> 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/f4532e2eb2f19612 Bitmovin posts a senior FDE role to build what the customer runs in US with no pay posted. Ship production code in the Encoding team's sprints. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Bitmovin](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bitmovin) Posted Jul 20, 2026 by Bitmovin · open on Greenhouse as of Nov 8, 2026 Pay not posted US Remote Ship production code in the Encoding team's sprints. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Ff4532e2eb2f19612&placement=top) - [View posting at Bitmovin](https://bitmovin.com/careers/8640623002?gh_jid=8640623002) 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 **Mixed** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations Travel **Up to 25%** - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Individual contributor ### What they ask for Experience - **5+ years** software engineering at a senior level - **2+ years** customer-facing technical role Background - **Software engineering** - **Solutions and customer engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 2+ 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? 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**: US - **Work arrangement**: Remote - **Remote work restrictions**: Remote in the United States; East Coast or Denver preferred. - **Travel**: Up to 25% ## More like this [Superblocks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/superblocks) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/50caaaffd3f99933) New York, NY · US remote Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted [Domino Data Lab](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/domino-data-lab) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/337f6f7353ae2b63) New York, NY Remote 6w ago $165,000–$200,000 [Andesite](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/andesite) ### [Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack (TS Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/975a7d2cfa216c7e) US Remote 5w ago $180,000–$240,000 - [Other jobs at Bitmovin (1)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bitmovin) ## The job description from Bitmovin Posted by Bitmovin on Jul 20, 2026 **Location: **Remote, United States (East Coast or Denver preferred) **Tech Stack: **C++/Java, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure **Team Size:** 10 Engineers (EU-based) **Travel:** up to 25% **Bitmovin **is a global Series-C SaaS scale-up that provides award-winning video streaming technology to world-renowned brands and managed service providers. Our solution suite consists of Live and VOD Encoding, a Multi-Platform Player, and Analytics platform; enabling content owners to redefine the viewer experience through API-based workflow optimization, fast turnaround, and scalability. We have seen great success and created great momentum in the market. This is down to our products, ecosystem, but ultimately our people who love video streaming. *“We are constantly seeking out forward thinking individuals who want to shape the future of video… come and work with us!”* Stefan Lederer, CEO At **Bitmovin **we value cognitive diversity and the huge part this plays in not only creating a global culture second to none, but in how this underpins our ability to create truly representative, Emmy award winning products. Diversity in all its forms is encouraged and celebrated at Bitmovin; everyone has a role to play in helping us shape the future of video. ### Why will your impact matter? At **Bitmovin**, we’re redefining how the world streams video. Our Emmy award-winning technology powers video for household names like Red Bull Media House, RTL, and Technicolor — and we’re just getting started. This is the first Forward Deployed Engineer at Bitmovin — a greenfield role where you'll define the playbook, not inherit one. You'll sit inside our Encoding engineering team, shipping production code in its sprints, while being the technical face of Bitmovin for our marquee US media and streaming customers. When Europe is offline, you're the one keeping US enterprise accounts moving: triaging encoding issues, driving incidents to resolution or a clean handover, and turning what you learn in the field into better product. It's real engineering plus real customer ownership. The kind of hybrid profile that's hard to find and builds toward Staff Engineer, Solutions Architecture leadership, or founding-engineer-style roles. ### What you’ll do: - Contribute production code (Java/Kotlin, C++ encoding stack) as an embedded member of the Encoding team's sprints - Own our US enterprise accounts technically: cover the timezone gap, triage and troubleshoot encoding issues during EU off-hours, and drive incidents to resolution or a safe handover - Travel to customer sites to support integrations, run workshops, and handle escalations in person - Feed field learnings back into sprint planning and the product roadmap - Make sound escalate-vs-resolve calls autonomously, and keep the EU team looped in through clear async communication ### What success looks like (6–12 months) - You've become the trusted US technical point of contact for our marquee media and streaming accounts. Those customers escalate to you by name and response times during EU off-hours have visibly improved. - You're shipping production code in the Encoding team's sprints, not just triaging. You've closed real issues in the core encoding stack (Java/Kotlin, C++), not just filed them. - You've defined the Forward Deployed playbook from scratch: how issues get triaged, when to resolve vs. escalate, how handovers to the EU team happen cleanly. It's written down and repeatable, not living in your head. - You've run at least one on-site customer integration or workshop end to end, and the customer came away more self-sufficient. - Field learnings from your accounts have shaped sprint planning or the roadmap at least once, with a concrete example the team can point to. - Churn risk on your accounts is down and measurably so, with faster resolution and fewer issues aging overnight. - The EU team trusts you to own US hours solo. Your async updates are clear enough that Europe picks up where you left off without friction. - You've built a clear picture of how customers actually use our product day to day, and turned it into documentation the product and engineering teams actually rely on. ### What can you bring Must-Have Experience: - 5+ years of software engineering experience at a senior level, strong in Java or C++, able to contribute production code in the encoding team's sprints - 2+ years in a customer-facing technical role (solutions architecture, professional services, forward deployed, or named-account support) - Cloud experience (AWS and/or GCP), Docker, and hands-on experience running and debugging scalable distributed services - Strong troubleshooting on live customer systems: log analysis, error diagnosis, network traces, reproducing issues from limited information - Open to AI-assisted development workflows and comfortable using AI tools like Claude Code - Excellent written and verbal English, with a track record of communicating credibly with enterprise engineering teams - High autonomy: comfortable owning issues end-to-end during US hours while the EU team is offline, with sound judgment on when to escalate vs. resolve - Experience being responsible for maintaining production systems, preferably experienced with on-call, incident management, or 24/7 operations - Based on the US East Coast or in Denver, and willing to travel to customer sites regularly - You must already have the right to work in the United States. Nice-to-Have: - Video streaming domain knowledge: codecs (H.264/HEVC, ideally AV1), container formats, HLS/DASH, OTT encoding workflows - Prior forward-deployed, solutions architect, or professional services experience at a SaaS or media-tech vendor - Experience with Bitmovin or competing encoding platforms (AWS MediaConvert/Elemental, Harmonic, MediaKind) You don’t have experience with all the points above? Don’t worry, we will support you with learning, training, and coaching on the job. ### Why do this at Bitmovin There is a lot on offer here: - View the benefits on our Careers Page - Get to know our outstanding culture showcased on LinkedIn - Check the employee reviews on Glassdoor Apply for the role, and let’s get talking! [View posting at Bitmovin](https://bitmovin.com/careers/8640623002?gh_jid=8640623002) ## About Bitmovin Provides cloud-native encoding, playback, and video observability products that help media companies deliver and monitor streaming video. 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