$160,000–$180,000
FDE jobs across the US
644 postings · 288 companies · 627 state pay: median $196,000, half $163,000–$228,000
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$160,000–$200,000
AnthropicProves it works before the sale
Applied AI Architect, Commercial
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$240,000–$315,000
CrestaBuilds for teams inside the company
GTM Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$150,000–$230,000
$165,000–$315,000 · OTE
$170,000–$200,000
CommureBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Operations Manager, Infrastructure
Mountain View, CAOn-site
$120,000–$160,000
Redwood MaterialsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer
Mccarran, NV · San Francisco, CAMccarran, NV +1Remote
$180,000–$237,500
$200,000–$250,000 · OTE
$170,000–$200,000
AstranisBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer - Enterprise Systems
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$145,000–$210,000
DRWBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer - Cumberland/FICCO Front Office Systems
Greenwich, CT
$175,000–$225,000
$165,000–$380,000 · OTE
$170,000–$200,000
Scale AIBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, ARC Team
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3Hybrid
$138,000–$259,440
DRWBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer - Cumberland/FICCO Front Office Systems
New York, NY
$175,000–$225,000
OpenAIBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$266,000–$405,000
$151,000–$177,500
Scale AIBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$135,200–$259,000
DRWBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer - Cumberland/FICCO Front Office Systems
Chicago, IL
$175,000–$225,000
FigmaBuilds for teams inside the company
Support Engineer, AI Infrastructure & Tooling
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$169,000–$245,000
$250,000–$500,000
Dyna RoboticsBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, Applications
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$170,000–$250,000
DRWBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, Cumberland/FICCO Tools Engineering
Greenwich, OH
$175,000–$225,000
$130,000–$200,000
MercorBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, Automation
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$160,000–$500,000
$160,000–$180,000
DRWBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, Cumberland/FICCO Tools Engineering
New York, NY
$175,000–$225,000
Generalist AIBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer: Product
San Mateo, CA · Somerville, MASan Mateo, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$350,000
OpenAIBuilds for teams inside the company
Backend Software Engineer, GTM Innovation
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$347,000–$445,000
$150,000–$230,000
Periodic LabsBuilds for teams inside the company
Product Engineer
Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAMenlo Park, CA +1On-site
$250,000–$350,000
NotionBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Applications Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$152,000–$250,000
$266,000–$445,000
$153,000–$385,000
$127,000–$177,000
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
$180,000–$300,000
Scale AIProves it works before the sale
Deployment Strategist, Space Systems Command
Los Angeles, CAHybrid
$203,200–$254,000
$100,000–$130,000
332 of 644 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
627 of 644 postings state a pay range. The median is $196,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $228,000, from 283 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 644 postings, 219 state a minimum number of years, from 135 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 127 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (47), 6 to 9 years (44) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 644 postings come from 288 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (57), Anduril (23), OpenAI (22), Accenture (20) and LangChain (20).
Are FDE jobs remote?
99 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 186 are hybrid and 218 are on-site. The remaining 141 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 274 of the 644 postings.
Counted over the 644 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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