FlipProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer
Marina Del Rey, CA · Williamsburg, NYMarina Del Rey, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$400,000
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$99,000–$225,000
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FlipProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer
Marina Del Rey, CA · Williamsburg, NYMarina Del Rey, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$400,000
$99,000–$225,000
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
$200,000–$400,000
Shield AIProduction engineering
Applications Engineer, Autonomy (open level)
US · city not listedHybrid
$152,000–$318,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$216,000–$270,000
$191,000–$253,000
$200,000–$400,000
StripeProduction engineering
Integration Engineer, Professional Services
Chicago, IL · US remoteRemote
$204,200–$306,400
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$186,000–$279,000
Red Cell PartnersProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (Product + Platform Development)
Seattle, WA · Mclean, VASeattle, WA +1Remote
$180,000–$240,000
Trase SystemsProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (Product + Platform Development)
Seattle, WA · Mclean, VASeattle, WA +1Remote
$180,000–$240,000
$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
NVIDIAProduction engineering
NCX Senior Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remoteSanta Clara, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
Scale AIProduction engineering
Field Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +3 moreAustin, TX +4
$150,400–$226,550
STRProduction engineering
Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack
San Diego, CA · Denver, CO · +2 moreSan Diego, CA +3
$175,000–$240,000
StriveworksProduction engineering
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Tacoma, WAHybrid
$185,000–$230,000
$184,000–$287,500
$180,000–$390,000
STRProduction engineering
Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack
Denver, CO · San Diego, CA · +2 moreDenver, CO +3
$175,000–$240,000
$175,000–$230,000
$197,000–$280,000
$100,000–$225,000
$191,000–$253,000
$184,000–$287,500
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Native Engineer - Reinvention Center
Columbus, OH · Tampa, FL · +2 moreColumbus, OH +3Hybrid
$62,800–$261,500
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Palantir Mission Integration Lead
Fayetteville, NC · Fort Belvoir, VA · +3 moreFayetteville, NC +4
$99,000–$225,000
$191,000–$253,000
$224,000–$431,250
$197,000–$280,000
$200,000–$230,000
$191,000–$253,000
$200,000–$400,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,069 of 1,069 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $200,000 and $243,000, across 351 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,069 postings, 454 state a minimum number of years, from 186 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 219 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (208) or under 3 years (27).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,069 postings come from 351 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (68), Deloitte US (56), OpenAI (39), Anduril (31) and Accenture (28).
Are FDE jobs remote?
169 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 262 are hybrid and 222 are on-site. The remaining 416 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 481 of the 1,069 postings.
Counted over the 1,069 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
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- 25% or more · 454 jobs · 140 companies · 454