$157,000–$183,000
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads
1,471 postings · 704 companies · 1,141 state pay: median $200,000, half $170,000–$229,000
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Technical lead
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$146,370–$221,400
Bot AutoBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer, Fleet Mission Control
Houston, TX
Pay not posted
$148,700–$298,800
DatabricksBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications
Mountain View, CA
$192,000–$260,000
$143,000–$210,000
$200,000–$230,000
$347,000–$445,000
$150,000–$190,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$220,000
Faraday FutureBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI & Business Operations Engineer
El Segundo, CA
$130,000–$150,000
$185,000–$315,000 · OTE
Handshake (AI training)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer, Operator Experience
San Francisco, CA
$225,000–$250,000
PolymarketBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer, Mission Control
New York, NYOn-site
$250,000–$400,000
Scale AIBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$188,800–$362,000
KrollBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead Engineer, AI-Native Product Development
New York, NYHybrid
$150,000–$200,000
$186,000–$222,000
Pay not posted
Redwood MaterialsBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer
Mccarran, NV · San Francisco, CAMccarran, NV +1Hybrid
$217,500–$287,500
Pay not posted
$225,000–$250,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Development Engineer, AI Acceleration, Amazon Games
Seattle, WA
$168,100–$227,400
Mariana MineralsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$150,000–$220,000
BenbaseBuilds for teams inside the company
Founding Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
Pay not posted
$130,000–$150,000
ClayKeeps customers running after launch
Growth Strategist, Key (Deployment Strategist) - SF
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$210,000–$240,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$164,500–$296,700
$150,000–$200,000
809 of 1,471 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads pay?
1,141 of 1,471 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $229,000, from 496 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads require?
Of 1,471 postings, 989 state a minimum number of years, from 502 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 468 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (365), 10 or more years (96) or under 3 years (60).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads?
These 1,471 postings come from 704 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (72), Databricks (66), Amazon (incl AWS) (40), Accenture (25) and OpenAI (24).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads remote?
328 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 375 are hybrid and 272 are on-site. The remaining 496 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 673 of the 1,471 postings.
Counted over the 1,471 postings in this search. Postings read on November 5, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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