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FDE jobs across the US

625 postings · 165 companies · 622 state pay: median $216,000, half $185,000$243,000

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CoxBuilds for teams inside the company

Sr Software Engineer

Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +1 moreAtlanta, GA +2Hybrid

$101,500–$169,100

TuringLeads the deployment team

Staff Research Engineer

Palo Alto, CA · San Francisco, CA · +1 morePalo Alto, CA +2On-site

$250,000–$400,000 · OTE

GongBuilds for teams inside the company

GTM AI Architect

Austin, TX · Chicago, IL · +3 moreAustin, TX +4

$138,000–$210,000

OptiverBuilds for teams inside the company

AI Engineer

Chicago, IL

$200,000–$200,000

WaymoBuilds for teams inside the company

AI Enablement Lead

Mountain View, CAHybrid

$200,000–$247,000

329 of 625 build what the customer runs.

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Frequently asked questions

What do FDE jobs pay?

622 of 625 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $185,000 and $243,000, from 163 companies.

How much experience do FDE jobs require?

Of 625 postings, 309 state a minimum number of years, from 110 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 153 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (114), under 3 years (24) or 10 or more years (18).

Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?

These 625 postings come from 165 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (72), Databricks (70), OpenAI (41), Anduril (38) and Scale AI (27).

Are FDE jobs remote?

103 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 166 are hybrid and 107 are on-site. The remaining 249 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 323 of the 625 postings.

Counted over the 625 postings in this search. Postings read on September 21, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.

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