FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in Washington, DC area with significant travel

• Also include remote jobs

Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.

• New York metro85
• SF Bay Area101
• Seattle area50
• Boston area43
• ✓Washington, DC area73
• Austin27
• Chicago25
• Los Angeles21
• Dallas–Fort Worth26
• Denver–Boulder29
• Raleigh–Durham15
• Atlanta22
• Philadelphia13
• Miami14
• Phoenix12
• Houston22
• San Diego16
• Portland10
• Salt Lake City2
• Minneapolis–St. Paul15
• Kansas City14
• Other or not stated134

Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.

• Any pay
• $150,000+71
• $170,000+71
• $190,000+70
• $210,000+56
• $240,000+43

• On-site9
• Hybrid8
• Remote7
• Not stated / unclear49

• Any type
• Builds what the customer runs
• Plans what the customer deploys first
• Integrates and configures it
• Proves it works before the sale
• Keeps customers running after launch
• Builds for teams inside the company
• Leads the deployment team

Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.

• Senior53
• Staff+20

The experience the posting asks you to arrive with, in the employer’s own words, not our reading of the job. A posting that states no experience requirement is in none of these, and neither is one asking for experience outside the five.

• Software engineering50
• Solutions and customer engineering12
• Implementation and data engineering24
• Forward deployed engineering2
• Consulting9

Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.

• Any
• Up to 3 years
• Up to 5 years
• Up to 8 years
• Up to 10 years

• Any time
• Last 7 days
• Last 30 days

Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.

• Any
• No travel
• Up to 10%
• Up to 25%
• Up to 50%
• ✓25% or more

• Individual contributor66
• ✓Technical lead73
• People manager5

• Early (pre-seed–Series A)1
• Growth (Series B–C)9
• Later private12
• Public42
• Not stated / unclear9

• Writes production code56
• Prototypes and scripts4
• Configuration only10
• No coding1
• Not stated / unclear2

• Pre-sales / evaluation19
• Proof of concept51
• Implementation / production73
• Ongoing operations59

Estimated from the job description, not measured working hours.

• Mostly implementation (60–100%)46
• Mixed responsibilities (30–59%)21
• Some implementation (0–29%)5
• Not stated / unclear1

• External customers63
• Both10

• Not available19
• Not stated / unclear54

Estimated from public information about the company. Bands are approximate. Companies without a stated size are listed as not stated.

• About 1–50 people1
• About 51–200 people6
• About 201–1,000 people4
• About 1,001–5,000 people2
• About 5,000+ people51
• Not stated / unclear9