$145,000–$180,000
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1,866 postings · 785 companies · median $190,000 · middle half $160,000–$220,000 · read
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X-energyBuilds for teams inside the company
Engineer IV, AI & Digital Engineering
Rockville, MD · Gaithersburg, MDRockville, MD +1Hybrid
$180,000–$205,000
$182,000–$242,000
$225,000–$255,000
LegenceBuilds for teams inside the company
I&M Segment Applied AI Lead
San Jose, CA · Beltsville, MDSan Jose, CA +1Remote
$145,000–$180,000
$242,200–$486,000
Relativity SpaceBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure
Long Beach, CAHybrid
$154,000–$230,000
KlaviyoBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr. AI Systems & Solutions Architect, Customer Success
Denver, CO
$120,000–$180,000
$165,000–$205,000
$153,200–$183,800
$209,000–$265,000
KlaviyoBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr. AI Systems & Solutions Architect, Customer Success
Boston, MA
$120,000–$180,000
$250,000–$400,000
SpaceXBuilds for teams inside the company
Application Software Engineer, Applied AI
Redmond, WAOn-site
$125,000–$200,000
Arcadia ScienceBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer - Full Stack
Emeryville, CAOn-site
$160,000–$195,000
KlaviyoBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr. AI Systems & Solutions Architect, Global Services
Denver, CO
$120,000–$180,000
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Decision Engineer, Compute Operations
New York, NYOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
SpaceXBuilds for teams inside the company
Application Software Engineer, Applied AI
Vandenberg, CAOn-site
$125,000–$195,000
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deploy Engineer
Chicago, IL · San Francisco, CAChicago, IL +1Remote
$220,000–$320,000
T-MobileBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr Forward Deployment Engineer
Bellevue, WA · Frisco, TXBellevue, WA +1
$142,300–$256,700
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Decision Engineer, Manufacturing & Supply Chain
New York, NYOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
OpenAIBuilds for teams inside the company
Applied AI Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering
San Francisco, CA
$266,000–$405,000
BETA TechnologiesBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, Digital Operations
South Burlington, VT
$120,000–$155,000
Horizon mediaBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Engineer, Applied AI Solutions
New York, NYHybrid
$195,000–$225,000
IPM Integrated Project Management CompanyBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Solutions Engineer
Burr Ridge, ILHybrid
$80,000–$140,000
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Decision Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
Relativity SpaceBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer (Factory Platform)
Long Beach, CAOn-site
$154,000–$230,000
$156,000–$224,200
$140,000–$180,000
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Decision Engineer, Business Operations
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
$200,000–$250,000
PerplexityBuilds for teams inside the company
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise AI Products)
San Francisco, CA
$220,000–$405,000
CrunchyrollBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Solutions Engineer, AI Enablement
Los Angeles, CAHybrid
$183,400–$229,200
ClickUpBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer, Internally Deployed Products
USRemote
$160,000–$210,000
Ro (Modern Fertility)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Engineer, Applied AI
New York, NYHybrid
$190,800–$234,500
$161,000–$212,000
Simpson Thacher & BartlettBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer
New York, NYHybrid
$180,000–$210,000
ArcaBuilds for teams inside the company
Member of Technical Staff, Product Engineer
New York, NYOn-site
$200,000–$300,000
Retell AIBuilds for teams inside the company
Founders Initiatives, Technical Ex-Founders
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$180,000–$300,000
$161,000–$212,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,866 of 1,866 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $220,000, from 785 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,866 postings, 1,093 state a minimum number of years, from 545 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 644 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (294), under 3 years (115) or 10 or more years (40).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,866 postings come from 785 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (68), Deloitte US (63), Amazon (incl AWS) (55), Palantir (52) and OpenAI (45).
Are FDE jobs remote?
321 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 474 are hybrid and 453 are on-site. The remaining 618 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 841 of the 1,866 postings.
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