> 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. # FDE resources Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/resources Practical guides to FDE work, job applications, hiring, salaries and employers. If you are applying for or hiring into forward deployed engineering, start with the question you need to answer. ## For your job search - [What does a forward deployed engineer do?](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/what-is-a-forward-deployed-engineer) - [Forward deployed engineer vs software engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/fde-vs-software-engineer) - [Forward deployed engineer vs solutions engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/fde-vs-solutions-engineer) - [Portfolio projects that show FDE work](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/fde-portfolio-projects) - [Planning your first 90 days as an FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/fde-first-90-days) - [Do you need a degree to become an FDE?](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/fde-degree-requirements) - [How to become a forward deployed engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/how-to-become-a-forward-deployed-engineer) - [Skills to build for FDE work](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/fde-skills-and-learning) - [How to prepare for an FDE interview](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/fde-interview-preparation) - [How to describe FDE experience on your resume](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/fde-resume-guide) - [How to compare FDE job offers](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/compare-fde-offers) - [How to find FDE jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/find-fde-jobs) - [How FDE roles differ across companies](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/compare-fde-companies) - [FDE jobs: Austin vs. New York metro](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/fde-austin-vs-new-york) - [FDE jobs: New York metro vs. the San Francisco Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/fde-new-york-vs-san-francisco) - [FDE jobs: Seattle area vs. the San Francisco Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/fde-seattle-vs-san-francisco) ## Your experience - [ ### Software engineering How software engineering carries into customer work. 1,693 postings · 808 companies From software engineering to FDE →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths/backend-engineer) - [ ### Solutions and customer engineering What to show from customer and integration work. 554 postings · 323 companies From solutions and customer engineering to FDE →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths/solutions-engineer) - [ ### Implementation and data engineering What to show from integration and data work. 765 postings · 369 companies From implementation and data engineering to FDE →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths/implementation-data-engineer) - [ ### Forward deployed engineering What to compare before your next FDE role. 171 postings · 123 companies Choosing your next FDE role →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths/forward-deployed-engineer) - [ ### Consulting What to show from client delivery work. 310 postings · 198 companies From consulting to FDE →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths/consulting) ## What the job data shows - [Which skills do FDE job postings mention?](https://nextmove.md/fde/research/skills) See which technologies FDE postings name and decide which one to learn for the work you want. - [How much experience do FDE jobs require?](https://nextmove.md/fde/research/experience) See how many years FDE postings ask for and decide whether a stated minimum rules you out. - [Remote work and travel in FDE roles](https://nextmove.md/fde/research/remote-work-and-travel) See how many FDE postings allow remote work or require travel, and what to confirm before relying on a label. - [What kind of coding do FDE postings describe?](https://nextmove.md/fde/research/coding) See what kind of coding FDE postings describe: production code, configuration, or prototypes. - [Company stage in FDE job postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/research/company-stage) See which company stages are hiring FDEs and why stage is not a proxy for the work. - [Individual contributor, technical lead, or people manager?](https://nextmove.md/fde/research/management) See how many FDE postings are individual contributor, technical lead or people manager roles. - [Visa sponsorship in FDE job postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/research/visa-sponsorship) See how many FDE postings state visa sponsorship and what to ask the employer. ## For hiring teams - [How to hire a forward deployed engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/how-to-hire-fde) - [Where to find FDE candidates](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/where-to-find-fde-candidates) - [How to set compensation for an FDE role](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/fde-compensation-for-employers) - [How to interview FDE candidates](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/interview-fde-candidates) - [FDEs, solutions engineers or professional services?](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/fde-vs-professional-services) - [How to organize an FDE team](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/build-an-fde-team) - [How to write an FDE job description](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/fde-job-description) - [Production AI FDE job description template](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/production-ai-fde-job-description) - [Data and integration FDE job description template](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/data-integration-fde-job-description) - [First FDE hire job description template](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/first-fde-hire-job-description) ## FDE job lists - [Junior FDE and deployment jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs-for/junior) - [FDE jobs for new graduates](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs-for/new-graduates) - [Remote FDE and deployment jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs-for/remote) - [Senior FDE and deployment jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs-for/senior) - [FDE jobs with visa sponsorship](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs-for/visa-sponsorship) - [Data and integration FDE jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs-for/data-integration) - [Engineering manager FDE jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs-for/engineering-manager) - [Production AI FDE jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs-for/production-ai) - [Technical lead FDE jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs-for/technical-lead)