> 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.

# Companies that just started hiring Forward Deployed Engineers

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers

6 companies posted a Forward Deployed Engineer role for the first time between Tuesday, November 3 and Friday, November 6, 2026: causaLens, Element Fleet Management, Generalist AI, Pathward and 2 more. Each company's first posting, with location and date, updated every Tuesday and Friday from employer job postings.

**6** companies · Nov 3–6, 2026 · read Nov 6, 2026 · new list every Tuesday and Friday

[causaLens](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/causalens)

### [Lead Forward-Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4f39d356f2f074a8)

Remote job Builds what the customer runs Posted Nov 3

Pay not posted

Element Fleet Management

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Intern (8-12 month intern)](https://elementfleet.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Career_Site/job/Toronto/Forward-Deployed-Engineer--FDE--Intern--8-12-month-intern-_R105989)

Toronto Posted Nov 6

Pay not posted

[Generalist AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/generalist-ai) [+1 more posting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/generalist-ai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dfe338dad6dac3cb)

Boston (Somerville) Builds what the customer runs Posted Nov 4

$150,000–$200,000

Pathward

### [AI Analyst, Sr – AI Forward Deployed Engineer](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=pathward&token=6239487004)

Remote Posted Nov 3

Pay not posted

[Trase Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/trase-systems)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15bd77cd9f0f35f4)

Seattle, WA (Preferred) or McLean, VA or Remote (USA) Builds what the customer runs Posted Nov 3

$150,000–$240,000

Wordsmith

### [Deployed Engineer](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/wordsmith/a464d9b5-438e-457b-be29-2f2cd1c0999c/application)

Edinburgh Posted Nov 3

Pay not posted

[The Nov 3–6, 2026 list as its own page →](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-11-06)

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## Earlier lists

- [October 30–November 3, 2026 3](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-11-03)
- [October 27–30, 2026 8](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-10-30)
- [October 23–27, 2026 6](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-10-27)
- [October 20–23, 2026 5](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-10-23)
- [October 16–20, 2026 9](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-10-20)
- [October 13–16, 2026 5](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-10-16)
- [October 9–13, 2026 6](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-10-13)
- [October 6–9, 2026 11](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-10-09)
- [October 2–6, 2026 4](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-10-06)
- [September 29–October 2, 2026 8](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-10-02)
- [September 25–29, 2026 2](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-09-29)
- [September 22–25, 2026 8](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-09-25)
- [September 18–22, 2026 5](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-09-22)
- [September 15–18, 2026 9](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-09-18)
- [September 11–15, 2026 7](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-09-15)
- [September 8–11, 2026 8](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-09-11)
- [September 1–4, 2026 9](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-09-04)
- [August 28–September 1, 2026 10](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-09-01)
- [August 25–28, 2026 2](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-08-28)
- [August 21–25, 2026 5](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-08-25)
- [August 18–21, 2026 11](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-08-21)
- [August 14–18, 2026 14](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-08-18)
- [August 11–14, 2026 5](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-08-14)
- [August 7–11, 2026 6](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-08-11)
- [August 4–7, 2026 12](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-08-07)
- [July 31–August 4, 2026 1](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-08-04)
- [July 28–31, 2026 12](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-07-31)
- [July 24–28, 2026 3](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-07-28)
- [July 21–24, 2026 6](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-07-24)
- [July 17–21, 2026 7](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-07-21)
- [July 14–17, 2026 8](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-07-17)
- [July 10–14, 2026 4](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-07-14)
- [July 7–10, 2026 6](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-07-10)
- [July 3–7, 2026 8](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-07-07)
- [June 30–July 3, 2026 6](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-07-03)
- [June 26–30, 2026 9](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-06-30)
- [June 23–26, 2026 8](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-06-26)
- [June 19–23, 2026 8](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-06-23)
- [June 16–19, 2026 8](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-06-19)
- [June 12–16, 2026 8](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-06-16)
- [June 9–12, 2026 6](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-06-12)
- [June 5–9, 2026 5](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-06-09)
- [June 2–5, 2026 10](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-06-05)
- [May 29–June 2, 2026 10](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-06-02)
- [May 26–29, 2026 1](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-05-29)
- [May 22–26, 2026 1](https://nextmove.md/fde/new-employers/2026-05-26)

## How many companies start each week

Over the last 8 complete weeks, between 9 and 17 companies posted their first forward deployed role each week. The median week had 13 companies.

Companies each week, from the week of Sep 7: 12 · 14 · 13 · 10 · 17 · 9 · 15 · 11

## Common questions

### What counts as a company starting to hire Forward Deployed Engineers?

A company is listed the first time one of its job postings carries a forward deployed title: Forward Deployed Engineer, FDE, Deployment Strategist or Deployed Engineer. We count only companies whose job boards we had been reading for at least 30 days before that posting, so the list shows hiring decisions rather than companies we recently started reading.

### How often is this page updated?

Twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday. Each update lists the companies whose first forward deployed posting appeared since the previous update, and each list keeps its own page.

### How many companies start hiring FDEs in a typical week?

Over the last 8 complete weeks, between 9 and 17 companies posted their first forward deployed role each week. The median week had 13 companies.

### Does a first posting mean the company is building a forward deployed team?

No. One posting is one opening. The company's page shows how many forward deployed roles it has open now, and [the companies list](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies) compares every employer with current postings.

## Keep comparing

### Every employer with current postings

Compare how many forward deployed roles each company has open, where, and at what pay.

- [See all companies →](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies)

### Postings listed in the last 30 days

Every forward deployed posting that appeared recently, from new and established employers alike.

- [Browse recent postings →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?age=30)

### How the number of postings has moved

Postings per month and the companies posting them, over the whole period we have read.

- [Read the posting data →](https://nextmove.md/fde/research)

Employer postings · Postings read on November 6, 2026 · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)
