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Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience
312 postings · 204 companies · 255 state pay: median $226,000, half $198,000–$256,000
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Bristol Myers SquibbBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Manager, Research Intelligence Engineer
Princeton, NJ · Tampa, FL · +3 morePrinceton, NJ +4
$134,980–$179,920
AndurilBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (ArsenalOS Deployment)
Santa Ana, CA
$191,000–$253,000
$150,000–$180,000
CHAOS IndustriesBuilds for teams inside the company
Production Software Engineer
El Segundo, CAOn-site
$120,000–$210,000
Pay not posted
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Development Engineer, Frontier AI Tools
Austin, TX · Seattle, WA · +1 moreAustin, TX +2
$168,100–$227,400
Thomson ReutersBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead AI Forward Engineer
Eagan, MN · Frisco, TXEagan, MN +1Hybrid
$127,400–$236,600
$285,000–$285,000
Western DigitalBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Full Stack Developer & Solutions Architect – AI, Data & Cloud
San Jose, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$198,900–$298,300
ZooxBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead AI Engineer – Enterprise, Data & AI
Foster City, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$169,800–$297,400
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
T. Rowe PriceBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead AI Software Engineer - T. Rowe Price Labs (MD or NYC)
Baltimore, MD · New York, NYBaltimore, MD +1Hybrid
$145,000–$309,000
BenchlingBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, Tools and Automation
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$195,000–$265,000
CadwellBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Strategy & Enterprise Enablement Analyst
US · city not listedHybrid
$95,000–$130,000
$143,800–$231,900
$200,000–$300,000
CrusoeBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer, Internal Tools & Automation
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$215,000–$260,000
CiridaeBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Platform Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
Pay not posted
Carnival Corporation Ltd.Builds for teams inside the company
Principal, AI Forward Deployment Engineer
Miami, FLOn-site
Pay not posted
$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
$146,370–$246,000
Pay not posted
$198,720–$260,820
$100,000–$170,000
Reframe SystemsBuilds for teams inside the company
Full Stack Software Engineer - Platform Software
Billerica, MAOn-site
$140,000–$180,000
ElasticBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal, Agentic Engineering Platform
US · city not listed
Pay not posted
PhotonBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Deployment Lead – Devin AI | Onsite
US · city not listedOn-site
$44,000–$154,000
$106,200–$182,983
Interface AIBuilds for teams inside the company
Applied AI Engineer, Business Automation
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$220,000–$260,000
ElasticBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal, Agentic Engineering Platform
US · city not listed
$159,800–$252,800
SpaceXBuilds for teams inside the company
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
Vandenberg, CAOn-site
$100,000–$160,000
$150,000–$300,000
$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
135 of 312 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience pay?
255 of 312 postings state a pay range. The median is $226,000, and half of them sit between $198,000 and $256,000, from 156 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience require?
Of 312 postings, 280 state a minimum number of years, from 186 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 143 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (71), 3 to 5 years (63) or under 3 years (3).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience?
These 312 postings come from 204 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (21), Deloitte US (8), ServiceNow (6), Accenture (5) and Anduril (5).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience remote?
67 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 90 are hybrid and 41 are on-site. The remaining 114 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 122 of the 312 postings.
Counted over the 312 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 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