ElsevierInternal deployment & tooling
Principal Software Engineer/Principal AI Engineer
Philadelphia, PA
$115,400–$192,300
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199 jobs
$115,400–$192,300
$300,000–$425,000
RobinhoodInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise Build
Menlo Park, CAHybrid
$130,000–$195,000
X-energyInternal deployment & tooling
Engineer IV, AI & Digital Engineering
Rockville, MD · Gaithersburg, MDRockville, MD +1Hybrid
$180,000–$205,000
$230,000–$303,000
$130,000–$196,000
$130,000–$196,000
$194,000–$263,000
$130,800–$209,400
Thomson ReutersInternal deployment & tooling
Lead AI Forward Engineer
Eagan, MN · Frisco, TXEagan, MN +1Hybrid
$118,400–$219,800
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
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Intelligence
Santa Ana, CA
$220,000–$292,000
The Travelers CompaniesInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer II – AI Agents & Harnesses
Hartford, CT
$120,400–$198,700
$152,440–$228,660
$150,000–$250,000
$143,000–$191,000
$138,000–$210,000
$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
$200,000–$200,000
$125,000–$195,000
$174,500–$240,000
$191,000–$253,000
Interface AIInternal deployment & tooling
Applied AI Engineer - Hiring Automation (CEO's Office)
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$220,000–$260,000
$125,000–$200,000
$180,000–$300,000
$224,000–$300,000
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)Internal deployment & tooling
Forward Deploy Engineer
Chicago, IL · San Francisco, CAChicago, IL +1Remote
$220,000–$320,000
$112,200–$190,700
T-MobileInternal deployment & tooling
Sr Forward Deployment Engineer
Bellevue, WA · Frisco, TXBellevue, WA +1
$142,300–$256,700
FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling
Decision Engineer, Manufacturing & Supply Chain
New York, NYOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
OpenAIInternal deployment & tooling
Applied AI Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering
San Francisco, CA
$266,000–$405,000
Cadence Design SystemsInternal deployment & tooling
Lead Solutions Engineer– Back Office Transformation
San Jose, CA
$114,800–$213,200
$145,400–$257,600
FluidstackDeployment team leadership
Decision Engineering Team Lead, Business Operations
New York, NYOn-site
$269,000–$335,000
Horizon mediaInternal deployment & tooling
Senior AI Engineer, Applied AI Solutions
New York, NYHybrid
$195,000–$225,000
$159,780–$238,080
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
199 of 199 postings state a pay range. The median is $206,000, and half of them sit between $185,000 and $233,000, across 139 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 199 postings, 106 state a minimum number of years, from 90 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 47 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (45), under 3 years (8) or 10 or more years (6).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 199 postings come from 139 companies. The employers with the most postings are Anduril (7), Fluidstack (7), DRW (5), NVIDIA (5) and OpenAI (5).
Are FDE jobs remote?
31 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 59 are hybrid and 37 are on-site. The remaining 72 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 21 of the 199 postings.
Counted over the 199 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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