$127,000–$177,000
FDE jobs across the US
1,370 postings · 491 companies · 1,369 state pay: median $200,000, half $165,000–$230,000
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$179,500–$269,300
$164,500–$296,700
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
$150,000–$200,000
$180,000–$300,000
$176,000–$317,400
$165,000–$380,000 · OTE
$120,000–$150,000
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
649 of 1,370 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,369 of 1,370 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $230,000, from 490 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,370 postings, 595 state a minimum number of years, from 289 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 278 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (221), under 3 years (56) or 10 or more years (40).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,370 postings come from 491 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (74), Amazon (incl AWS) (57), Booz Allen (39), Anduril (27) and OpenAI (27).
Are FDE jobs remote?
218 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 346 are hybrid and 299 are on-site. The remaining 507 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 425 of the 1,370 postings.
Counted over the 1,370 postings in this search. Postings read on September 22, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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