$150,000–$250,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors
1,707 postings · 914 companies · 1,172 state pay: median $180,000, half $151,000–$213,000
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1,004 of 1,707 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors pay?
1,172 of 1,707 postings state a pay range. The median is $180,000, and half of them sit between $151,000 and $213,000, from 586 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors require?
Of 1,707 postings, 849 state a minimum number of years, from 560 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 503 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (172), 6 to 9 years (149) or 10 or more years (25).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors?
These 1,707 postings come from 914 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (71), Amazon (incl AWS) (31), Anduril (23), Booz Allen (20) and OpenAI (20).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors remote?
339 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 381 are hybrid and 551 are on-site. The remaining 436 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 632 of the 1,707 postings.
Counted over the 1,707 postings in this search. Postings read on November 2, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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