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689 jobs
Distyl AIDeployment team leadership
AI Engineer, Enterprise Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
$227,200–$324,500
DatabricksInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications
Mountain View, CA
$192,000–$260,000
True AnomalyInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Platform Engineer, AI
Denver, CO · Long Beach, CADenver, CO +1Hybrid
$190,000–$285,000
Distyl AIInternal deployment & tooling
AI Engineer, Evaluation
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$250,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Sr. Software Development Engineer, Products and Solutions
New York, NY
$184,900–$250,200
$220,000–$285,000
True AnomalyInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Platform Engineer, AI
Denver, CO · Long Beach, CADenver, CO +1Hybrid
$225,000–$325,000
$250,000–$300,000
Retell AIInternal deployment & tooling
Founders Initiatives, Technical Ex-Founders
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$180,000–$300,000
NVIDIAInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Engineering
Santa Clara, CARemote
$184,000–$356,500
EquinixInternal deployment & tooling
GTM Engineer: Customer Experience & Lifecycle
Dallas, TX · Redwood City, CA · +3 moreDallas, TX +4
$136,000–$245,000
FigmaInternal deployment & tooling
Marketing Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$127,000–$296,000
SalesforceInternal deployment & tooling
Partner Technical Architect - Agentforce
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +2 moreChicago, IL +3
$172,500–$285,800
$136,000–$264,500
EquinixInternal deployment & tooling
GTM Engineer: Pipeline and Revenue Generation
Dallas, TX · Redwood City, CA · +3 moreDallas, TX +4
$131,000–$245,000
NordstromInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Engineer 2: AI Agentic Solutions (Hybrid - Seattle, WA)
Seattle, WAHybrid
$166,000–$258,000
$250,000–$400,000
$347,000–$445,000
$220,000–$290,000
T-MobileInternal deployment & tooling
Sr Engineer, Enterprise AI
Bellevue, WA · Frisco, TXBellevue, WA +1
$133,100–$240,100
$165,000–$380,000 · OTE
$112,800–$257,000
$194,600–$293,900
$150,000–$250,000
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
$280,000–$410,000
GustoInternal deployment & tooling
Enterprise Application AI Engineer
San Francisco, CA · San Jose, CA · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4Hybrid
$185,000–$250,000
Scale AIDeployment team leadership
Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$252,000–$315,000
$165,000–$315,000 · OTE
Handshake (AI training)Internal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Operator Tooling
San Francisco, CA
$225,000–$250,000
OpenAIInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$266,000–$405,000
Scale AIInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, ARC Team
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3Hybrid
$138,000–$259,440
$200,000–$250,000 · OTE
FigmaInternal deployment & tooling
Support Engineer, AI Infrastructure & Tooling
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$169,000–$245,000
$250,000–$500,000
Scale AIInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$135,200–$259,000
$165,000–$380,000 · OTE
$170,000–$250,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
689 of 689 postings state a pay range. The median is $230,000, and half of them sit between $213,000 and $256,000, across 230 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 689 postings, 320 state a minimum number of years, from 121 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 141 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (135), 10 or more years (31) or under 3 years (13).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 689 postings come from 230 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (60), Deloitte US (58), OpenAI (31), Accenture (25) and Anduril (25).
Are FDE jobs remote?
90 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 172 are hybrid and 133 are on-site. The remaining 294 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 340 of the 689 postings.
Counted over the 689 postings in this search. Postings read on September 19, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Browse jobs by location and work
FDE jobs by location
- SF Bay Area · 692 jobs · 289 companies · 692
- New York metro · 605 jobs · 264 companies · 605
- Washington, DC area · 304 jobs · 74 companies · 304
- Seattle area · 152 jobs · 52 companies · 152
- Chicago · 139 jobs · 46 companies · 139
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 126 jobs · 35 companies · 126
- Los Angeles · 126 jobs · 51 companies · 126
- Austin · 118 jobs · 51 companies · 118
- Boston area · 112 jobs · 47 companies · 112
- Atlanta · 92 jobs · 33 companies · 92
- Denver–Boulder · 78 jobs · 21 companies · 78
- Houston · 51 jobs · 16 companies · 51
- San Diego · 46 jobs · 12 companies · 46
- Raleigh–Durham · 46 jobs · 18 companies · 46
- Philadelphia · 39 jobs · 11 companies · 39
- Minneapolis–St. Paul · 39 jobs · 8 companies · 39
- Miami · 37 jobs · 12 companies · 37
- Kansas City · 30 jobs · 5 companies · 30
- Phoenix · 25 jobs · 6 companies · 25
- Portland · 23 jobs · 4 companies · 23
- Salt Lake City · 4 jobs · 3 companies · 4
FDE jobs by work arrangement
FDE jobs by kind of work
- Production engineering · 1091 jobs · 385 companies · 1091
- Internal deployment & tooling · 404 jobs · 257 companies · 404
- Implementation & delivery · 364 jobs · 211 companies · 364
- Deployment strategy · 164 jobs · 93 companies · 164
- Deployment team leadership · 107 jobs · 74 companies · 107
- Technical pre-sales · 42 jobs · 26 companies · 42
- Customer adoption & accounts · 22 jobs · 20 companies · 22
FDE jobs by level
FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Individual contributor · 1090 jobs · 494 companies · 1090
- Technical lead · 992 jobs · 406 companies · 992
- People manager · 107 jobs · 80 companies · 107
FDE jobs by company stage
- Later private · 729 jobs · 212 companies · 729
- Public · 674 jobs · 142 companies · 674
- Growth (Series B–C) · 353 jobs · 160 companies · 353
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 289 jobs · 148 companies · 289
- Bootstrapped · 76 jobs · 33 companies · 76
- Subsidiary · 73 jobs · 38 companies · 73
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1718 jobs · 639 companies · 1718
- Configuration / integration · 263 jobs · 162 companies · 263
- Prototypes / scripts · 99 jobs · 62 companies · 99
- No coding · 62 jobs · 42 companies · 62
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2148 jobs · 722 companies · 2148
- Ongoing operations · 1666 jobs · 632 companies · 1666
- Proof of concept · 809 jobs · 345 companies · 809
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 616 jobs · 268 companies · 616
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1688 jobs · 531 companies · 1688
- Internal teams · 342 jobs · 229 companies · 342
- Both · 161 jobs · 108 companies · 161
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 461 jobs · 141 companies · 461