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FDE jobs across the US

538 postings · 229 companies · 534 state pay: median $216,000, half $187,000–$252,000

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LangChainBuilds for teams inside the company

GTM Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

$160,000–$180,000

SierraBuilds for teams inside the company

GTM Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

$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

257 of 538 build what the customer runs.

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Frequently asked questions

What do FDE jobs pay?

534 of 538 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $187,000 and $252,000, from 227 companies.

How much experience do FDE jobs require?

Of 538 postings, 221 state a minimum number of years, from 128 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 116 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (61), under 3 years (26) or 10 or more years (18).

Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?

These 538 postings come from 229 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (26), NVIDIA (24), Sierra (19), Google (17) and Scale AI (15).

Are FDE jobs remote?

59 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 182 are hybrid and 159 are on-site. The remaining 138 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 176 of the 538 postings.

Counted over the 538 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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