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913 postings from 338 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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913 jobs
$150,000–$275,000
$200,000–$300,000
$227,200–$324,500
DatabricksInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications
Mountain View, CA
$192,000–$260,000
True AnomalyInternal deployment & tooling
Platform Engineer, AI (Levels I, II, III)
Denver, CO · Long Beach, CADenver, CO +1Hybrid
$120,000–$235,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Internal deployment & tooling
Sr. Software Development Engineer, Products and Solutions
New York, NY
$184,900–$250,200
$140,000–$215,000
$220,000–$285,000
True AnomalyInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Platform Engineer, AI
Denver, CO · Long Beach, CADenver, CO +1Hybrid
$190,000–$285,000
$250,000–$300,000
$190,000–$230,000
Retell AIInternal deployment & tooling
Founders Initiatives, Technical Ex-Founders
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$180,000–$300,000
True AnomalyInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Platform Engineer, AI
Denver, CO · Long Beach, CADenver, CO +1Hybrid
$225,000–$325,000
NVIDIAInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Engineering
Santa Clara, CARemote
$184,000–$356,500
EquinixInternal deployment & tooling
GTM Engineer: Customer Experience & Lifecycle
Dallas, TX · Redwood City, CA · +3 moreDallas, TX +4
$136,000–$245,000
FigmaInternal deployment & tooling
Marketing Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$127,000–$296,000
$146,370–$221,400
$143,000–$210,000
EquinixInternal deployment & tooling
GTM Engineer: Pipeline and Revenue Generation
Dallas, TX · Redwood City, CA · +3 moreDallas, TX +4
$131,000–$245,000
$150,000–$225,000
$136,000–$264,500
Arch Capital GroupInternal deployment & tooling
AVP, AI (Data Science/Engineer) Remote - EST
Raleigh, NC · New York, NY · +2 moreRaleigh, NC +3Remote
$185,000–$235,000
SalesforceInternal deployment & tooling
Partner Technical Architect - Agentforce
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +2 moreChicago, IL +3
$172,500–$285,800
$195,000–$229,000
$200,000–$230,000
NordstromInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Engineer 2: AI Agentic Solutions (Hybrid - Seattle, WA)
Seattle, WAHybrid
$166,000–$258,000
$250,000–$400,000
$347,000–$445,000
$220,000–$290,000
T-MobileInternal deployment & tooling
Sr Engineer, Enterprise AI
Bellevue, WA · Frisco, TXBellevue, WA +1
$133,100–$240,100
$165,000–$380,000 · OTE
$112,800–$257,000
GustoInternal deployment & tooling
Agentic Operations Architect
Denver, CO · New York, NY · +2 moreDenver, CO +3Hybrid
$168,420–$247,369
$194,600–$293,900
$150,000–$250,000
$150,000–$220,000
GSKInternal deployment & tooling
Applied AI Engineer
Upper Providence, PA · Cambridge, MAUpper Providence, PA +1
$136,125–$226,875
OCCInternal deployment & tooling
Associate Principal, Artificial Intelligence Engineering
Chicago, ILHybrid
$159,200–$220,200
AnthropicTechnical pre-sales
Applied AI Architect, Commercial
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$240,000–$315,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
913 of 913 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $200,000 and $250,000, across 338 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 913 postings, 386 state a minimum number of years, from 182 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 171 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (159), 10 or more years (34) or under 3 years (22).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 913 postings come from 338 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (66), OpenAI (28), Google (24), NVIDIA (24) and Anduril (22).
Are FDE jobs remote?
146 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 219 are hybrid and 215 are on-site. The remaining 333 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 302 of the 913 postings.
Counted over the 913 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 · 693 jobs · 290 companies · 693
- New York metro · 606 jobs · 265 companies · 606
- Washington, DC area · 305 jobs · 74 companies · 305
- Seattle area · 153 jobs · 52 companies · 153
- Chicago · 139 jobs · 46 companies · 139
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 126 jobs · 35 companies · 126
- Los Angeles · 126 jobs · 51 companies · 126
- Austin · 119 jobs · 52 companies · 119
- Boston area · 112 jobs · 47 companies · 112
- Atlanta · 92 jobs · 33 companies · 92
- Denver–Boulder · 79 jobs · 21 companies · 79
- Houston · 51 jobs · 16 companies · 51
- San Diego · 46 jobs · 12 companies · 46
- Raleigh–Durham · 45 jobs · 17 companies · 45
- 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 · 24 jobs · 5 companies · 24
- Salt Lake City · 4 jobs · 3 companies · 4
FDE jobs by work arrangement
FDE jobs by kind of work
- Production engineering · 1091 jobs · 385 companies · 1091
- Internal deployment & tooling · 403 jobs · 256 companies · 403
- Implementation & delivery · 365 jobs · 211 companies · 365
- Deployment strategy · 164 jobs · 93 companies · 164
- Deployment team leadership · 106 jobs · 73 companies · 106
- Technical pre-sales · 43 jobs · 26 companies · 43
- Customer adoption & accounts · 22 jobs · 20 companies · 22
FDE jobs by level
FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Individual contributor · 1091 jobs · 494 companies · 1091
- Technical lead · 982 jobs · 401 companies · 982
- People manager · 109 jobs · 82 companies · 109
FDE jobs by company stage
- Public · 597 jobs · 124 companies · 597
- Later private · 548 jobs · 161 companies · 548
- Growth (Series B–C) · 350 jobs · 146 companies · 350
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 214 jobs · 109 companies · 214
- Bootstrapped · 60 jobs · 28 companies · 60
- Subsidiary · 55 jobs · 28 companies · 55
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1698 jobs · 631 companies · 1698
- Configuration / integration · 261 jobs · 161 companies · 261
- Prototypes / scripts · 98 jobs · 62 companies · 98
- No coding · 63 jobs · 43 companies · 63
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2126 jobs · 713 companies · 2126
- Ongoing operations · 1648 jobs · 625 companies · 1648
- Proof of concept · 801 jobs · 343 companies · 801
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 612 jobs · 267 companies · 612
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1673 jobs · 525 companies · 1673
- Internal teams · 336 jobs · 225 companies · 336
- Both · 160 jobs · 107 companies · 160
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 458 jobs · 141 companies · 458