Scale AIInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$188,800–$362,000
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MercorInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer, Automation
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$160,000–$500,000
$160,000–$180,000
Generalist AIInternal deployment & tooling
Software Engineer: Product
San Mateo, CA · Somerville, MASan Mateo, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$350,000
$347,000–$445,000
$150,000–$230,000
Periodic LabsInternal deployment & tooling
Product Engineer
Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAMenlo Park, CA +1On-site
$250,000–$350,000
NotionInternal deployment & tooling
AI Applications Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$152,000–$250,000
$266,000–$445,000
Mariana MineralsInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$150,000–$220,000
$153,000–$385,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,298 of 1,299 postings state a pay range. The median is $201,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $233,000, across 466 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,299 postings, 547 state a minimum number of years, from 268 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 253 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (204), under 3 years (50) or 10 or more years (40).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,299 postings come from 467 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (67), Amazon (incl AWS) (56), Booz Allen (36), Anduril (29) and OpenAI (27).
Are FDE jobs remote?
211 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 328 are hybrid and 283 are on-site. The remaining 477 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 411 of the 1,299 postings.
Counted over the 1,299 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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