> 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. # Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f15116f28545e9c4 Deepgram posts a senior FDE role to build what the customer runs in New York, NY and 1 more, at $197,000–$246,000 base, above the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Own end-to-end technical deployments of Deepgram’s voice AI platform with enterprise restaurant brands and technology partners, from discovery and integration through production optimization. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) Posted Aug 31, 2026 by Deepgram · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$197,000–$246,000** + equity New York, NY +1 On-site Full-time Own end-to-end technical deployments of Deepgram’s voice AI platform with enterprise restaurant brands and technology partners, from discovery and integration through production optimization. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Ff15116f28545e9c4&placement=top) - [View posting at Deepgram](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Deepgram/1645ceac-3ef9-45ba-8386-49c7c43b14f0/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 $197K–$246K Above the median Midpoint $222K · median $190K This job $197K to $246K. 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 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 New York, NY · San Francisco, CA. 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**: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Travel required, amount not stated - **Pay**: ## More like this [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Plugins](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b8424d0e52850251) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $197,000–$280,000 [Zip](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zip) ### [Software Engineer, Forward Deployed (Mid - Senior Level)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/db3d12a17ae46903) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7w ago $150,000–$250,000 [Marsh & McLennan](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/marsh-mclennan) ### [Oliver Wyman - Senior Lead AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/49b37c220780b79b) New York, NY · Boston, MA Hybrid 2mo ago $195,000–$250,000 - [Other jobs at Deepgram (4)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) ## The job description from Deepgram Posted by Deepgram on Aug 31, 2026 ### Company Overview Deepgram is the leading platform underpinning the emerging trillion-dollar Voice AI economy, providing real-time APIs for speech-to-text (STT), text-to-speech (TTS), and building production-grade voice agents at scale. More than 200,000 developers and 1,300+ organizations build voice offerings that are ‘Powered by Deepgram’, including Twilio, Cloudflare, Sierra, Decagon, Vapi, Daily, Cresta, Granola, and Jack in the Box. Deepgram’s voice-native foundation models are accessed through cloud APIs or as self-hosted and on-premises software, with unmatched accuracy, low latency, and cost efficiency. Backed by a recent Series C led by leading global investors and strategic partners, Deepgram has processed over 50,000 years of audio and transcribed more than 1 trillion words. There is no organization in the world that understands voice better than Deepgram. ### Company Operating Rhythm At Deepgram, we expect an AI-first mindset—AI use and comfort aren’t optional, they’re core to how we operate, innovate, and measure performance. Every team member who works at Deepgram is expected to actively use and experiment with advanced AI tools, and even build your own into your everyday work. We measure how effectively AI is applied to deliver results, and consistent, creative use of the latest AI capabilities is key to success here. Candidates should be comfortable adopting new models and modes quickly, integrating AI into their workflows, and continuously pushing the boundaries of what these technologies can do. Additionally, we move at the pace of AI. Change is rapid, and you can expect your day-to-day work to evolve just as quickly. This may not be the right role if you’re not excited to experiment, adapt, think on your feet, and learn constantly, or if you’re seeking something highly prescriptive with a traditional 9-to-5. ### Opportunity: Enterprise restaurant deployments are where voice AI meets the messiness of the real world: legacy systems, high transaction volumes, operational edge cases, and technology that has to work reliably during the busiest moments of the day. In this role, you will embed with leading restaurant brands and technology partners to make those deployments successful. You will learn how their systems work, design the integration path, write code, troubleshoot production issues, and adapt Deepgram’s platform to the constraints of live restaurant operations. You will work directly with customer engineering teams and business leaders, owning the technical path from early discovery through go-live and optimization. Your impact will extend beyond any single customer. You will identify patterns across deployments, translate field learnings into product improvements, and build the tools, reference architectures, and playbooks that help the team deploy faster and more reliably across large restaurant fleets. This role is for an engineer who wants direct ownership of customer outcomes and enjoys turning complex, ambiguous deployments into repeatable systems. The goal is simple: make every Deepgram for Restaurants deployment feel effortless to the customer and deliver measurable value from day one. ### Location: This role is based in New York City or San Francisco, where many of our customers and partners are located. Being close to them helps us move quickly and stay connected to their needs. This role also includes occasional travel to meet with customers, support sales engagements, and participate in key onsite interactions. ### What You’ll Own: - **Customer engineering partnership: **Embed with customer engineering teams as a trusted technical peer. Lead technical discovery and solutioning for prospects and customers. - **Technical integration and deployment: **Own the end-to-end technical implementation of Deepgram’s voice AI platform for enterprise customers — from scoping and architecture through go-live and optimization. - **Configuration and customization: **Adapt and configure Deepgram’s platform to meet each customer’s unique operational requirements — menu structures, ordering flows, POS integrations, edge cases, and everything in between. - **Production excellence: **Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve technical issues in live deployments. Serve as an escalation point for complex technical issues when necessary. - **Deployment infrastructure leadership: **Codify patterns into tools, playbooks, reference architectures, and building blocks the broader team can use for other deployments and customers. - **Feedback loop to product and engineering: **Translate real-world deployment challenges into actionable requirements for Deepgram’s product and engineering teams. You are the voice of the customer inside the building. ### You’ll Love This Role If You: - You are hands-on. You write code, read logs, and ship fixes — you don’t just coordinate. When a customer has a technical problem, you roll up your sleeves and solve it. - You operate with extreme ownership and urgency. You treat every customer deployment as if your name is on the product. - You partner closely with Sales, Product, and Engineering, but you are just as comfortable on a customer’s Slack channel walking their team through an API integration. ### It’s Important To Us That You Have: - **Technical depth: **You are an excellent software engineer. You are comfortable working across APIs, SDKs, webhooks, cloud infrastructure, and customer tech stacks. You use AI coding tools to move fast and multiply your output. - **Customer obsession: **Deep, personal commitment to your customers’ technical success. You take their problems home with you. You are not satisfied until the deployment is bulletproof. - **High slope: **Learns fast, adapts quickly, and stays effective in ambiguity without needing constant structure. You figure things out and move forward. You are excited to get your hands dirty solving gritty technical problems over sexy ones. - **Communication and trust: **Able to build deep credibility with both technical and non-technical stakeholders on the customer side. You are calm under pressure and relentlessly reliable. ### It Would Be Great if You Had: - Experience with voice AI, speech-to-text, NLP, or conversational AI systems. - Previous early-stage startup or founder-led environment experience — you thrive in environments where you wear many hats and build from zero. - Previous experience embedded within a large enterprise customer’s product deployment. * **Notice**: We're aware of individuals impersonating Deepgram recruiters. All legitimate Deepgram recruiting communication comes from an @* *deepgram.com* * email address. If you've received a message claiming to be Deepgram, please forward it to careers@deepgram.com.* [View posting at Deepgram](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Deepgram/1645ceac-3ef9-45ba-8386-49c7c43b14f0/application) ## About Deepgram Builds speech-to-text, text-to-speech, audio intelligence, and voice-agent APIs for developers and enterprises deploying real-time voice applications at scale. 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