> 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 Field Engineer (Pre-Sales/Forward Deployed) Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f1c380a631395d4e Cognite posts a senior FDE role to prove the product works before the sale, remote, hiring in Texas with no pay posted. Senior field engineering role serving as the technical lead for complex enterprise engagements, from strategic discovery through live AI solution prototypes. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Cognite](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognite) Posted Oct 9, 2026 by Cognite · open on Greenhouse as of Nov 8, 2026 Pay not posted Remote, hiring in Texas Senior field engineering role serving as the technical lead for complex enterprise engagements, from strategic discovery through live AI solution prototypes. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Ff1c380a631395d4e&placement=top) - [View posting at Cognite](https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/cognite/jobs/5002767101) 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 Proves it works before the sale Balance **Mixed** Project stages 1. Pre-sales 2. Proof of concept 3. Implementation (not covered) 4. Operations (not covered) Travel **Up to 50%** - **Coding**: Prototypes and scripts - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **3+ years** forward deployed engineering or pre-sales engineering roles Background - **Solutions and customer engineering** - **Forward deployed engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 3+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The work is remote from the US. Can you work from the US? 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[What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: Houston, TX · US remote - **Work arrangement**: Remote - **Remote work restrictions**: United States - **Travel**: Up to 50% ## More like this [Monte Carlo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/monte-carlo) ### [Sr. Sales Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineer - Pre Sales)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6886f31d95415fc2) US Remote 5w ago $240,000–$270,000 [Impiricus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/impiricus) ### [Product Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9fb3adfa1c242b58) New York, NY · Atlanta, GA Remote 2mo ago $170,000–$210,000 [Modus Create](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/modus-create) ### [Database Engineer - Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e5bc785c50c13241) US Remote 7w ago Pay not posted - [Other jobs at Cognite (1)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognite) ## The job description from Cognite Posted by Cognite on Oct 9, 2026 ### What Cognite is: Relentless to achieve Cognite operates at the forefront of **industrial digitalization, building AI**, and data solutions that solve the world’s hardest, highest-impact problems. With unmatched industrial heritage and a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities, including low-code AI agents, Cognite accelerates the digital transformation to drive operational improvements. We thrive in challenges. We challenge assumptions. We execute with speed and ownership. If you view obstacles as signals to step forward - not backwards - you’ll feel right at home here. Our Moonshot is bold: Unlock $100B in customer value by 2035, and redefine how global industry works. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we will forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future. ### How you’ll demonstrate Ownership - **Client Engagement & Moving Strategy to Reality:** Partner with Account Executives to prioritize strategic opportunities and act as the technical lead for complex engagements. You will move clients from high-level strategy to live, functioning versions of Cognite’s solutions through **Fast AI Prototyping** via **Cognite Atlas AI™** and **Cognite Data Fusion®**. - **Agentic Solution Development:** Lead the design and implementation of first-of-their-kind industrial agents. You will leverage the **Atlas AI** workbench to automate complex industrial workflows, ensuring solutions are technically feasible, scalable, and grounded in the contextualized data foundation of our **Industrial Knowledge Graph**. - **Technical Representation & Use Case Design:** Lead use case workshops and briefings, translating functional and non-functional requirements into deliverable high-level use cases. You will build executive confidence by delivering client-focused demos and reference architectures that prove the ROI of Industrial AI. - **Product Innovation & Field Leadership:** Act as the critical bridge between the field and Cognite’s Product organization. Translate "field friction" and deployment learnings into actionable product requirements and scalable best practices that strengthen Cognite’s position as the leader in **Industrial DataOps**. ### The Impact you bring to Cognite - **Industrial Architecture Expertise:** Ability to design scalable architectures that unify siloed IT/OT/ET data into a single source of truth using **Cognite Data Fusion®**. - **Agentic AI Proficiency:** Demonstrated experience building with LLMs (Gemini, Claude, GPT-4) and a deep understanding of the Agentic AI landscape to create trusted, mission-critical industrial agents via **Cognite Atlas AI™**. - **Full-Stack Solution Engineering:** Ability to orchestrate and build end-to-end prototypes—integrating GenAI components, CDF data models, and legacy customer systems—using scalable software practices and open-source AI frameworks. - **Technical Evangelism & Strategic Influence:** The ability to distill complex technical AI solutions into compelling, value-driven narratives. You can pivot seamlessly between deep architectural sessions with engineers and strategy briefings with C-level executives. ### Required Qualifications - 3+ years in forward deployed engineering/pre-sales engineering roles ideally in enterprise SaaS, cloud platforms, or industrial software companies. - Strong engineering background. Preferred fields include but are not limited to Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Machine Learning. - A strong foundation in Python and a deep understanding of the GenAI landscape (embeddings, RAG, and prompt chaining). - Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills. - Ability and interest to travel up to 50% as needed to be "on the ground" where the impact happens. ### Preferred Experience - Education or experience in the industrial space (e.g., Petroleum, Chemical, Mechanical, or Control System Engineering). - Previous customer facing or sales experience. - You’ve worked with "messy" real-world variables from the Industries we work in (Energy, Oil and Gas, Chemicals, Life Sciences, Discrete) and understand, for example, why data quality in a refinery is harder than data quality in a web app. - You are excited to bridge the gap between traditional heavy industry and the future of Autonomous Operations via **Cognite Data Fusion®** and Agentic AI. ### A snapshot of our many perks and benefits as a Cogniter - Competitive compensation - 401(k) with employer matching - Competitive health, dental, vision & disability coverages for employees and all dependents - Unlimited PTO - Paid Parental Leave Program - Employee Referral Program ### Learn more about us - Impact 2025 - Cognite's Industrial AI: Moonshot - We’re globally recognized domain experts with an international presence that spans Phoenix, Houston, Oslo Tokyo, Bengaluru, and Abu Dhabi. * **Equal Opportunity*** *Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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