FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience on-site with significant travel

• Remote jobs only

Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.

• New York metro3
• SF Bay Area4
• Seattle area3
• Washington, DC area2
• Austin2
• Denver–Boulder1
• Other or not stated4

Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.

• Any pay
• $150,000+9
• $170,000+7
• $190,000+5
• $210,000+5
• $240,000+3

• ✓On-site16
• Hybrid69
• Remote40
• Not stated / unclear134

• Any type
• Builds what the customer runs
• Plans what the customer deploys first
• Integrates and configures it
• Proves it works before the sale
• Keeps customers running after launch
• Builds for teams inside the company
• Leads the deployment team

Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.

• Mid4
• Senior11
• Staff+1

The experience the posting asks you to arrive with, in the employer’s own words, not our reading of the job. A posting that states no experience requirement is in none of these, and neither is one asking for experience outside the five.

• ✓Software engineering16
• Solutions and customer engineering10
• Implementation and data engineering4
• Forward deployed engineering2
• Consulting6

Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.

• Any
• Up to 3 years
• Up to 5 years
• Up to 8 years
• Up to 10 years

• Any time
• Last 7 days
• Last 30 days

Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.

• Any
• No travel
• Up to 10%
• Up to 25%
• Up to 50%
• ✓25% or more

• Individual contributor13
• Technical lead3

• Early (pre-seed–Series A)2
• Growth (Series B–C)4
• Later private2
• Public8

• Writes production code11
• Prototypes and scripts5

• Pre-sales / evaluation4
• Proof of concept9
• Implementation / production16
• Ongoing operations11

Estimated from the job description, not measured working hours.

• Mostly implementation (60–100%)9
• Mixed responsibilities (30–59%)7

• External customers9
• Internal teams6
• Both1

• Not stated / unclear16

Estimated from public information about the company. Bands are approximate. Companies without a stated size are listed as not stated.

• About 1–50 people1
• About 51–200 people2
• About 201–1,000 people4
• About 1,001–5,000 people2
• About 5,000+ people7