> 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/eff7e46851b93dd1 depthfirst posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in San Francisco, CA with no pay posted. Own enterprise customer deployments of depthfirst, from architecture and installation through troubleshooting, upgrades, and operational handoff. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [depthfirst](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/depthfirst) Posted Oct 21, 2026 by depthfirst · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 Pay not posted San Francisco, CA On-site Full-time Own enterprise customer deployments of depthfirst, from architecture and installation through troubleshooting, upgrades, and operational handoff. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Feff7e46851b93dd1&placement=top) - [View posting at depthfirst](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/depthfirst/d5631d6b-bebf-4daa-bcc6-eff281c6dace/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 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 San Francisco, 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**: San Francisco, CA - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Remote work restrictions**: Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco. - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Travel required, amount not stated ## More like this [Edison Scientific](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/edison-scientific) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Cloud Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec956d3e06abdc40) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $175,000–$240,000 [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 [Altara](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/altara) ### [Software Engineer, Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ca39e8fc4b3f006) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted - [Other jobs at depthfirst (2)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/depthfirst) ## The job description from depthfirst Posted by depthfirst on Oct 21, 2026 ### About depthfirst We believe that software is the foundation of modern civilization. Yet vulnerabilities threaten its integrity, security, and resilience. We are on a mission to secure the world's software. depthfirst is building intelligence to detect and remediate critical software vulnerabilities. We are training and scaling security AI agents to discover zero-days vulnerabilities across large customer codebases and popular open source software. Our founding team includes deep expertise in data, infrastructure, security and LLMs with technical leaders from DeepMind, Databricks, Square, and Faire. We are looking for strong technical people who are interested in working at the intersection of AI, Security, and Infrastructure. ### About This Role We’re looking for a Forward-Deployed Engineer to help enterprise customers deploy and operate depthfirst in their environments. You’ll work directly with their security, infrastructure, and cloud teams to understand their architecture, navigate technical requirements, and own delivery from initial discovery through production readiness. You’ll design deployment architectures, troubleshoot complex systems, and write production code to unblock customers. Each environment brings different infrastructure, security, and operational requirements. You’ll help customers work through those constraints and partner with our engineering team to build the integrations and capabilities they need. You’ll also turn what you learn in the field into improvements that make depthfirst easier to deploy, operate, and scale across a wide range of enterprise environments. ### You’re excited about this role because you will… - Own enterprise deployments from architecture and planning through installation, troubleshooting, upgrades, and operational handoff. - Work directly with customer security, infrastructure, and cloud teams to understand their environments and establish a clear path to production. - Solve deployment challenges across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, networking, identity and access management, and application configuration. - Write code to unblock deployments, build integrations, and deliver new product capabilities. - Build tooling and automation for onboarding, deployment validation, upgrades, and ongoing operations. - Turn recurring customer needs into reusable platform improvements, working closely with our infrastructure, product, and security engineers. - Communicate technical tradeoffs, dependencies, and progress clearly, keeping customer and internal teams aligned. - Travel to customer sites as needed to support successful deployments. ### Qualifications - Experience building and operating production systems in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, SRE, or a similar role. - Strong hands-on knowledge of cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes, including deploying, debugging, and operating applications in production. - A solid understanding of networking and cloud security fundamentals, including private connectivity, DNS, TLS, IAM, and access controls. - Ability to investigate problems across infrastructure and application boundaries, identify root causes, and implement fixes. - Proficiency in a language such as Go or Python, with experience shipping production code and automation. - Experience with infrastructure as code, deployment pipelines, and observability. - Strong communication skills and an interest in working directly with customers. You can understand unfamiliar environments, explain technical decisions, and coordinate across teams. - Ownership and sound judgment when requirements are ambiguous or a deployment doesn’t fit an existing playbook. - Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco. ### Bonus Points For - Experience owning technical engagements with large enterprise customers as an FDE, SRE, platform engineer, or solutions engineer. - Deep experience with AWS and EKS, Helm, and Terraform or Pulumi. - Experience with multiple Cloud providers. - Experience deploying enterprise software into environments with strict networking, access, and security requirements. - Experience supporting varied customer architectures and integrating software with existing infrastructure and operational tooling. - Experience with AI platforms or security products. ### What We Offer - Competitive salary with meaningful equity. - Health, vision, and dental insurance. - Office lunch and dinner when working from our San Francisco office. - Direct impact on customer success and product direction. - The opportunity to work at the cutting edge of AI and security. -- *depthfirst is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.* *To all recruitment agencies: depthfirst does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to depthfirst employees. depthfirst is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with the Company.* [View posting at depthfirst](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/depthfirst/d5631d6b-bebf-4daa-bcc6-eff281c6dace/application) ## About depthfirst depthfirst combines software-system context with autonomous AI agents to find, validate, and help fix security risks across code, dependencies, secrets, and running applications. 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