AnthropicTechnical pre-sales
Applied AI, Research Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$300,000–$400,000
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1,193 jobs
$167,000–$248,000
VizientInternal deployment & tooling
Sr. AI Delivery & Operations Engineer
Edina, MN · Irving, TX · +1 moreEdina, MN +2
$102,400–$179,000
$155,000–$185,000
HuronInternal deployment & tooling
AI Engineering Manager (AI Capability Center) - 4 Openings Available
Chicago, ILRemote
$140,000–$170,000
$165,000–$300,000
AnthropicTechnical pre-sales
Applied AI Architect, Cyber
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$240,000–$315,000
CapgeminiDeployment team leadership
Capgemini Invent- AI Solutions Architecture & Engineering Managing Consultant
Chicago, IL
$127,500–$249,350
$126,000–$210,000
PwC (US)Internal deployment & tooling
Tax Innovation - AI Engineer - Manager
Dallas, TX · Chicago, IL · +2 moreDallas, TX +3
$99,000–$266,000
$180,000–$220,000
$77,600–$176,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Sr System Development Engineer, Amazon Leo
Bellevue, WA · Arlington, VA · +1 moreBellevue, WA +2
$151,200–$204,600
$207,000–$385,000
$127,000–$177,000
$160,000–$220,000
$191,000–$253,000
$179,500–$269,300
$200,000–$250,000
$138,000–$230,000
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Agentic AI Engineer, Automation
Costa Mesa, CA · Long Beach, CACosta Mesa, CA +1On-site
$220,000–$292,000
$119,800–$261,000
$152,000–$287,500
$150,000–$170,000
$300,000–$425,000
X-energyInternal deployment & tooling
Engineer IV, AI & Digital Engineering
Rockville, MD · Gaithersburg, MDRockville, MD +1Hybrid
$180,000–$205,000
$104,000–$175,000
$182,000–$242,000
$130,800–$209,400
$215,000–$300,000
$180,000–$225,000
$146,370–$246,000
Relativity SpaceInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure
Long Beach, CAHybrid
$154,000–$230,000
$140,000–$170,000
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Intelligence
Santa Ana, CA
$220,000–$292,000
$153,200–$183,800
The Travelers CompaniesInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer II – AI Agents & Harnesses
Hartford, CT
$120,400–$198,700
PrologisInternal deployment & tooling
Senior AI Automation Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Denver, COSan Francisco, CA +1
$124,000–$171,000
$152,440–$228,660
$143,000–$191,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,192 of 1,193 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $225,000, across 412 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,193 postings, 490 state a minimum number of years, from 229 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 264 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (166), under 3 years (50) or 10 or more years (10).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,193 postings come from 413 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (64), Deloitte US (60), Amazon (incl AWS) (43), OpenAI (36) and Booz Allen (34).
Are FDE jobs remote?
176 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 293 are hybrid and 261 are on-site. The remaining 463 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 537 of the 1,193 postings.
Counted over the 1,193 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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