$165,000–$380,000 · OTE
FDE jobs across the US
948 postings from 459 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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DRWInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer - Cumberland/FICCO Front Office Systems
Greenwich, CT
$175,000–$225,000
$170,000–$200,000
Scale AIInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, ARC Team
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3Hybrid
$138,000–$259,440
OpenAIInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$266,000–$405,000
DRWInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer - Cumberland/FICCO Front Office Systems
New York, NY
$175,000–$225,000
$151,000–$177,500
Scale AIInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$135,200–$259,000
FigmaInternal deployment & tooling
Support Engineer, AI Infrastructure & Tooling
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$169,000–$245,000
DRWInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer - Cumberland/FICCO Front Office Systems
Chicago, IL
$175,000–$225,000
$250,000–$500,000
$170,000–$250,000
$130,000–$200,000
$175,000–$225,000
MercorInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, Automation
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$160,000–$500,000
$160,000–$180,000
Generalist AIInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer: Product
San Mateo, CA · Somerville, MASan Mateo, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$350,000
$175,000–$225,000
$347,000–$445,000
Eight SleepInternal deployment & tooling
Full Stack Engineer - Customer Experience
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
Pay not posted
$150,000–$230,000
Periodic LabsInternal deployment & tooling
Product Engineer
Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAMenlo Park, CA +1On-site
$250,000–$350,000
$266,000–$445,000
NotionInternal deployment & tooling
AI Applications Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$152,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
ElevenLabsInternal deployment & tooling
Engineering - Internal AI Transformation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
Pay not posted
$153,000–$385,000
$120,000–$150,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
702 of 948 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $159,000 and $225,000, across 326 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 948 postings, 325 state a minimum number of years, from 217 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 188 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (71), under 3 years (60) or 10 or more years (6).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 948 postings come from 459 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (31), Amazon (incl AWS) (29), Booz Allen (21), Anduril (17) and LangChain (17).
Are FDE jobs remote?
160 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 225 are hybrid and 286 are on-site. The remaining 277 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 270 of the 948 postings.
Counted over the 948 postings in this search. Postings read on September 19, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Browse jobs by location and work
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 · 1091 jobs · 495 companies · 1091
- Technical lead · 987 jobs · 404 companies · 987
- People manager · 108 jobs · 80 companies · 108
FDE jobs by company stage
- Public · 594 jobs · 124 companies · 594
- Later private · 548 jobs · 161 companies · 548
- Growth (Series B–C) · 351 jobs · 147 companies · 351
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 214 jobs · 109 companies · 214
- Bootstrapped · 60 jobs · 28 companies · 60
- Subsidiary · 55 jobs · 28 companies · 55
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1715 jobs · 638 companies · 1715
- Configuration / integration · 263 jobs · 162 companies · 263
- Prototypes / scripts · 98 jobs · 62 companies · 98
- No coding · 62 jobs · 42 companies · 62
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2144 jobs · 721 companies · 2144
- Ongoing operations · 1663 jobs · 631 companies · 1663
- Proof of concept · 807 jobs · 345 companies · 807
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 615 jobs · 268 companies · 615
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1686 jobs · 531 companies · 1686
- Internal teams · 340 jobs · 228 companies · 340
- Both · 161 jobs · 108 companies · 161
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 460 jobs · 141 companies · 460