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FDE jobs across the US

327 postings from 165 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.

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Experience

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Up to 50%

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Frequently asked questions

What do FDE jobs pay?

257 of 327 postings state a pay range. The median is $223,000, and half of them sit between $195,000 and $255,000, across 126 companies.

How much experience do FDE jobs require?

Of 327 postings, 113 state a minimum number of years, from 69 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 63 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (27), under 3 years (18) or 10 or more years (5).

Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?

These 327 postings come from 165 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (17), Sierra (12), NVIDIA (11), Google (10) and Databricks (9).

Are FDE jobs remote?

34 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 113 are hybrid and 106 are on-site. The remaining 74 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 121 of the 327 postings.

Counted over the 327 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.

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  • Senior · 1649 jobs · 610 companies · 1649
  • Staff+ · 374 jobs · 222 companies · 374
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  • Junior · 23 jobs · 14 companies · 23

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