SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling
Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software)
Cape Canaveral, FLOn-site
Pay not posted
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FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling
Decision Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
AndurilInternal deployment & tooling
Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer, ArsenalOS Deployment
Costa Mesa, CA
$220,000–$290,000
BlueCross BlueShield of TennesseeInternal deployment & tooling
Senior AI Workflow Engineer
Chattanooga, TNRemote
Pay not posted
$240,000–$300,000
FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling
Decision Engineer, Business Operations
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
$92,100–$193,600
$200,000–$247,000
TwilioInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Technical Program Manager, Services Tools & Diagnostics
USRemote
$188,240–$276,700
MercorDeployment team leadership
Enterprise Applied AI Leader
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$300,000–$520,000
Pay not posted
$154,000–$230,000
$154,000–$230,000
$179,273–$286,837
$215,000–$280,000
RelativityInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Factory Platform)
Long Beach, CA
$154,000–$230,000
Relativity SpaceInternal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Factory Platform)
Long Beach, CA
$154,000–$230,000
$200,000–$250,000
$205,000–$240,000
ZiplineInternal deployment & tooling
Supply Chain Business Operations Manager, AI Strategy
South San Francisco, CAOn-site
$147,800–$285,200
$117,000–$175,000
OrbDeployment team leadership
Manager, Implementation Architects- New York City
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$195,000–$275,000
PerplexityInternal deployment & tooling
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise Adoption)
San Francisco, CA
$220,000–$405,000
$180,000–$300,000
$110,000–$166,000
$159,200–$301,600
$183,400–$229,200
$85,000–$100,000
$123,000–$184,000
$251,000–$335,000
$185,000–$200,000
$126,600–$189,800
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$228,960–$363,510
$168,000–$310,500
$160,000–$210,000
$182,300–$220,000
$100,000–$145,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,443 of 1,857 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $161,000 and $226,000, across 513 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,857 postings, 749 state a minimum number of years, from 391 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 356 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (258), under 3 years (88) or 10 or more years (47).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,857 postings come from 691 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (67), Amazon (incl AWS) (58), Booz Allen (40), Palantir (36) and Anduril (29).
Are FDE jobs remote?
333 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 473 are hybrid and 458 are on-site. The remaining 593 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 565 of the 1,857 postings.
Counted over the 1,857 postings in this search. Postings read on September 20, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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- Later private · 729 jobs · 212 companies · 729
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- Production code · 1719 jobs · 639 companies · 1719
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- Implementation / production · 2148 jobs · 722 companies · 2148
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- External customers · 1686 jobs · 531 companies · 1686
- Internal teams · 344 jobs · 230 companies · 344
- Both · 161 jobs · 108 companies · 161
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 461 jobs · 141 companies · 461