FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors on-site with prototype and scripting work

• Remote jobs only

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

• New York metro3
• SF Bay Area7
• Washington, DC area1
• Austin1
• Denver–Boulder1
• Other or not stated5

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+8
• $170,000+6
• $190,000+6
• $210,000+5
• $240,000+4

• ✓On-site17
• Hybrid18
• Remote12
• Not stated / unclear24

• 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.

• Junior2
• Mid5
• Senior8
• Staff+1
• Not stated / unclear1

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 engineering8
• Solutions and customer engineering2
• Implementation and data engineering1
• Forward deployed engineering1

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 lead12

• Early (pre-seed–Series A)2
• Growth (Series B–C)3
• Later private1
• Public7
• Not stated / unclear4

• Writes production code425
• ✓Prototypes and scripts17
• Configuration only89
• No coding5
• Not stated / unclear10

• Pre-sales / evaluation8
• Proof of concept14
• Implementation / production15
• Ongoing operations7
• Not stated / unclear1

Estimated from the job description, not measured working hours.

• Mostly implementation (60–100%)3
• Mixed responsibilities (30–59%)13
• Some implementation (0–29%)1

• External customers11
• Internal teams5
• Not stated / unclear1

• Available1
• 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 people2
• About 51–200 people4
• About 201–1,000 people1
• About 1,001–5,000 people2
• About 5,000+ people5
• Not stated / unclear3