$150,000–$275,000
FDE jobs across the US
1,152 postings from 490 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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$200,000–$300,000
$143,000–$191,000
$154,445–$185,334
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True AnomalyInternal deployment & tooling
Platform Engineer, AI (Levels I, II, III)
Denver, CO · Long Beach, CADenver, CO +1Hybrid
$120,000–$235,000
Pay not posted
Retell AIInternal deployment & tooling
Founders Initiatives, Technical Ex-Founders
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$180,000–$300,000
$127,400–$182,000
True AnomalyInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Platform Engineer, AI
Denver, CO · Long Beach, CADenver, CO +1Hybrid
$190,000–$285,000
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
True AnomalyInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Platform Engineer, AI
Denver, CO · Long Beach, CADenver, CO +1Hybrid
$225,000–$325,000
EquinixInternal deployment & tooling
GTM Engineer: Pipeline and Revenue Generation
Dallas, TX · Redwood City, CA · +3 moreDallas, TX +4
$131,000–$245,000
Pay not posted
$143,000–$210,000
$150,000–$225,000
$120,000–$150,000
$150,000–$170,000
$108,400–$129,600
LaterInternal deployment & tooling
Senior AI Automation Engineer
Boston, MA · Chicago, IL · +4 moreBoston, MA +5Remote
CA$110,000–CA$160,000
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)Internal deployment & tooling
Senior Data Engineer
Westmont, IL · Chicago, ILWestmont, IL +1On-site
$140,000–$180,000
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
Schonfeld Strategic AdvisorsInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer - Fundamental Equities
New York, NY
$150,000–$175,000
Pay not posted
$112,800–$257,000
Pay not posted
$180,000–$200,000
$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
Pay not posted
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$160,000–$180,000
$160,000–$200,000
$100,000–$130,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
869 of 1,152 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $158,000 and $225,000, across 359 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,152 postings, 164 state a minimum number of years, from 116 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 83 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (81).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,152 postings come from 490 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (53), Amazon (incl AWS) (36), Anduril (29), Accenture (27) and Booz Allen (24).
Are FDE jobs remote?
203 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 276 are hybrid and 347 are on-site. The remaining 326 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 447 of the 1,152 postings.
Counted over the 1,152 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 · 1091 jobs · 495 companies · 1091
- Technical lead · 987 jobs · 404 companies · 987
- People manager · 108 jobs · 80 companies · 108
FDE jobs by company stage
- Public · 594 jobs · 124 companies · 594
- Later private · 548 jobs · 161 companies · 548
- Growth (Series B–C) · 351 jobs · 147 companies · 351
- 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 · 1715 jobs · 638 companies · 1715
- Configuration / integration · 263 jobs · 162 companies · 263
- Prototypes / scripts · 98 jobs · 62 companies · 98
- No coding · 62 jobs · 42 companies · 62
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2144 jobs · 721 companies · 2144
- Ongoing operations · 1663 jobs · 631 companies · 1663
- Proof of concept · 807 jobs · 345 companies · 807
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 615 jobs · 268 companies · 615
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1686 jobs · 531 companies · 1686
- Internal teams · 340 jobs · 228 companies · 340
- Both · 161 jobs · 108 companies · 161
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 460 jobs · 141 companies · 460