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FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience

523 postings · 268 companies · 413 state pay: median $193,000, half $162,000–$225,000

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San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid

$150,000–$250,000

285 of 523 build what the customer runs.

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Frequently asked questions

What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience pay?

413 of 523 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $225,000, from 201 companies.

How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience require?

Of 523 postings, 279 state a minimum number of years, from 182 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 167 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (60), under 3 years (48) or 10 or more years (4).

Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience?

These 523 postings come from 268 companies. The employers with the most postings are LangChain (20), Booz Allen (19), Amazon (incl AWS) (16), Anduril (16) and OpenAI (16).

Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience remote?

83 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 143 are hybrid and 114 are on-site. The remaining 183 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 198 of the 523 postings.

Counted over the 523 postings in this search. Postings read on September 22, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.

Employer postings · 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

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