> 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. # Prototype and script FDE salary Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/prototypes Median salary $192,000 a year across 110 jobs. See what FDE postings whose main coding work is prototypes or scripts pay. **158** postings · **101** companies · **110** with pay · median **$192,000** · middle half $157,000–$252,000 · read Nov 6, 2026 ## These postings against the US The faint line is the $193K median across all US postings. $193K These postings Middle half $157,000 to $252,000, median $192,000. 110 postings [All US postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?disclosed=1) Middle half $160,000 to $225,000, median $193,000. - [2,430 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 $142,000 to $151,000, median $150,000. 12 postings Senior Middle half $158,000 to $259,000, median $194,000. 70 postings Staff+ Middle half $184,000 to $273,000, median $215,000. 16 postings [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15c784651bcda714) US Remote 2w ago $110,000–$180,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) Builds what the customer runs ### [Banking Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Products & Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e238dc72a7bb205) Multiple US offices 4w ago $105,400–$207,800 [Varick-Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/varick-agents) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c0e43d77dbd84030) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $175,000–$250,000 [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2d0c2690ef3af1c0) US Remote 7w ago $124,646–$168,272 [Realm](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/realm) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Chicago](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/026c2bf8e15d9b23) Chicago, IL Remote 3mo ago $115,000–$200,000 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a Service ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e5f41ce33de88dfc) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remote Remote 8mo ago $160,000–$400,000 · OTE [Roe AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/roe-ai) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b26d84c0bb8db523) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 10mo ago $100,000–$120,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) Builds what the customer runs ### [ConvergeProsperity - Product Forward Deployed Engineer, Insurance Growth Suite (Manager) - Products & Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/32a317d7e9ff10cc) Multiple US offices 2mo ago $134,500–$265,100 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) Builds what the customer runs ### [Implementation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/da50776860a88653) Arlington, VA New · 2d ago $112,800–$257,000 [Navaide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/navaide) Builds what the customer runs ### [AI Data Analyst](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a1c68357c7ed2e00) San Diego, CA Hybrid New · 4d ago $120,000–$160,000 [Cisco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cisco) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/881e6a41c1c715b4) Reston, VA · Austin, TX · +3 more Remote 8d ago $218,600–$344,700 [Steampunk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/steampunk) Builds what the customer runs ### [AI Innovation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/729f612f91d391af) Mclean, VA 2w ago $120,000–$180,000 Prototype and script means the posting's main coding work is prototyping or scripting. It does not mean the job is temporary or junior: a prototype can be the deliverable of an evaluation project. Employer postings · Calculated from posted salary amounts · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) ## Related reading - [What kind of coding do FDE postings describe?](https://nextmove.md/fde/research/coding) - [How to compare FDE job offers](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/compare-fde-offers) ## Related salary guides - [Production code FDE salary](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/production-code)