Shield AIProduction engineering
Applications Engineer, Autonomy (open level)
US · city not listedHybrid
$152,000–$318,000
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Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$186,000–$279,000
$191,000–$253,000
$200,000–$400,000
StripeProduction engineering
Integration Engineer, Professional Services
New York, NY · Seattle, WA · US remoteNew York, NY +1 · US remoteRemote
$190,400–$285,600
$250,000–$330,000
STRProduction engineering
Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack
San Diego, CA · Denver, CO · +2 moreSan Diego, CA +3
$175,000–$240,000
NVIDIAProduction engineering
NCX Senior Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remoteSanta Clara, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
StripeProduction engineering
Integration Engineer, Professional Services
Chicago, IL · US remoteRemote
$204,200–$306,400
$180,000–$390,000
STRProduction engineering
Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack
San Diego, CA · Denver, CO · +2 moreSan Diego, CA +3
$175,000–$240,000
$184,000–$287,500
$197,000–$280,000
$191,000–$253,000
STRProduction engineering
Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack
Denver, CO · San Diego, CA · +2 moreDenver, CO +3
$175,000–$240,000
$184,000–$287,500
$197,000–$280,000
$191,000–$253,000
$200,000–$400,000
$224,000–$431,250
OpenAIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$251,000–$278,000
$191,000–$253,000
Obin AIProduction engineering
Principal Solution Architect (Multi-Cloud, Data & Agentic AI)
New York, NY
$220,000–$300,000
$180,000–$390,000
$251,000–$278,000
$191,000–$253,000
$208,000–$261,000
$180,000–$390,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Digital Natives
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$251,000–$278,000
GenesysProduction engineering
Senior Principal, AI Software Engineer– Agentic & Industry Solutions
TX, NC
$205,200–$360,800
Distyl AIProduction engineering
AI Engineer, Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
SierraProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Agent (Brazilian Portuguese speaking)
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$180,000–$390,000
$266,000–$362,000
$200,000–$400,000
Distyl AIProduction engineering
AI Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$250,000
$191,000–$253,000
$200,000–$260,000
$112,800–$257,000
Distyl AIProduction engineering
Research Engineers, Agents
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$250,000
$191,000–$253,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
705 of 705 postings state a pay range. The median is $230,000, and half of them sit between $216,000 and $258,000, across 238 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 705 postings, 306 state a minimum number of years, from 129 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 133 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (128), 10 or more years (32) or under 3 years (13).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 705 postings come from 238 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (65), OpenAI (40), NVIDIA (26), Anduril (25) and Google (23).
Are FDE jobs remote?
104 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 197 are hybrid and 147 are on-site. The remaining 257 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 300 of the 705 postings.
Counted over the 705 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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