AnthropicTechnical pre-sales
Applied AI, Research Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$300,000–$400,000
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811 postings from 264 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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$200,000–$300,000
$184,700–$277,600
$167,000–$248,000
CrusoeInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Software Engineer, Internal Tools & Automation
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$215,000–$260,000
$165,000–$300,000
AnthropicTechnical pre-sales
Applied AI Architect, Cyber
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$240,000–$315,000
CapgeminiDeployment team leadership
Capgemini Invent- AI Solutions Architecture & Engineering Managing Consultant
Chicago, IL
$127,500–$249,350
PwC (US)Internal deployment & tooling
Tax Innovation - AI Engineer - Manager
Dallas, TX · Chicago, IL · +2 moreDallas, TX +3
$99,000–$266,000
$165,000–$253,000
Applied IntuitionDeployment team leadership
Engineering Manager - Forward Deployment (Defense)
Arlington, VAOn-site
$250,000–$300,000
Block (Square)Internal deployment & tooling
Staff Software Engineer, Go-to-Market Systems & AI
SF Bay Area
$263,600–$395,400
$207,000–$385,000
T-MobileInternal deployment & tooling
Forward Deployment Engineer
Bellevue, WA · Frisco, TXBellevue, WA +1
$117,800–$212,500
$250,000–$425,000
Block (Square)Internal deployment & tooling
Staff Software Engineer, Go-to-Market Systems & AI
New York, NY
$263,600–$395,400
$191,000–$253,000
$179,500–$269,300
TuringDeployment team leadership
Staff Research Engineer
Palo Alto, CA · San Francisco, CA · +1 morePalo Alto, CA +2On-site
$250,000–$400,000 · OTE
$220,000–$350,000
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Agentic AI Engineer, Automation
Costa Mesa, CA · Long Beach, CACosta Mesa, CA +1On-site
$220,000–$292,000
$200,000–$250,000
$119,800–$261,000
$170,000–$281,000
$152,000–$287,500
$300,000–$425,000
$275,000–$360,000
Antora EnergyInternal deployment & tooling
Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack Software Products
USRemote
$183,000–$240,000
$230,000–$303,000
$182,000–$242,000
$194,000–$263,000
$215,000–$300,000
General MotorsInternal deployment & tooling
Senior AI Software Engineer - (Enterprise Transformation)
Austin, TX · Mountain View, CA · +1 moreAustin, TX +2
$202,000–$310,000
$146,370–$246,000
RelativityInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure
Long Beach, CAHybrid
$181,000–$271,000
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Intelligence
Santa Ana, CA
$220,000–$292,000
$164,500–$296,700
$190,000–$265,000
$150,000–$250,000
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
811 of 811 postings state a pay range. The median is $231,000, and half of them sit between $215,000 and $260,000, across 264 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 811 postings, 360 state a minimum number of years, from 140 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 153 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (149), 10 or more years (43) or under 3 years (15).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 811 postings come from 264 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (65), Deloitte US (60), OpenAI (40), NVIDIA (26) and Anduril (25).
Are FDE jobs remote?
112 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 209 are hybrid and 175 are on-site. The remaining 315 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 373 of the 811 postings.
Counted over the 811 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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- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 458 jobs · 141 companies · 458