$140,000–$200,000
FDE jobs across the US
1,725 postings · 547 companies · 1,705 state pay: median $198,000, half $162,000–$230,000
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$215,000–$300,000
$87,400–$293,800
$166,000–$220,000
$163,000–$190,000
$100,000–$225,000
$86,800–$198,000
Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$405,000–$485,000
$163,000–$190,000
$155,000–$300,000
Software Engineer, Enterprise Applied AI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$145,000–$285,000
$59,100–$196,000
$99,000–$225,000
$135,000–$170,000
$120,000–$190,000
$130,200–$265,300
$94,000–$152,662
$95,000–$149,000
$120,000–$190,000
$98,500–$184,900
$185,000–$275,000
$180,000–$230,000
$90,000–$200,000
$150,000–$220,000
$150,000–$190,000
$140,000–$180,000
$90,000–$200,000
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$200,000–$250,000
$140,000–$180,000
Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Colorado Springs (Top Secret Clearance Required, Relocation Provided)
Colorado Springs, COOn-site
$180,000–$220,000
$220,000–$275,000
$310,000–$500,000
Staff Software Engineer (SF/NY)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$275,000–$400,000
$140,000–$165,000
$120,000–$318,000
$211,000–$302,000
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise Tech
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
Applied AI Engineer, Federal - Top Secret Clearance
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remoteNew York, NY +1 · US remoteRemote
$170,000–$300,000 · OTE
$140,000–$175,000
863 of 1,725 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,705 of 1,725 postings state a pay range. The median is $198,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $230,000, from 542 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,725 postings, 755 state a minimum number of years, from 326 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 351 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (266), under 3 years (80) or 10 or more years (58).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,725 postings come from 547 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (70), Databricks (69), Amazon (incl AWS) (63), Palantir (60) and Accenture (44).
Are FDE jobs remote?
275 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 448 are hybrid and 357 are on-site. The remaining 645 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 739 of the 1,725 postings.
Counted over the 1,725 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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