StriveworksProduction engineering
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active TS/SCI Clearance)
Fort Belvoir, VAHybrid
$185,000–$230,000
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$190,000–$212,000
ForterraProduction engineering
Lead Autonomy Software Engineer
Arlington, VA · Clarksburg, MDArlington, VA +1
$150,000–$250,000
LangChainProduction engineering
Deployed Engineer, Professional Services (San Francisco)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$150,000–$215,000
$142,800–$304,200
$99,000–$225,000
$120,000–$200,000
$200,000–$275,000
$107,900–$195,050
AnthropicProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Beneficial Deployments (Life Sciences)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$112,200–$196,400
$165,000–$225,000
$180,000–$390,000
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
Booz AllenProduction engineering
AWS Agentic AI Platform Engineer
San Antonio, TX · Austin, TXSan Antonio, TX +1
$99,000–$225,000
NVIDIAProduction engineering
Senior MLOps Engineer - DSX Enablement
Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remoteSanta Clara, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
$204,000–$276,000
$183,000–$276,000
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Agentic Systems Full-Stack Software Engineer, Senior
Fayetteville, NC
$86,800–$198,000
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
$150,000–$225,000
$220,000–$292,000
$99,000–$225,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Senior Knowledge Engineer
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$80,400–$293,800
Agility RoboticsProduction engineering
Senior Solutions Engineer
Pittsburgh, PA · Salem, ORPittsburgh, PA +1Hybrid
$149,000–$194,000
$190,900–$334,100
$347,000–$385,000
$180,000–$210,000
$127,500–$204,000
$160,000–$230,000
$86,900–$198,000
$347,000–$385,000
LeidosProduction engineering
Senior AWS Generative AI Solution Engineer
Gaithersburg, MD · Washington, DCGaithersburg, MD +1Remote
$107,900–$195,050
$182,770–$269,080
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Palantir Data Engineer
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD · Norfolk, VAAberdeen Proving Ground, MD +1
$99,000–$225,000
$150,000–$400,000
StriveworksProduction engineering
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Austin, TXHybrid
$185,000–$230,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,324 of 1,325 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $185,000 and $238,000, across 432 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,325 postings, 594 state a minimum number of years, from 254 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 264 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (237), 10 or more years (48) or under 3 years (45).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,325 postings come from 433 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (69), Deloitte US (65), OpenAI (40), Accenture (39) and Amazon (incl AWS) (39).
Are FDE jobs remote?
204 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 350 are hybrid and 262 are on-site. The remaining 509 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 591 of the 1,325 postings.
Counted over the 1,325 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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