> 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/d5dc149d18f4254e Simular posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in Palo Alto, CA with no pay posted. This is a founding-stage Forward Deployed Engineer role at Simular, an AI agent startup. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Simular](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/simular) Posted Oct 13, 2025 by Simular · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 Pay not posted Palo Alto, CA On-site Full-time This is a founding-stage Forward Deployed Engineer role at Simular, an AI agent startup. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Fd5dc149d18f4254e&placement=top) - [View posting at Simular](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/simular/3d2ea58d-3b93-45db-92fd-01a9f2247429/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 Not posted 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 (not covered) - **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 Palo Alto, CA. 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**: Palo Alto, CA - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Employment type**: Full-time ## More like this [Intercom](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/intercom) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0b7b9b01aafdb7a1) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 9d ago $180,000–$237,000 [OpenAI Deployment Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai-deployment-company) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/465d1561603a9449) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $170,000–$400,000 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Value Acceleration Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d29e7c234296d940) San Francisco, CA · Palo Alto, CA · +2 more 6w ago $117,200–$246,000 ## The job description from Simular Posted by Simular on Oct 13, 2025 Where multiple locations are listed for this role, the position may be based in any of those locations, with priority determined according to the order of listing. ### What you’ll do - Partner directly with early customers to deploy and adapt Simular’s AI agents in real-world environments. - Translate customer needs into product features, prototypes, and integrations. - Write scripts and workflows to adapt our agents to customer-specific environments. - Build custom solutions, tools, and workflows that showcase the power of Simular in production. - Act as the bridge between customer-facing teams and core engineering/research - turning feedback into roadmap priorities. - Be a “founding multiplier”: scrappy, resourceful, and deeply customer-obsessed. ### You might be a fit if - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field. - Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or JavaScript) and ability to quickly automate workflows. - Experience working with customers or in client-facing engineering roles. OR comfort working directly with customers and translating business needs into technical solutions. - Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments, balancing immediate problem-solving with long-term product thinking. - Strong communication and collaboration skills. - Bonus: experience with deploying SaaS or AI systems, consulting/solutions engineering, or customer-facing technical roles. [View posting at Simular](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/simular/3d2ea58d-3b93-45db-92fd-01a9f2247429/application) ## About Simular Research-driven AI company building computer-use agents that operate desktop and browser interfaces for personal and business workflows. 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