$150,000–$220,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience
243 postings · 161 companies · 215 state pay: median $225,000, half $186,000–$260,000
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ZscalerBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer
San Jose, CA · US remoteRemote
$180,000–$225,000
EYBuilds for teams inside the company
Business Performance - Supply Chain - Manufacturing Operations Solutions - Manager - Consulting
Chicago, ILRemote
$128,400–$267,400
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
T. Rowe PriceBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead AI Software Engineer - T. Rowe Price Lab (MD or NYC)
Baltimore, MD · New York, NYBaltimore, MD +1Hybrid
$145,000–$309,000
DiDi GlobalBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff/Principal AI Transformation Engineer
San Jose, CA
$255,000–$351,000
CadwellBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Strategy & Enterprise Enablement Analyst
US · city not listedHybrid
$95,000–$130,000
$163,200–$236,400
BenchlingBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, Tools and Automation
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$195,000–$265,000
GoogleBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff AI/ML Engineer, AI Rapid Response Team
Mountain View, CA
$207,000–$300,000
The Carlyle GroupBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead Engineer, AI & Process Automation
Washington, DC · New York, NYWashington, DC +1Hybrid
$170,000–$190,000
$160,000–$200,000
$200,000–$300,000
Scale AIBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Network Engineer, App Platform
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$1–$1
CrusoeBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer, Internal Tools & Automation
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$215,000–$260,000
$143,800–$231,900
GoogleBuilds for teams inside the company
AI and Automation Solutions Architect, Finance Operations
Chicago, IL
$128,000–$187,000
Cerebras SystemsBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff AI Engineer – Business Systems
Sunnyvale, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$165,000–$253,000
$154,000–$213,000
ALSOBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Staff Deployment Strategist, Operations
Palo Alto, CAOn-site
$170,000–$225,000
$250,000–$425,000
Pay not posted
$220,000–$350,000
GE AppliancesBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Applied AI Solutions Engineer, AI Lab
Louisville, KY
Pay not posted
ElsevierBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Software Engineer/Principal AI Engineer
Philadelphia, PA
$115,400–$192,300
RELXBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Software Engineer/Principal AI Engineer
Philadelphia, PA
$115,400–$192,300
RobinhoodBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise Build
Menlo Park, CAHybrid
$130,000–$195,000
$275,000–$360,000
$230,000–$303,000
$194,000–$263,000
AppleBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead Developer, AI Workflows & Media Supply Chain
Culver City, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$144,500–$180,600
RelativityBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure
Long Beach, CAHybrid
$181,000–$271,000
Pay not posted
$100,000–$170,000
PerplexityBuilds for teams inside the company
Legal and Operations Engineering Lead
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$150,000–$250,000
TWG GlobalBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff / VP, Data Science - Marketing & Sales Focus
New York, NYHybrid
$280,000–$300,000
Grow TherapyBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer - Developer Experience & AI Enablement
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$182,000–$250,000
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience pay?
215 of 243 postings state a pay range. The median is $225,000, and half of them sit between $186,000 and $260,000, from 140 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience require?
Of 243 postings, 168 state a minimum number of years, from 117 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 90 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (41), 10 or more years (35) or under 3 years (2).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience?
These 243 postings come from 161 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (9), Amazon (incl AWS) (9), Deloitte US (9), Google (7) and Microsoft (6).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience remote?
45 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 79 are hybrid and 38 are on-site. The remaining 81 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 93 of the 243 postings.
Counted over the 243 postings in this search. Postings read on September 22, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. Postings that state no experience requirement, or ask for experience outside the five we list, are left out. · How we read postings