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NVIDIAProduction engineering
NCX Senior Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remoteSanta Clara, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
Booz AllenProduction engineering
AWS Agentic AI Platform Engineer
San Antonio, TX · Austin, TXSan Antonio, TX +1
$99,000–$225,000
$204,000–$276,000
$183,000–$276,000
Accrete AIProduction engineering
AI Engineer, TS//SCI with Counterintelligence Polygraph Required
Alexandria, VAOn-site
$170,000–$220,000
$191,000–$253,000
NVIDIAProduction engineering
Senior Solutions Architect, Agentic AI — Safety and Security
Santa Clara, CARemote
$184,000–$287,500
$200,000–$275,000
$99,000–$225,000
$220,000–$292,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Senior Knowledge Engineer
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$80,400–$293,800
$190,900–$334,100
$347,000–$385,000
$180,000–$210,000
$160,000–$230,000
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Palantir Data Engineer
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD · Norfolk, VAAberdeen Proving Ground, MD +1
$99,000–$225,000
$347,000–$385,000
$182,770–$269,080
StriveworksProduction engineering
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Austin, TXHybrid
$185,000–$230,000
$99,000–$225,000
$184,000–$356,500
FlipProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer
Marina Del Rey, CA · Williamsburg, NYMarina Del Rey, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$400,000
$190,000–$265,000
$99,000–$225,000
$165,000–$330,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$180,000–$225,000
$150,000–$290,000
$99,000–$225,000
$200,000–$400,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$216,000–$270,000
Shield AIProduction engineering
Applications Engineer, Autonomy (open level)
US · city not listedHybrid
$152,000–$318,000
$191,000–$253,000
$200,000–$400,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$186,000–$279,000
StripeProduction engineering
Integration Engineer, Professional Services
New York, NY · Seattle, WA · US remoteNew York, NY +1 · US remoteRemote
$190,400–$285,600
$250,000–$330,000
STRProduction engineering
Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack
San Diego, CA · Denver, CO · +2 moreSan Diego, CA +3
$175,000–$240,000
$185,000–$230,000
StripeProduction engineering
Integration Engineer, Professional Services
Chicago, IL · US remoteRemote
$204,200–$306,400
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
870 of 870 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $200,000 and $245,000, across 263 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 870 postings, 387 state a minimum number of years, from 137 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 170 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (158), 10 or more years (40) or under 3 years (19).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 870 postings come from 263 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (65), Deloitte US (62), OpenAI (33), Accenture (30) and Anduril (25).
Are FDE jobs remote?
132 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 206 are hybrid and 176 are on-site. The remaining 356 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 465 of the 870 postings.
Counted over the 870 postings in this search. Postings read on September 19, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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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
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 126 jobs · 35 companies · 126
- Los Angeles · 126 jobs · 51 companies · 126
- 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 · 46 jobs · 18 companies · 46
- 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
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- Production engineering · 1091 jobs · 385 companies · 1091
- Internal deployment & tooling · 404 jobs · 257 companies · 404
- Implementation & delivery · 364 jobs · 211 companies · 364
- Deployment strategy · 164 jobs · 93 companies · 164
- Deployment team leadership · 107 jobs · 74 companies · 107
- Technical pre-sales · 42 jobs · 26 companies · 42
- Customer adoption & accounts · 22 jobs · 20 companies · 22
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FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Individual contributor · 1090 jobs · 494 companies · 1090
- Technical lead · 992 jobs · 406 companies · 992
- People manager · 107 jobs · 80 companies · 107
FDE jobs by company stage
- Later private · 729 jobs · 212 companies · 729
- Public · 674 jobs · 142 companies · 674
- Growth (Series B–C) · 353 jobs · 160 companies · 353
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 289 jobs · 148 companies · 289
- Bootstrapped · 76 jobs · 33 companies · 76
- Subsidiary · 73 jobs · 38 companies · 73
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1718 jobs · 639 companies · 1718
- Configuration / integration · 263 jobs · 162 companies · 263
- Prototypes / scripts · 99 jobs · 62 companies · 99
- No coding · 62 jobs · 42 companies · 62
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2148 jobs · 722 companies · 2148
- Ongoing operations · 1666 jobs · 632 companies · 1666
- Proof of concept · 809 jobs · 345 companies · 809
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 616 jobs · 268 companies · 616
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1688 jobs · 531 companies · 1688
- Internal teams · 342 jobs · 229 companies · 342
- Both · 161 jobs · 108 companies · 161
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 461 jobs · 141 companies · 461