Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Software Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
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MercorProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Enterprise Applied AI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$145,000–$285,000
$59,100–$196,000
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Engineer, Senior
Fort Meade, MD
$99,000–$225,000
One BriefProduction engineering
Customer Success Engineer [Ft. Leavenworth] - Relocation Provided
Leavenworth, KSOn-site
$135,000–$170,000
$120,000–$190,000
$130,200–$265,300
$185,000–$275,000
$180,000–$230,000
$120,000–$190,000
$98,500–$184,900
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Denver, COHybrid
$90,000–$200,000
$150,000–$220,000
$150,000–$190,000
$140,000–$180,000
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Chicago, ILHybrid
$90,000–$200,000
$180,000–$250,000
$200,000–$250,000
$140,000–$180,000
One BriefProduction engineering
Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Colorado Springs (Top Secret Clearance Required, Relocation Provided)
Colorado Springs, COOn-site
$180,000–$220,000
MolocoProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer - Ad Serving - Moloco Commerce Media
Menlo Park, CA
$220,000–$275,000
$310,000–$500,000
Ode with AnthropicProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (SF/NY)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$275,000–$400,000
$120,000–$318,000
$211,000–$302,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise Tech
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Federal - Top Secret Clearance
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remoteNew York, NY +1 · US remoteRemote
$170,000–$300,000 · OTE
SitrepsProduction engineering
Data Science Lead - Defense Accounts
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
$140,000–$175,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Startups
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$211,000–$278,000
$170,000–$215,000
$180,000–$400,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Field Engineer, Data Engine
Colorado Springs, CO · Omaha, NE · +2 moreColorado Springs, CO +3
$140,000–$290,000
$166,000–$220,000
$170,000–$215,000
$196,000–$223,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$179,400–$224,250
$180,000–$210,000
LangChainProduction engineering
Deployed Architect, Professional Services (Remote)
Los Angeles, CARemote
$170,000–$215,000
$100,000–$300,000
$200–$350,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,502 of 1,503 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $230,000, across 491 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,503 postings, 633 state a minimum number of years, from 284 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 318 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (253) or under 3 years (62).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,503 postings come from 492 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (70), Deloitte US (65), Amazon (incl AWS) (58), OpenAI (40) and Accenture (39).
Are FDE jobs remote?
238 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 383 are hybrid and 308 are on-site. The remaining 574 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 649 of the 1,503 postings.
Counted over the 1,503 postings in this search. Postings read on September 20, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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