FDE and deployment jobs on-site at bootstrapped companies

• Remote jobs only

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

• New York metro2
• SF Bay Area5
• Washington, DC area7
• Los Angeles1
• Miami1
• Houston1
• San Diego1
• Other or not stated6

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+7
• $190,000+4
• $210,000+3
• $240,000+3

• ✓On-site28
• Hybrid23
• Remote14
• 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.

• Mid5
• Senior22
• 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 engineering7
• Solutions and customer engineering2
• Implementation and data engineering2
• Forward deployed engineering1
• Consulting1

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 contributor21
• Technical lead5
• People manager2

• Early (pre-seed–Series A)229
• Growth (Series B–C)131
• Later private160
• Public106
• ✓Bootstrapped28
• Subsidiary11
• Not stated / unclear176

• Writes production code24
• Configuration only2
• No coding1
• Not stated / unclear1

• Pre-sales / evaluation4
• Proof of concept13
• Implementation / production26
• Ongoing operations22

Estimated from the job description, not measured working hours.

• Mostly implementation (60–100%)24
• Mixed responsibilities (30–59%)3
• Some implementation (0–29%)1

• External customers27
• Internal teams1

• Available1
• Not stated / unclear27

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

• About 1–50 people5
• About 51–200 people13
• About 201–1,000 people9
• About 1,001–5,000 people1