> 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.

# How to find FDE jobs

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/find-fde-jobs

Decide which searches and filters find the FDE work you want, and what to check before applying.

Decide which searches and filters find the FDE work you want, and what to check before applying.

Published Sep 20, 2026 · Updated Nov 7, 2026

- Search by the work, not only the title, because the same job appears as software, AI, implementation, solutions and data engineer.
- Use one or two filters at a time — stacking every filter hides relevant jobs and leaves too few to compare.
- Open the employer's own careers page before applying, and treat a listing whose original link is dead as a lead rather than an opening.
- Record why you kept each role, so you notice when a job carries a responsibility you do not want.
- Start from the [US FDE jobs list](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs), which shows the count, the companies and the posted salary median for whatever you select.

## The search terms these jobs are posted under

- forward deployed engineer and forward-deployed engineer
- customer-facing software or AI engineer
- customer engineering, technical delivery, implementation
- deployment, integration, applied AI, agentic workflows
- solutions engineer or data engineer, where the posting includes production ownership

Keep a posting when it describes the responsibility you want. Skip it when it uses FDE language for sales support, research or internal coordination.

## Check five things in the posting itself

1. **The user of the work:** external customers, internal teams, or both.
2. **The code:** [production services, configuration and integration, prototypes, or none](https://nextmove.md/fde/research/coding).
3. **The project stage:** pre-sales, proof of concept, implementation, or ongoing operations.
4. **The working conditions:** approved location, [remote or hybrid rules, travel](https://nextmove.md/fde/research/remote-work-and-travel), work authorisation.
5. **The evidence the employer asks for:** languages, cloud or data systems, customer delivery, [years of experience](https://nextmove.md/fde/research/experience).

## Keep a small search record

| Field | What to record |
| --- | --- |
| Employer and role | Exact title and company |
| Original link | Employer careers URL |
| Work | Production, integration, prototype, or other |
| Customer | External, internal, both, or unclear |
| Stage | Pre-sales, proof of concept, implementation, operations |
| Location and travel | Work location, remote rule, stated travel |
| Pay | Salary range as posted, or "not posted" |
| Evidence | The experience and technical work you can explain |
| Open questions | What to ask before applying or accepting |

Professional networks, general job boards, specialist boards and company career sites each surface different postings, and no job board includes every employer. The [company directory](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies) shows whether one employer has several kinds of FDE work.

## Related reading

- [How FDE roles differ across companies](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/compare-fde-companies)
- [How to compare FDE job offers](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/compare-fde-offers)
- [Planning your first 90 days as an FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/fde-first-90-days)