$152,000–$287,500
FDE jobs across the US
1,261 postings from 436 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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1,261 jobs
$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
$117,250–$167,500
$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
Reframe SystemsInternal deployment & tooling
Full Stack Software Engineer - Platform Software
Andover, MAOn-site
$140,000–$180,000
$190,000–$265,000
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
$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
HARMAN InternationalInternal deployment & tooling
Principal Engineer - Partner with Customers AI Solutions
Novi, MIHybrid
$125,250–$183,700
$180,000–$300,000
$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
OpenAIInternal deployment & tooling
Applied AI Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering
San Francisco, CA
$266,000–$405,000
FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling
Decision Engineer, Manufacturing & Supply Chain
New York, NYOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
Horizon mediaInternal deployment & tooling
Senior AI Engineer, Applied AI Solutions
New York, NYHybrid
$195,000–$225,000
$92,100–$193,600
TwilioInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Technical Program Manager, Services Tools & Diagnostics
USRemote
$188,240–$276,700
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,260 of 1,261 postings state a pay range. The median is $196,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $225,000, across 435 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,261 postings, 520 state a minimum number of years, from 245 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 281 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (174), under 3 years (55) or 10 or more years (10).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,261 postings come from 436 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (64), Deloitte US (61), Amazon (incl AWS) (46), OpenAI (36) and Booz Allen (35).
Are FDE jobs remote?
186 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 308 are hybrid and 274 are on-site. The remaining 493 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 562 of the 1,261 postings.
Counted over the 1,261 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