$215,000–$300,000
FDE jobs across the US
1,205 postings from 547 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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$180,000–$225,000
$146,370–$246,000
Relativity SpaceInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure
Long Beach, CAHybrid
$154,000–$230,000
Pay not posted
$117,250–$167,500
$140,000–$170,000
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Intelligence
Santa Ana, CA
$220,000–$292,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$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
Pay not posted
Reframe SystemsInternal deployment & tooling
Full Stack Software Engineer - Platform Software
Andover, MAOn-site
$140,000–$180,000
$190,000–$265,000
$250,000–$400,000
$138,000–$210,000
$200,000–$200,000
$125,000–$195,000
$174,500–$240,000
$191,000–$253,000
$150,000–$200,000
$125,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
HARMAN InternationalInternal deployment & tooling
Principal Engineer - Partner with Customers AI Solutions
Novi, MIHybrid
$125,250–$183,700
$180,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$224,000–$300,000
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)Internal deployment & tooling
Forward Deploy Engineer
Chicago, IL · San Francisco, CAChicago, IL +1Remote
$220,000–$320,000
T-MobileInternal deployment & tooling
Sr Forward Deployment Engineer
Bellevue, WA · Frisco, TXBellevue, WA +1
$142,300–$256,700
Pay not posted
FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling
Decision Engineer, Manufacturing & Supply Chain
New York, NYOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
OpenAIInternal deployment & tooling
Applied AI Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering
San Francisco, CA
$266,000–$405,000
Pay not posted
SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling
Application Software Engineer, Applied AI
Cape Canaveral, FLOn-site
Pay not posted
Horizon mediaInternal deployment & tooling
Senior AI Engineer, Applied AI Solutions
New York, NYHybrid
$195,000–$225,000
FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling
Decision Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
BlueCross BlueShield of TennesseeInternal deployment & tooling
Senior AI Workflow Engineer
Chattanooga, TNRemote
Pay not posted
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
916 of 1,205 postings state a pay range. The median is $188,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $225,000, across 402 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,205 postings, 432 state a minimum number of years, from 280 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 249 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (115), under 3 years (59) or 10 or more years (9).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,205 postings come from 547 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (41), Booz Allen (34), NVIDIA (25), OpenAI (25) and Palantir (22).
Are FDE jobs remote?
206 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 310 are hybrid and 351 are on-site. The remaining 338 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 251 of the 1,205 postings.
Counted over the 1,205 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 · 692 jobs · 289 companies · 692
- New York metro · 605 jobs · 264 companies · 605
- Washington, DC area · 304 jobs · 74 companies · 304
- Seattle area · 152 jobs · 52 companies · 152
- Chicago · 139 jobs · 46 companies · 139
- Los Angeles · 126 jobs · 51 companies · 126
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 125 jobs · 35 companies · 125
- Austin · 118 jobs · 51 companies · 118
- Boston area · 112 jobs · 47 companies · 112
- Atlanta · 92 jobs · 33 companies · 92
- Denver–Boulder · 78 jobs · 21 companies · 78
- 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 · 23 jobs · 4 companies · 23
- 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 · 364 jobs · 211 companies · 364
- Deployment strategy · 164 jobs · 93 companies · 164
- Deployment team leadership · 106 jobs · 73 companies · 106
- Technical pre-sales · 42 jobs · 26 companies · 42
- Customer adoption & accounts · 22 jobs · 20 companies · 22
FDE jobs by level
FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Individual contributor · 1090 jobs · 494 companies · 1090
- Technical lead · 990 jobs · 405 companies · 990
- People manager · 107 jobs · 80 companies · 107
FDE jobs by company stage
- Later private · 729 jobs · 212 companies · 729
- Public · 672 jobs · 142 companies · 672
- Growth (Series B–C) · 353 jobs · 160 companies · 353
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 289 jobs · 148 companies · 289
- Bootstrapped · 76 jobs · 33 companies · 76
- Subsidiary · 73 jobs · 38 companies · 73
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1718 jobs · 639 companies · 1718
- Configuration / integration · 263 jobs · 162 companies · 263
- Prototypes / scripts · 99 jobs · 62 companies · 99
- No coding · 62 jobs · 42 companies · 62
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2148 jobs · 722 companies · 2148
- Ongoing operations · 1666 jobs · 632 companies · 1666
- Proof of concept · 809 jobs · 345 companies · 809
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 616 jobs · 268 companies · 616
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1688 jobs · 531 companies · 1688
- Internal teams · 342 jobs · 229 companies · 342
- Both · 161 jobs · 108 companies · 161
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 461 jobs · 141 companies · 461