical environment - Flexibility to move across different customer environments, with a solid understanding of how core web technologies work and the ability to dive into complex desktop or legacy systems - A strong sense of curiosity and a drive to go anywhere needed to solve tricky customer problems - Excellent communication skills, and a demonstrated ability to turn complex technical findings into clear non-technical explanations You'll work 5 days a week out of our office in NYC (we'll cover relocation!) and occasionally travel to customers as needed. ### Compensation & Benefits Sola offers competitive salary plus meaningful equity at Series A stage. Exact compensation is based on experience and level. We offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k) matching, daily meals together in the office, flexible PTO (4 weeks per year), and relocation support for candidates not already based in NYC. [View posting at Sola](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sola/cf2b27be-7dc8-4e14-aff0-512639bac918/application) ## About Sola Sola turns recorded business processes into adaptive AI agents that automate workflows across enterprise applications, browsers, and desktop systems. 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