> 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. # Applied AI Strategist Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f103ee75843b6409 Thread AI posts a FDE role to plan what the customer deploys first in New York, NY, at $145,000–$200,000 base, below the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Thread AI seeks an Applied AI Strategist to act as the bridge between its composable AI orchestration platform and enterprise customers. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Thread AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thread-ai) Posted Nov 30, 2025 by Thread AI · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$145,000–$200,000** + equity New York, NY On-site Full-time Thread AI seeks an Applied AI Strategist to act as the bridge between its composable AI orchestration platform and enterprise customers. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Ff103ee75843b6409&placement=top) - [View posting at Thread AI](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/thread-ai/9b580432-b3d3-455a-a619-e41548826e5c/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 $145K–$200K Below the median Midpoint $173K · median $190K This job $145K to $200K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Plans what the customer deploys first Balance **Mixed** Project stages 1. Pre-sales 2. Proof of concept 3. Implementation 4. Operations (not covered) Travel **Required, amount not stated** - **Coding**: Configuration only - **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 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 [Auctor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/auctor) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a261fb2e096567b6) New York, NY On-site 6w ago $130,000–$230,000 [Axle](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axle) ### [Senior Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b61799977c4b0a1) New York, NY On-site 4mo ago $160,000–$200,000 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) ### [Senior Tax & Audit AI Engineer, FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6d5f1dea82405965) Brooklyn, NY · Frisco, TX · +3 more Hybrid New · 6d ago $102,200–$218,600 - [Other jobs at Thread AI (3)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thread-ai) ## The job description from Thread AI Posted by Thread AI on Nov 30, 2025 ### Thread AI Thread AI is focused on building an AI-native workflow orchestration engine looking for dedicated individuals to join its growing team. Our goal is to make infrastructure simple for enterprises and public sector agencies seeking to get the most from AI. Headquartered in New York, our growing team is a group of AI, product, and engineering experts, who have a track record of creating and executing against complex workflows and infrastructure. ### About The Role As an **Applied AI Strategist** at Thread AI, you will work as the connective tissue between our composable AI infrastructure and the complex realities of our customers' businesses. You will join a driven team of Applied Engineers to deploy our platform against the most critical operational challenges enterprises face today. Your mission is to synthesize disconnected workflows and raw ambition into a clear understanding of what the problem is, how AI agents can solve it, and where the measurable impact lies. You will immerse yourself in our customers' most intricate processes, architecting AI solutions that transform how they work. This role requires a curious and analytical approach, a sharp intuition for value-oriented agentic workflows, and a strong degree of user empathy to ultimately empower our customers to build better. No two days are the same, but you can expect to: - **Deep-Dive Discovery:** Go onsite and meet with customer stakeholders to understand the critical bottlenecks they face and locate high-leverage opportunities for AI automation. - **Solution Architecture:** Use the Lemma platform to build customized agents and workflows. You will be hands-on with the tools, configuring logic and integrations to solve specific user problems. - **Technical Integration:** Work closely with our Applied AI Engineering team to assist customers to connect APIs, datasources, and models easily into the Lemma platform. - **User Enablement:** Lead training sessions to ensure that the AI solutions are meeting user needs and having a concrete impact on their operations. - **Strategic Reporting:** Present the results of deployments and proposals for future roadmap items to audiences ranging from technical leads to C-suite executives. - **Product Feedback Loop:** Embed with our Software Engineering and Product Design teams to incorporate "field intelligence" into the core Thread AI platform. - **Scope & Scale:** Build and deliver demos to new and existing customers, scoping out potential engagements in new verticals. ### What We Value - **First-Principles Thinking:** Team members who aren’t satisfied with surface-level answers and will dive into the details of the data and the logic behind the AI. - **Mission First:** Low ego because the outcome—customer success and product stability—matters more than who gets the credit. - **Ambiguity Tolerance:** Extraordinary ability to confront open-ended problems in unstructured environments where the "right answer" hasn't been defined yet. - **Technical Aptitude:** Comfort with technical concepts (APIs, data structures, model capabilities) and a willingness to learn the Thread platform inside and out. ### Compensation $145,000 - $200,000 + Equity Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national or U.S. lawful, permanent resident. This is a full-time, in-person position based at our New York City office. [View posting at Thread AI](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/thread-ai/9b580432-b3d3-455a-a619-e41548826e5c/application) ## About Thread AI Lemma is composable AI orchestration infrastructure that helps enterprises deploy governed, traceable agentic workflows across existing systems and models. 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