$138,000–$170,000
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1,665 postings from 612 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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Booz AllenProduction engineering
Palantir Mission Integration Lead
Fayetteville, NC · Fort Belvoir, VA · +3 moreFayetteville, NC +4
$99,000–$225,000
$197,000–$280,000
$200,000–$230,000
$180,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$191,000–$253,000
Pay not posted
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VAArlington, VA +1
$131,300–$177,600
$200,000–$400,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Google Agentic AI Delivery Specialist
Albany, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreAlbany, NY +40
$54,400–$196,000
Pay not posted
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VAArlington, VA +1
$131,300–$177,600
TitanProduction engineering
Solutions Architect
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
Pay not posted
OpenAIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$251,000–$278,000
Pay not posted
$180,000–$390,000
$191,000–$253,000
$251,000–$278,000
$61,900–$141,000
$180,000–$390,000
$166,000–$220,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Digital Natives
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$251,000–$278,000
$90,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, WWPS ProServe
Jersey City, NJ · Austin, TX · +8 moreJersey City, NJ +9
$131,300–$204,300
$90,000–$200,000
$140,000–$170,000 · total compensation
$77,600–$176,000
$266,000–$362,000
$185,000–$230,000
SierraProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Agent (Brazilian Portuguese speaking)
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$180,000–$390,000
Pay not posted
Distyl AIProduction engineering
AI Engineer, Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
AccentureProduction engineering
Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer
Albany, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreAlbany, NY +40
$80,400–$266,300
$191,000–$253,000
Distyl AIProduction engineering
AI Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$250,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,314 of 1,665 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $223,000, across 454 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,665 postings, 640 state a minimum number of years, from 325 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 353 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (200), under 3 years (76) or 10 or more years (11).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,665 postings come from 612 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (65), Deloitte US (64), Palantir (55), Amazon (incl AWS) (47) and OpenAI (36).
Are FDE jobs remote?
284 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 416 are hybrid and 418 are on-site. The remaining 547 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 722 of the 1,665 postings.
Counted over the 1,665 postings in this search. Postings read on September 19, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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FDE jobs by location
- SF Bay Area · 693 jobs · 290 companies · 693
- New York metro · 606 jobs · 265 companies · 606
- Washington, DC area · 305 jobs · 74 companies · 305
- Seattle area · 153 jobs · 52 companies · 153
- Chicago · 139 jobs · 46 companies · 139
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 126 jobs · 35 companies · 126
- Los Angeles · 126 jobs · 51 companies · 126
- Austin · 119 jobs · 52 companies · 119
- Boston area · 112 jobs · 47 companies · 112
- Atlanta · 92 jobs · 33 companies · 92
- Denver–Boulder · 79 jobs · 21 companies · 79
- Houston · 51 jobs · 16 companies · 51
- San Diego · 46 jobs · 12 companies · 46
- Raleigh–Durham · 45 jobs · 17 companies · 45
- Philadelphia · 39 jobs · 11 companies · 39
- Minneapolis–St. Paul · 39 jobs · 8 companies · 39
- Miami · 37 jobs · 12 companies · 37
- Kansas City · 30 jobs · 5 companies · 30
- Phoenix · 25 jobs · 6 companies · 25
- Portland · 24 jobs · 5 companies · 24
- Salt Lake City · 4 jobs · 3 companies · 4
FDE jobs by work arrangement
FDE jobs by kind of work
- Production engineering · 1091 jobs · 385 companies · 1091
- Internal deployment & tooling · 403 jobs · 256 companies · 403
- Implementation & delivery · 365 jobs · 211 companies · 365
- Deployment strategy · 164 jobs · 93 companies · 164
- Deployment team leadership · 106 jobs · 73 companies · 106
- Technical pre-sales · 43 jobs · 26 companies · 43
- Customer adoption & accounts · 22 jobs · 20 companies · 22
FDE jobs by level
FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Individual contributor · 1091 jobs · 494 companies · 1091
- Technical lead · 982 jobs · 401 companies · 982
- People manager · 109 jobs · 82 companies · 109
FDE jobs by company stage
- Public · 597 jobs · 124 companies · 597
- Later private · 548 jobs · 161 companies · 548
- Growth (Series B–C) · 350 jobs · 146 companies · 350
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 214 jobs · 109 companies · 214
- Bootstrapped · 60 jobs · 28 companies · 60
- Subsidiary · 55 jobs · 28 companies · 55
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1698 jobs · 631 companies · 1698
- Configuration / integration · 261 jobs · 161 companies · 261
- Prototypes / scripts · 98 jobs · 62 companies · 98
- No coding · 63 jobs · 43 companies · 63
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2126 jobs · 713 companies · 2126
- Ongoing operations · 1648 jobs · 625 companies · 1648
- Proof of concept · 801 jobs · 343 companies · 801
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 612 jobs · 267 companies · 612
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1673 jobs · 525 companies · 1673
- Internal teams · 336 jobs · 225 companies · 336
- Both · 160 jobs · 107 companies · 160
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 458 jobs · 141 companies · 458