Senior Software / Data Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Los Angeles, CASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$210,000
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1,824 postings · 683 companies · median $195,000 · middle half $163,000–$225,000 · read
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$88,300–$227,600
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Sr. Managing Consultant/Managing Consultant AI Architect - Financial Services Operations & Technology
New York, NY · Chicago, IL · +3 moreNew York, NY +4
$158,000–$210,000
$180,000–$220,000
$88,300–$227,600
Senior Forward Deployment Engineer, Strategic Customer Engagements U.S.
Arlington, VAHybrid
$160,600–$200,800
$126,000–$248,000
$230,000–$390,000
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Honolulu, HI · Colorado Springs, CO · +2 moreHonolulu, HI +3On-site
$114,600–$252,100
$150,400–$277,600
$200,000–$350,000
$89,000–$170,200
$160,000–$230,000
$110,000–$175,000
$180,000–$200,000
AI Customer and Partner Solutions Engineer, Cloud Applied AI
Kirkland, WA · Sunnyvale, CAKirkland, WA +1
$183,000–$265,000
$185,000–$225,000
$100,000–$160,000
$180,000–$200,000
$141,200–$278,300
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Government (IL5)
San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CASan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$260,000
$180,000–$230,000
Lead Software Engineer, AI Labs (Product and Customer Facing)
San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$148,500–$344,700
$119,800–$261,000
$246,800–$394,300
$180,000–$230,000
$100,000–$110,000
$160,000–$190,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,824 of 1,824 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $225,000, from 683 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,824 postings, 1,054 state a minimum number of years, from 464 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 548 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (316), under 3 years (116) or 10 or more years (74).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,824 postings come from 683 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (72), Databricks (68), Amazon (incl AWS) (62), Palantir (53) and OpenAI (42).
Are FDE jobs remote?
308 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 478 are hybrid and 451 are on-site. The remaining 587 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 926 of the 1,824 postings.
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