> 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 salary at growth-stage companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/growth-stage Median salary $200,000 a year across 306 jobs. See what FDE postings at growth-stage companies pay. **425** postings · **208** companies · **306** with pay · median **$200,000** · middle half $173,000–$230,000 · read Nov 8, 2026 ## These postings against the US The faint line is the $193K median across all US postings. $193K These postings Middle half $173,000 to $230,000, median $200,000. 306 postings [All US postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?disclosed=1) Middle half $160,000 to $225,000, median $193,000. - [2,434 postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?disclosed=1) ## By responsibility level The faint line is the $193K median across all US postings. $193K Mid Middle half $128,000 to $170,000, median $151,000. 14 postings Senior Middle half $170,000 to $225,000, median $200,000. 250 postings Staff+ Middle half $217,000 to $273,000, median $239,000. 34 postings [Clutch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clutch) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a66d5225152e662) US Remote New · 3d ago $158,000–$210,000 [Posh AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/posh-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b047149afdefb954) Boston, MA Hybrid New · 5d ago $185,000–$215,000 [Dscout](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dscout) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Full-Stack)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0e9c59d4c6005d1d) US Remote 9d ago $250,000–$400,000 · OTE [Gradial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gradial) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0c5715c904689d35) Seattle, WA 10d ago $155,000–$225,000 [Together AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/together-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Post-Training](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3c12aeeb37e0d254) San Francisco, CA 2w ago $270,000–$300,000 · OTE [Buildkite](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/buildkite) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/446557b19d1bda0e) US · city not listed 2w ago $223,000–$247,000 [Ocrolus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ocrolus) ### [Mortgage Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ccfc8a6901548790) US Remote 3w ago $150,000–$170,000 [Manifold AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/manifold-ai) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f460b6065fbc24a) Cambridge, MA 3w ago $165,000–$190,000 [Ditto](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ditto) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Platform ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c7c329b94a1f3f61) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3w ago $188,000–$240,000 [Fal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fal) ### [Principal/Senior Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/571d390c3c52ec95) San Francisco, CA 4w ago $180,000–$250,000 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/46808066546c242c) Austin, TX · Menlo Park, CA · +1 more Hybrid 4w ago $170,000–$225,000 [Lovable](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lovable) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/28e30f0bcb12a23f) New York, NY On-site 4w ago $199,000–$325,000 152 of these 306 jobs build what the customer runs. Growth stage means the employer is Series B to C. It describes the company, not the level or work of the role. Employer postings · Calculated from posted salary amounts · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) ## Related reading - [Company stage in FDE job postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/research/company-stage) - [How to compare FDE job offers](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/compare-fde-offers) ## Related salary guides - [FDE salary at early-stage companies](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/early-stage) - [FDE salary at later-stage private companies](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/later-private) - [FDE salary at public companies](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/public-companies)