Companies where FDE jobs write more production code than most

Diamondback Energy

Public · About 1,001–5,000 people · oil and natural gas exploration and production

DiDi Global

Public · About 5,000+ people · Mobility technology / autonomous vehicles

Digital Asset

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Financial technology and blockchain infrastructure for capital markets

Dimensional

Docebo

Public · About 201–1,000 people · EdTech / Corporate LMS

Docflow Labs Inc

Docker, Inc

Donaldson Company, Inc.

Public · About 5,000+ people · Industrial filtration products and manufacturing

Dryft

Early · About 1–50 people · Manufacturing operations software (agentic AI / ERP-successor)

Dscout

Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Experience research software and SaaS

Dyania Health

Dyna Robotics

Early · About 51–200 people · Embodied AI foundation model

ECP

Later private · Healthcare technology; senior living software

Egnyte

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · Enterprise content management, file collaboration, data security, and governance software

Eight Sleep

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Consumer health / sleep technology hardware

eimagine

About 51–200 people · IT consulting and staff augmentation

Ekimetrics

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · data science, AI and marketing effectiveness consulting

Electric Plant

Eloquent AI

Early · About 1–50 people · AI / Financial Services Automation

Elorian

Early · About 1–50 people · Artificial intelligence research and multimodal foundation models

Elsevier

Public · About 5,000+ people · Academic Publishing / Scientific Information & Analytics

Ema

Early · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI / Agentic AI Platform

Embedding VC

Bootstrapped · About 1–50 people · AI venture capital and venture studio

Emergence Capital

Venture capital focused on B2B software

Eon.io

ePayPolicy

Later private · About 51–200 people · Insurance payments infrastructure / fintech SaaS

Ercot

eSentire

Etsy

Public · About 1,001–5,000 people · Marketplace / E-commerce

EVB

Everlaw

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Legal-tech / Ediscovery & litigation AI

EVERSANA

Later private · About 5,000+ people · Life sciences commercialization services

Evertz Microsystems Ltd.

Broadcast and media technology, with secure networking and mission-critical communications for government and defence.

Exotec

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · Warehouse robotics and intralogistics automation

Expression

National security mission software and federal technology services

Extractable

Digital strategy, user experience, analytics, and technology services for financial services

F2

Early · About 1–50 people · vertical AI for private markets and commercial banking

Fabric

Early · About 201–1,000 people · Healthcare technology

Fairbanks Morse Defense

Faire

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · B2B wholesale marketplace

Fal

Growth · AI infrastructure

Fanatics

Later private · About 5,000+ people · Sports merchandise, collectibles, sports betting and gaming, live events, and sports entertainment

Fanatics Collectibles

Later private · About 5,000+ people · Trading cards, sports memorabilia, collectibles, and digital assets

Fannie Mae

Public · About 5,000+ people · Housing Finance / Government-Sponsored Enterprise

Faraday Future

Public · About 201–1,000 people · Electric Vehicles / Physical AI & Robotics

Faros

Early · About 51–200 people · Software development and engineering intelligence software

Farther

Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Tech-enabled RIA / private wealth management

Fastino Labs

Early · About 1–50 people · Applied AI research and software — open-weight language models and production AI tools

Fenwick & West

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · Technology and life sciences law

Fidelity National Information Services

Public · About 5,000+ people · Financial technology (banking & capital markets software)

Figure AI

Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Humanoid robotics

First Solar, Inc.

Public · About 5,000+ people · Solar technology and photovoltaic manufacturing

Fleetio

Flow

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Residential real estate, property management, and hospitality

fluent

Foley

Vertical SaaS for hiring, workforce screening, transportation safety, and regulatory compliance

Folio

Early · Hospitality fintech and financial operations software

Footprint

Growth · About 1–50 people · Financial crime compliance and risk management software

Form Energy

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Long-Duration Energy Storage (Iron-Air Batteries)

Forterra

Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Autonomous Vehicles / Defense Tech

Fortreum

Subsidiary · Cybersecurity compliance services and AI-native compliance software

Forum Ventures

Later private · About 1–50 people · Venture capital, startup acceleration, and venture studio building for B2B software companies

Forus

Growth · About 51–200 people · Healthcare AI / digital health infrastructure

Foundation Medicine

Subsidiary · About 1,001–5,000 people · Precision oncology diagnostics and cancer genomics

Freedom Technology Solutions Group

Bootstrapped · About 51–200 people · Federal IT services / intelligence, defense, and geospatial mission systems

Friday Harbor

Early · About 1–50 people · AI mortgage technology and fintech software

FriendliAI

Early · About 51–200 people · AI infrastructure

Fullstory

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Behavioral Data Analytics / Digital Experience Intelligence

Fun

Galaxy Digital

Public · About 201–1,000 people · Digital Assets / AI Infrastructure

Garage

Early · About 1–50 people · GovTech / B2B marketplace (public safety & municipal equipment)

GC AI

Generac

Public · About 5,000+ people · Energy technology and power generation equipment

General Dynamics Information Technology

Public · About 5,000+ people · Federal IT services / defense technology

General Matter

Early · About 1–50 people · Nuclear energy and uranium enrichment

General Robotics

Early · About 1–50 people · Robotics software and physical AI

Generation Next Fertility

Fertility care and reproductive medicine

GeoYeti

Subsidiary · U.S. government intelligence and defense analytics and technology services

Giga Energy

GitLab

Public · About 1,001–5,000 people · DevSecOps / developer tools

Glimpse

Gold & Aron

Grafana Labs

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · Dev Tools / Observability

Gray Swan

GripFusion

Early · About 1–50 people · Sports technology and athletic performance analytics

Groq

Early · AI inference infrastructure and cloud computing

Groundswell

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Federal IT / Government Technology Services

Growth Protocol

Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI / Decision Intelligence

Growth Signals

About 1–50 people · Enterprise GenAI software for research, development, and corporate innovation teams

GRVTY

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · Defense technology for national security missions

Guidehouse

Subsidiary · About 5,000+ people · Professional services / management consulting

GuidePoint Security

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · cybersecurity services

Guild.ai

Early · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI software and developer infrastructure

Gumloop

Growth · About 1–50 people · AI automation / enterprise agent platform

Guru

Growth · Enterprise knowledge management and AI software

Gusto

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · SMB payroll, HR, benefits, and compliance software

H.W. Kaufman Group

Specialty insurance brokerage, distribution, underwriting, and risk-bearing

Habitat Health

Halluminate

Early · About 1–50 people · AI training infrastructure and reinforcement-learning environments for knowledge work

Hammerspace