$140,000–$190,000
FDE jobs across the US
122 postings from 50 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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NominalImplementation & delivery
Baremetal Infrastructure Engineer
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +2 moreNew York, NY +3
$120,000–$230,000
NominalImplementation & delivery
Mission Operations - U.S. Government
Washington, DC · Los Angeles, CAWashington, DC +1
$150,000–$210,000
NominalImplementation & delivery
Deployment Systems Engineer
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$120,000–$230,000
$200,000–$238,000
GoogleInternal deployment & tooling
Applied AI and Commercial Operations Specialist
Los Angeles, CA · Atlanta, GA · +4 moreLos Angeles, CA +5
$186,000–$269,000
$167,000–$248,000
Oaktree Capital ManagementInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Associate, Forward Deployment Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
$130,000–$160,000
$191,000–$253,000
$115,000–$173,000
$200,000–$250,000
$130,000–$196,000
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Agentic AI Engineer, Automation
Costa Mesa, CA · Long Beach, CACosta Mesa, CA +1On-site
$220,000–$292,000
$130,000–$196,000
AppleInternal deployment & tooling
Lead Developer, AI Workflows & Media Supply Chain
Culver City, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$125,000–$175,000
RelativityInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure
Long Beach, CAHybrid
$181,000–$271,000
Relativity SpaceInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure
Long Beach, CAHybrid
$154,000–$230,000
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Intelligence
Santa Ana, CA
$220,000–$292,000
$106,200–$182,983
$112,200–$190,700
$154,000–$230,000
$191,000–$253,000
$154,000–$230,000
$203,200–$254,000
RelativityInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Factory Platform)
Long Beach, CA
$154,000–$230,000
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer, ArsenalOS Deployment
Costa Mesa, CA
$220,000–$290,000
Relativity SpaceInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Factory Platform)
Long Beach, CA
$154,000–$230,000
$183,400–$229,200
AltruistInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Customer Success Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Culver City, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$220,000–$292,000
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
AltruistInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Customer Success Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Culver City, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$129,000–$171,000
True AnomalyInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Platform Engineer, AI
Denver, CO · Long Beach, CADenver, CO +1Hybrid
$190,000–$285,000
LaterInternal deployment & tooling
Senior AI Automation Engineer
Boston, MA · Chicago, IL · +4 moreBoston, MA +5Remote
CA$110,000–CA$160,000
AltruistInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Customer Success Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Culver City, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$130,000–$150,000
True AnomalyInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Platform Engineer, AI
Denver, CO · Long Beach, CADenver, CO +1Hybrid
$225,000–$325,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
110 of 122 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $150,000 and $219,000, across 44 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 122 postings, 49 state a minimum number of years, from 28 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 22 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (18) or under 3 years (9).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 122 postings come from 50 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (21), Anduril (13), Google (6), Relativity Space (5) and CHAOS Industries (4).
Are FDE jobs remote?
7 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 31 are hybrid and 20 are on-site. The remaining 64 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 64 of the 122 postings.
Counted over the 122 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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- 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
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- Philadelphia · 39 jobs · 11 companies · 39
- Minneapolis–St. Paul · 39 jobs · 8 companies · 39
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- Kansas City · 30 jobs · 5 companies · 30
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- Production engineering · 1091 jobs · 385 companies · 1091
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- Implementation & delivery · 364 jobs · 211 companies · 364
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- Deployment team leadership · 106 jobs · 73 companies · 106
- Technical pre-sales · 42 jobs · 26 companies · 42
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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