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1,007 postings from 461 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.

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OptiverInternal deployment & tooling

AI Engineer

Chicago, IL

$200,000–$200,000

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Frequently asked questions

What do FDE jobs pay?

749 of 1,007 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $158,000 and $224,000, across 328 companies.

How much experience do FDE jobs require?

Of 1,007 postings, 336 state a minimum number of years, from 216 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 186 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (77), under 3 years (67) or 10 or more years (6).

Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?

These 1,007 postings come from 461 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (62), Amazon (incl AWS) (30), Anduril (23), OpenAI (22) and Booz Allen (21).

Are FDE jobs remote?

181 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 240 are hybrid and 309 are on-site. The remaining 277 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 368 of the 1,007 postings.

Counted over the 1,007 postings in this search. Postings read on September 20, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.

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  • Remote · 391 jobs · 221 companies · 391

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  • Senior · 1676 jobs · 619 companies · 1676
  • Staff+ · 389 jobs · 232 companies · 389
  • Mid · 95 jobs · 67 companies · 95
  • Junior · 22 jobs · 12 companies · 22

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