$106,200–$182,983
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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VizientBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr. AI Delivery & Operations Engineer
Chicago, IL · Irving, TX · +1 moreChicago, IL +2
$102,400–$179,000
Interface AIBuilds for teams inside the company
Applied AI Engineer, Business Automation
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$220,000–$260,000
SpaceXBuilds for teams inside the company
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
CAOn-site
$100,000–$160,000
HARMAN InternationalBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Engineer - Finance AI Solutions
Novi, MIHybrid
$125,250–$183,700
$112,200–$190,700
PrologisBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead AI Engineer
Denver, CO · San Francisco, CA · +3 moreDenver, CO +4On-site
$147,000–$202,000
$145,400–$257,600
HARMAN InternationalBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Engineer - HR AI Solutions
Novi, MIHybrid
$125,250–$183,700
$159,780–$238,080
Pay not posted
AndurilBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer, ArsenalOS Deployment
Costa Mesa, CA
$220,000–$290,000
HARMAN InternationalBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Engineer - Supply Chain AI Solutions
Novi, MIHybrid
$125,250–$183,700
$240,000–$300,000
$200,000–$247,000
MercorLeads the deployment team
Enterprise Applied AI Leader
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$300,000–$520,000
$179,273–$286,837
Danaher CorporationBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Engineer, Legal - USA Remote
USRemote
$185,000–$200,000
$220,000–$292,000
SunoBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior / Staff Software Engineer, AI Engineering
Boston, MAOn-site
$228,960–$363,510
$154,445–$185,334
Distyl AILeads the deployment team
AI Engineer, Enterprise Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
$227,200–$324,500
DatabricksBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications
Mountain View, CA
$192,000–$260,000
True AnomalyBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Platform Engineer, AI
Denver, CO · Long Beach, CADenver, CO +1Hybrid
$225,000–$325,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds for teams inside the company
Sr. Software Development Engineer, Products and Solutions
New York, NY
$184,900–$250,200
$140,000–$215,000
Pay not posted
FigmaBuilds for teams inside the company
Marketing Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$127,000–$296,000
$146,370–$221,400
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)Builds for teams inside the company
Staff Data Engineer
Chicago, IL · Westmont, ILChicago, IL +1On-site
$160,000–$200,000
$200,000–$230,000
$250,000–$400,000
$347,000–$445,000
SamsungBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior GenAI Engineer — AI Enablement & Agentic Systems-1
New York, NYOn-site
$140,000–$170,000
$220,000–$290,000
$103,040–$136,013
$194,600–$293,900
OCCBuilds for teams inside the company
Associate Principal, Artificial Intelligence Engineering
Chicago, ILHybrid
$159,200–$220,200
Faraday FutureBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI & Business Operations Engineer
El Segundo, CA
$130,000–$150,000
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