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546 postings from 161 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Agentic AI Engineer, Automation
Costa Mesa, CA · Long Beach, CACosta Mesa, CA +1On-site
$220,000–$292,000
$138,000–$230,000
$300,000–$425,000
$230,000–$303,000
$115,000–$173,000
$130,000–$196,000
$215,000–$300,000
$125,000–$175,000
$130,000–$196,000
$180,000–$225,000
RelativityInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure
Long Beach, CAHybrid
$181,000–$271,000
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Intelligence
Santa Ana, CA
$220,000–$292,000
Relativity SpaceInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure
Long Beach, CAHybrid
$154,000–$230,000
xAIInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, Data Center - Memphis
Memphis, TN · Southaven, MSMemphis, TN +1On-site
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
TatariInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Internal Tools & Automation
New York, NYHybrid
$160,000–$180,000 · total compensation
$240,000–$300,000
$143,000–$191,000
$150,000–$250,000
$138,000–$210,000
TWG GlobalInternal deployment & tooling
Staff / VP, Data Science - Marketing & Sales Focus
New York, NYHybrid
$280,000–$300,000
Grow TherapyInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer - Developer Experience & AI Enablement
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$182,000–$250,000
$200,000–$200,000
$125,000–$195,000
$174,500–$240,000
$191,000–$253,000
OpenAIInternal deployment & tooling
Applied AI Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering
San Francisco, CA
$266,000–$405,000
$125,000–$200,000
Horizon mediaInternal deployment & tooling
Senior AI Engineer, Applied AI Solutions
New York, NYHybrid
$195,000–$225,000
$159,780–$238,080
$136,312–$184,021
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer, ArsenalOS Deployment
Costa Mesa, CA
$220,000–$290,000
$154,000–$230,000
Pay not posted
$154,000–$230,000
ZiplineInternal deployment & tooling
Supply Chain Business Operations Manager, AI Strategy
South San Francisco, CAOn-site
$147,800–$285,200
RelativityInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Factory Platform)
Long Beach, CA
$154,000–$230,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
458 of 546 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $185,000 and $243,000, across 124 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 546 postings, 236 state a minimum number of years, from 104 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 112 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (95), under 3 years (19) or 10 or more years (10).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 546 postings come from 161 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (70), OpenAI (41), Anduril (38), Scale AI (25) and SpaceX (16).
Are FDE jobs remote?
122 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 152 are hybrid and 103 are on-site. The remaining 169 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 249 of the 546 postings.
Counted over the 546 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 · 693 jobs · 290 companies · 693
- New York metro · 606 jobs · 265 companies · 606
- Washington, DC area · 305 jobs · 74 companies · 305
- Seattle area · 153 jobs · 52 companies · 153
- Chicago · 139 jobs · 46 companies · 139
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 126 jobs · 35 companies · 126
- Los Angeles · 126 jobs · 51 companies · 126
- Austin · 119 jobs · 52 companies · 119
- Boston area · 112 jobs · 47 companies · 112
- Atlanta · 92 jobs · 33 companies · 92
- Denver–Boulder · 79 jobs · 21 companies · 79
- Houston · 51 jobs · 16 companies · 51
- San Diego · 46 jobs · 12 companies · 46
- Raleigh–Durham · 45 jobs · 17 companies · 45
- 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 · 24 jobs · 5 companies · 24
- 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 · 403 jobs · 256 companies · 403
- Implementation & delivery · 365 jobs · 211 companies · 365
- Deployment strategy · 164 jobs · 93 companies · 164
- Deployment team leadership · 106 jobs · 73 companies · 106
- Technical pre-sales · 43 jobs · 26 companies · 43
- Customer adoption & accounts · 22 jobs · 20 companies · 22
FDE jobs by level
FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Individual contributor · 1091 jobs · 494 companies · 1091
- Technical lead · 982 jobs · 401 companies · 982
- People manager · 109 jobs · 82 companies · 109
FDE jobs by company stage
- Public · 597 jobs · 124 companies · 597
- Later private · 548 jobs · 161 companies · 548
- Growth (Series B–C) · 350 jobs · 146 companies · 350
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 214 jobs · 109 companies · 214
- Bootstrapped · 60 jobs · 28 companies · 60
- Subsidiary · 55 jobs · 28 companies · 55
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1698 jobs · 631 companies · 1698
- Configuration / integration · 261 jobs · 161 companies · 261
- Prototypes / scripts · 98 jobs · 62 companies · 98
- No coding · 63 jobs · 43 companies · 63
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2126 jobs · 713 companies · 2126
- Ongoing operations · 1648 jobs · 625 companies · 1648
- Proof of concept · 801 jobs · 343 companies · 801
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 612 jobs · 267 companies · 612
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1673 jobs · 525 companies · 1673
- Internal teams · 336 jobs · 225 companies · 336
- Both · 160 jobs · 107 companies · 160
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 458 jobs · 141 companies · 458