> 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. # Lead Forward Deployed Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e269756eb6cb8219 SalesPatriot posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in San Francisco, CA and 3 more, at $150,000–$220,000 base, level with the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Leads customer-facing implementations of SalesPatriot's AI-native supply-chain platform, embedding onsite with customers to map operations, configure automations, and own business outcomes. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [SalesPatriot](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salespatriot) Posted Oct 9, 2026 by SalesPatriot · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$150,000–$220,000** San Francisco, CA +3 On-site Full-time Leads customer-facing implementations of SalesPatriot's AI-native supply-chain platform, embedding onsite with customers to map operations, configure automations, and own business outcomes. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Fe269756eb6cb8219&placement=top) - [View posting at SalesPatriot](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/SalesPatriot/22729334-b583-451b-917f-42414c32d243/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 $150K–$220K Level with the median Midpoint $185K · median $190K This job $150K to $220K. 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**: Technical lead ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +2 more. Could you work in one of these? 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**: San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · Miami, FL · Los Angeles, CA - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Remote work restrictions**: Not remote; requires full-time relocation to San Francisco and weekly travel to customer sites. - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Travel required, amount not stated - **Pay**: ## More like this [August](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/august) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a8294291597368a7) New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $140,000–$240,000 [Casca](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/casca) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/927bef3af6c8393d) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago $160,000–$265,000 [Kaizen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/kaizen) ### [Software Engineer, Cleared (TS/SCI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/09a07caf56c1198d) New York, NY Hybrid 7w ago $180,000–$250,000 - [Other jobs at SalesPatriot (1)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salespatriot) ## The job description from SalesPatriot Posted by SalesPatriot on Oct 9, 2026 ### The Mission America's industrial base runs on systems built in the 1980s. Billions of dollars in critical components (F-35 parts, industrial assemblies, electronics, bolts, and hoses) still move through email threads, excel sheets, and disconnected ERPs. We're replacing that with an AI-native platform that makes aerospace, electronics, industrial, and defense supply-chain operations nearly autonomous. Faster quoting. Faster procurement. Full visibility. Real operational intelligence for the companies our nation depends on. ### Quick Facts - YC W25 company. Top 5% growth in batch - Raised $10M+ from investors including Paul Graham, SV Angel, Pear VC, and CRV - Team of 20 co-live in our Warsaw & SF Hacker Houses - 7 figure ARR transacting ~$50M a week through our system ### The Job - **Go.** Fly out and plant yourself inside the customer's operation. Weekdays are onsite (Wisconsin, New York, Miami, Los Angeles); weekends we regroup at the SF HQ to debrief and keep building. - **Understand.** Map how the company actually operates, from sales and supply chain teams to executives and CEOs. Learn the breakpoints choking their growth and speed. - **Implement.** Configure automations within SP Studio tooling so the platform accurately reflects the customer's needs. Build trust and confidence in SalesPatriot. - **Iterate.** Take full ownership of the customer's outcome. Keep finding and killing their most pressing problems, leading org-wide scaling, until SalesPatriot is the operating system their business runs on. - **Lead.** Run the FDEs on your accounts. Set their priorities, review their work, and get them to where they can run an implementation without you. ### What We’re Looking For - You've owned customer-facing technical work before and can point to results you delivered. - You own the account. You set technical direction with the customer's executives and IT, decide what gets built first, and tell them no when they're asking for the wrong thing. - You make scoping and trade-off calls on your own, without waiting for sign-off. - You've mentored or managed engineers. Here you're accountable for the FDEs on your accounts hitting their outcomes. - Strong full-stack engineer: TypeScript, at least one frontend framework (React, Svelte, Next, etc), and SQL, preferably Postgres. You still ship production code every week. - You can earn trust with procurement specialists while navigating executive priorities and IT constraints. - Ready to travel every week and relocate full-time to San Francisco. This is not a remote role. - Absolute grinder. Interested in co-living (though not required). - Low ego, curious, intellectually honest. ### The Process Call with engineer → 1hr technical test → Call with founder → fly out to SF HQ (on us) → offer. 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