StriveworksProduction engineering
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Austin, TXHybrid
$185,000–$230,000
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$184,000–$356,500
$99,000–$225,000
FlipProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer
Marina Del Rey, CA · Williamsburg, NYMarina Del Rey, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$400,000
$165,000–$330,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$180,000–$225,000
$99,000–$225,000
FlipProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer
Marina Del Rey, CA · Williamsburg, NYMarina Del Rey, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$400,000
$150,000–$290,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$216,000–$270,000
$99,000–$225,000
$200,000–$400,000
Shield AIProduction engineering
Applications Engineer, Autonomy (open level)
US · city not listedHybrid
$152,000–$318,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$186,000–$279,000
$191,000–$253,000
StripeProduction engineering
Integration Engineer, Professional Services
New York, NY · Seattle, WA · US remoteNew York, NY +1 · US remoteRemote
$190,400–$285,600
$250,000–$330,000
STRProduction engineering
Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack
San Diego, CA · Denver, CO · +2 moreSan Diego, CA +3
$175,000–$240,000
$107,900–$195,050
StripeProduction engineering
Integration Engineer, Professional Services
Chicago, IL · US remoteRemote
$204,200–$306,400
$185,000–$230,000
STRProduction engineering
Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack
San Diego, CA · Denver, CO · +2 moreSan Diego, CA +3
$175,000–$240,000
NVIDIAProduction engineering
NCX Senior Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remoteSanta Clara, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
Scale AIProduction engineering
Field Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +3 moreAustin, TX +4
$150,400–$226,550
StriveworksProduction engineering
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Tacoma, WAHybrid
$185,000–$230,000
STRProduction engineering
Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack
Denver, CO · San Diego, CA · +2 moreDenver, CO +3
$175,000–$240,000
$184,000–$287,500
$180,000–$390,000
$175,000–$230,000
$197,000–$280,000
$100,000–$225,000
$191,000–$253,000
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Native Engineer - Reinvention Center
Columbus, OH · Tampa, FL · +2 moreColumbus, OH +3Hybrid
$62,800–$261,500
$224,000–$431,250
$100,000–$200,000
$191,000–$253,000
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Palantir Mission Integration Lead
Fayetteville, NC · Fort Belvoir, VA · +3 moreFayetteville, NC +4
$99,000–$225,000
$197,000–$280,000
$100,000–$200,000
$200,000–$230,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,110 of 1,110 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $184,000 and $236,000, across 396 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,110 postings, 534 state a minimum number of years, from 230 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 244 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (212), under 3 years (42) or 10 or more years (36).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,110 postings come from 396 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (63), Databricks (62), Accenture (40), Anduril (32) and OpenAI (31).
Are FDE jobs remote?
170 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 282 are hybrid and 204 are on-site. The remaining 454 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 501 of the 1,110 postings.
Counted over the 1,110 postings in this search. Postings read on September 19, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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