$138,000–$210,000
FDE jobs across the US
1,176 postings from 408 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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1,176 jobs
$166,640–$250,000
$176,000–$317,400
TWG GlobalInternal deployment & tooling
Staff / VP, Data Science - Marketing & Sales Focus
New York, NYHybrid
$280,000–$300,000
Grow TherapyInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer - Developer Experience & AI Enablement
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$182,000–$250,000
$166,640–$250,000
$200,000–$200,000
$125,000–$195,000
$174,500–$240,000
$191,000–$253,000
$150,000–$200,000
$125,000–$200,000
Interface AIInternal deployment & tooling
Applied AI Engineer, Business Automation
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$220,000–$260,000
$224,000–$300,000
$112,200–$190,700
T-MobileInternal deployment & tooling
Sr Forward Deployment Engineer
Bellevue, WA · Frisco, TXBellevue, WA +1
$142,300–$256,700
OpenAIInternal deployment & tooling
Applied AI Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering
San Francisco, CA
$266,000–$405,000
FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling
Decision Engineer, Manufacturing & Supply Chain
New York, NYOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
Cadence Design SystemsInternal deployment & tooling
Lead Solutions Engineer– Back Office Transformation
San Jose, CA
$114,800–$213,200
$145,400–$257,600
Horizon mediaInternal deployment & tooling
Senior AI Engineer, Applied AI Solutions
New York, NYHybrid
$195,000–$225,000
FluidstackDeployment team leadership
Decision Engineering Team Lead, Business Operations
New York, NYOn-site
$269,000–$335,000
$159,780–$238,080
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer, ArsenalOS Deployment
Costa Mesa, CA
$220,000–$290,000
$240,000–$300,000
FluidstackDeployment team leadership
Decision Engineering Team Lead, Infrastructure Development & Delivery
New York, NYOn-site
$269,000–$335,000
$92,100–$193,600
$200,000–$247,000
TwilioInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Technical Program Manager, Services Tools & Diagnostics
USRemote
$188,240–$276,700
FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling
Decision Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
MercorDeployment team leadership
Enterprise Applied AI Leader
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$300,000–$520,000
$154,000–$230,000
$154,000–$230,000
FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling
Decision Engineer, Business Operations
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
$179,273–$286,837
RelativityInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Factory Platform)
Long Beach, CA
$154,000–$230,000
Relativity SpaceInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Factory Platform)
Long Beach, CA
$154,000–$230,000
$215,000–$280,000
$200,000–$250,000
$205,000–$240,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,175 of 1,176 postings state a pay range. The median is $212,000, and half of them sit between $185,000 and $238,000, across 407 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,176 postings, 527 state a minimum number of years, from 243 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 245 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (205), under 3 years (40) or 10 or more years (37).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,176 postings come from 408 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (70), OpenAI (41), Amazon (incl AWS) (40), Anduril (34) and Google (27).
Are FDE jobs remote?
200 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 317 are hybrid and 234 are on-site. The remaining 425 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 472 of the 1,176 postings.
Counted over the 1,176 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 · 692 jobs · 289 companies · 692
- New York metro · 605 jobs · 264 companies · 605
- Washington, DC area · 304 jobs · 74 companies · 304
- Seattle area · 152 jobs · 52 companies · 152
- Chicago · 139 jobs · 46 companies · 139
- Los Angeles · 126 jobs · 51 companies · 126
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 125 jobs · 35 companies · 125
- Austin · 118 jobs · 51 companies · 118
- Boston area · 112 jobs · 47 companies · 112
- Atlanta · 92 jobs · 33 companies · 92
- Denver–Boulder · 78 jobs · 21 companies · 78
- 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 · 23 jobs · 4 companies · 23
- 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 · 364 jobs · 211 companies · 364
- Deployment strategy · 164 jobs · 93 companies · 164
- Deployment team leadership · 106 jobs · 73 companies · 106
- Technical pre-sales · 42 jobs · 26 companies · 42
- Customer adoption & accounts · 22 jobs · 20 companies · 22
FDE jobs by level
FDE jobs by individual contributor or manager
- Individual contributor · 1090 jobs · 494 companies · 1090
- Technical lead · 990 jobs · 405 companies · 990
- People manager · 107 jobs · 80 companies · 107
FDE jobs by company stage
- Later private · 729 jobs · 212 companies · 729
- Public · 672 jobs · 142 companies · 672
- Growth (Series B–C) · 353 jobs · 160 companies · 353
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 289 jobs · 148 companies · 289
- Bootstrapped · 76 jobs · 33 companies · 76
- Subsidiary · 73 jobs · 38 companies · 73
FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1718 jobs · 639 companies · 1718
- Configuration / integration · 263 jobs · 162 companies · 263
- Prototypes / scripts · 99 jobs · 62 companies · 99
- No coding · 62 jobs · 42 companies · 62
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2148 jobs · 722 companies · 2148
- Ongoing operations · 1666 jobs · 632 companies · 1666
- Proof of concept · 809 jobs · 345 companies · 809
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 616 jobs · 268 companies · 616
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1688 jobs · 531 companies · 1688
- Internal teams · 342 jobs · 229 companies · 342
- Both · 161 jobs · 108 companies · 161
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 461 jobs · 141 companies · 461