$150,000–$200,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at early-stage companies with ongoing operations
232 postings · 177 companies · 136 state pay: median $185,000, half $155,000–$219,000
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$150,000–$275,000
$150,000–$240,000
$100,000–$120,000
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Pay not posted
$120,000–$200,000
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Forward Deployed Engineer (U.S. Government / IL5)
San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CASan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$130,000–$170,000
Applied Researcher - Forward-Deployed RL
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$150,000–$300,000
$120,000–$200,000
$110,000–$140,000
Pay not posted
$190,000–$210,000
Pay not posted
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$150,000–$225,000
$190,000–$250,000
$213,000–$314,000
$270,400–$401,600
$100,000–$160,000
$140,000–$230,000
$140,000–$200,000
$120,000–$200,000
$100,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$120,000–$180,000
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$100,000–$160,000
$140,000–$240,000
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$130,000–$230,000
$150,000–$180,000
$224,000–$394,000 · OTE
$150,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$200,000–$300,000
157 of 232 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at early-stage companies with ongoing operations pay?
136 of 232 postings state a pay range. The median is $185,000, and half of them sit between $155,000 and $219,000, from 103 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at early-stage companies with ongoing operations require?
Of 232 postings, 120 state a minimum number of years, from 98 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 69 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (42), 6 to 9 years (8) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at early-stage companies with ongoing operations?
These 232 postings come from 177 companies. The employers with the most postings are Voltai (5), Fundamental Research Labs (4), H Company (4), Rowspace (4) and Rune Technologies (4).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors at early-stage companies with ongoing operations remote?
45 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 38 are hybrid and 123 are on-site. The remaining 26 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 83 of the 232 postings.
Counted over the 232 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings