> 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. # Member of Technical Staff, Cloud Software Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec956d3e06abdc40 Edison Scientific posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in San Francisco, CA, at $175,000–$240,000 base, above the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Own the architecture and operations of a cloud deployment product that enables Edison’s scientific platform to run inside enterprise clients’ AWS and GCP environments. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Edison Scientific](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/edison-scientific) Posted Sep 4, 2026 by Edison Scientific · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$175,000–$240,000** + equity San Francisco, CA On-site Full-time Own the architecture and operations of a cloud deployment product that enables Edison’s scientific platform to run inside enterprise clients’ AWS and GCP environments. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Fec956d3e06abdc40&placement=top) - [View posting at Edison Scientific](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Edison%20Scientific/346a34ee-001d-48c3-8541-32d782e5e22b/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 $175K–$240K Above the median Midpoint $208K · median $190K This job $175K to $240K. 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 - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Individual contributor ### What they ask for Experience - **4+ years** building and operating backend or infrastructure systems in production Background - **Software engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 4+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in San Francisco, CA. Could you work there? 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[What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: San Francisco, CA - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Pay**: ## More like this [Anyscale](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anyscale) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - AI/ML Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec34a2647dc8d7d6) San Francisco, CA 4mo ago $250,000–$275,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/440870dea6def209) Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 more Remote New · 2d ago $182,000–$250,208 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aa082644713e92d5) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 5mo ago $180,000–$225,000 - [Other jobs at Edison Scientific (1)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/edison-scientific) ## The job description from Edison Scientific Posted by Edison Scientific on Sep 4, 2026 ### About Us Edison Scientific builds and deploys AI scientist agents to accelerate science and the development of new medicines. We are an ambitious team run by scientists and engineers from leading institutions across biology, physics, chemistry, and AI. ### About the Role As a Software Engineer on our Cloud team, you'll play a key role in building and scaling the technology powering our autonomous scientific discovery platform. Our largest enterprise clients have compliance and security limitations which limit first-party data access to systems running within their own cloud infrastructure. These datasets are uniquely valuable assets; when combined with our scientific platform, Edison's enterprise partners are able to power novel drug or materials discovery campaigns at massive scale. The cloud team's mandate is to conquer the gnarly complexity that comes with these "bring your own cloud" engagements such that our platform is deployable within client cloud infrastructure. Our mission is to build an AI scientist, and you'll be part of the team which enables Edison to scale to the largest research organizations in the world. You'll have significant ownership over the architecture and operations of our cloud deployment product, working alongside a small team of experienced engineers who care deeply about building world class software. ### Key Responsibilities - Design, build, and operate the systems that make our platform deployable within client cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP. - Develop operators, infrastructure tooling, and automation that streamline our bring your own cloud (BYOC) deployment process. - Support client deployments and onboarding hands-on, working directly with enterprise clients' engineering and security teams. - Partner with our forward deployed engineering team to scope requirements and deliver on inflight engagements. - Diagnose and solve bottlenecks in our BYOC process to streamline operations and expand our engagement capacity. - Contribute to technical decision making and architecture for our BYOC product. - Harden the security, reliability, and observability of deployments running in environments we don't fully control. ### Required Qualifications - 4+ years of experience building and operating backend or infrastructure systems in production. - Proficiency in Python for backend development and infrastructure tooling. - Deep familiarity with cloud products (AWS/GCP), security, and deployment operations. - Strong understanding of application network architecture including VPCs, DNS, secrets, proxies, etc. - Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Pulumi, or Crossplane) and GitOps workflows. - Strong communication skills and comfort working directly with enterprise clients. ### Preferred Qualifications - Experience with Kubernetes, multi-tenant architectures, or deploying software into customer-controlled environments. - Experience with AI applications or scientific computing solutions. - Prior experience in startups or small teams with significant architectural ownership and ambiguity. - Experience scaling systems or platforms through periods of rapid growth. ### Why join us? We're a fast-moving, mission-driven culture where smart people do their best work and actually enjoy doing it. We also offer full-time employees the following: - Competitive salary and equity - Full healthcare coverage; we pay 100% of premiums for you and your dependents - Support for growing families, including a yearly new parent stipend and fertility coverage through Carrot - Mental health support through Rula, our in-network therapist and psychiatrist network with fast availability - 12 weeks of paid parental leave for maternity, paternity, and adoption - Pet care support with a yearly employer-funded stipend for your animal companions - Commuter benefits so you can pay for transit and parking with pre-tax dollars - 401(k) company matching - $300 health and wellness benefit quarterly - Lunch is on us every day you're in the office, and dinner is on us when you're working late - Regular team off-sites and company events *Edison Scientific is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.* [View posting at Edison Scientific](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Edison%20Scientific/346a34ee-001d-48c3-8541-32d782e5e22b/application) ## About Edison Scientific Builds Kosmos and related AI scientist agents that help pharmaceutical and biotech R&D teams analyze proprietary data and accelerate discovery through clinical development. 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