FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors with prototype and scripting work and significant travel

• Remote jobs only

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

• New York metro3
• SF Bay Area3
• Seattle area1
• Washington, DC area1
• Austin1
• Chicago1
• Other or not stated9

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+8
• $190,000+4
• $210,000+3
• $240,000+2

• On-site6
• Hybrid5
• Remote4
• Not stated / unclear2

• 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
• Senior8
• Staff+1
• Not stated / unclear4

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 engineering7
• Solutions and customer engineering1
• Implementation and data engineering2
• Consulting2

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 contributor17
• Technical lead22
• People manager2

• Growth (Series B–C)1
• Later private2
• Public9
• Bootstrapped1
• Subsidiary1
• Not stated / unclear3

• Writes production code190
• ✓Prototypes and scripts17
• Configuration only43
• No coding4
• Not stated / unclear2

• Pre-sales / evaluation9
• Proof of concept14
• Implementation / production13
• Ongoing operations5

Estimated from the job description, not measured working hours.

• Mostly implementation (60–100%)3
• Mixed responsibilities (30–59%)13
• Not stated / unclear1

• External customers7
• Internal teams5
• Both5

• Not stated / unclear17

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 1,001–5,000 people4
• About 5,000+ people7
• Not stated / unclear5