How we read postings
Every figure on this site is read from employer job postings. Each job links to its original posting.
Where postings come from
We read the careers pages of the employers we track and refresh the postings every hour. If we cannot read recent data, we hide the job list rather than show old data.
The counts cover the careers pages we track, not every US opening.
Which jobs are included
US forward deployed engineering roles and related work. Our AI reads each posting as an experienced FDE would: a job whose title names the work is listed, and any other job is listed only when the reading rates it a clear fit. A bare “Remote” location does not show a job can be done from the US.
The job list puts the closest FDE work first and varies the companies shown.
What counts as a related role?
Related work includes planning what the customer deploys first, integrating and configuring the product, proving it works before the sale, keeping customers running after launch and building for teams inside the company. Leading a deployment team qualifies when it manages an included function.
Internal deployment means implementing software, AI or data workflows for business, scientific, clinical or other operating teams. It also includes tools built for FDE or customer deployment teams. Ordinary product development and routine employee IT alone do not qualify. Not every included role requires coding or external customer contact.
How pay is read
Pay is the base range a posting states, in US dollars a year. Each range is read at its middle. Bonus and equity are not counted.
A median counts only the postings that state a range. An employer needs 3 such postings before we print one, and a metro, level or other group needs 10 from 5 employers. Advertised pay is what employers post, not an offer.
How kind of work and the comparisons are read
The kind of work on each job, such as “Builds what the customer runs”, is what our AI reads in the posting’s duties. The same reading records the level, the coding the job asks for, travel, remote rules and who the work is for.
A share counts only the postings that say something about that measure. Travel is the exception: every posting counts, and one that says nothing about travel counts as not mentioning it. An employer is compared on a measure once at least 5 of its postings, and half of them, state it.
What the dates mean
“Postings read on” is when we last read the postings behind a page’s figures. “Updated” marks a change to what a page says, not a new reading of the same postings.
When a posting comes down, its job page keeps the last details we read and leaves search results.
What a listing does not establish
- An employer listing does not mean Nextmove works with that company or can arrange an introduction.
- A removed posting does not mean someone was hired.
- The guides under Your experience help you compare postings. They do not predict eligibility or career outcomes.
Corrections
Send the page and the original posting to info@nextmove.md. We check it against the source and fix or remove what it does not support.
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