FDE and deployment jobs on-site with visa sponsorship involving proof of concept

• Remote jobs only

Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.

• New York metro6
• SF Bay Area7
• Washington, DC area1
• Minneapolis–St. Paul1

Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.

• Any pay
• $150,000+8
• $170,000+8
• $190,000+7
• $210,000+7
• $240,000+7

• ✓On-site14
• Hybrid4
• Remote2
• Not stated / unclear23

• Any type
• Builds what the customer runs
• Plans what the customer deploys first
• Integrates and configures it
• Proves it works before the sale
• Keeps customers running after launch
• Builds for teams inside the company
• Leads the deployment team

Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.

• Senior13
• Staff+1

The experience the posting asks you to arrive with, in the employer’s own words, not our reading of the job. A posting that states no experience requirement is in none of these, and neither is one asking for experience outside the five.

• Software engineering4
• Solutions and customer engineering1
• Implementation and data engineering1
• Forward deployed engineering2
• Consulting3

Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.

• Any
• Up to 3 years
• Up to 5 years
• Up to 8 years
• Up to 10 years

• Any time
• Last 7 days
• Last 30 days

Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.

• Any
• No travel
• Up to 10%
• Up to 25%
• Up to 50%
• 25% or more

• Individual contributor6
• Technical lead8

• Early (pre-seed–Series A)5
• Growth (Series B–C)2
• Later private3
• Public1
• Bootstrapped1
• Not stated / unclear2

• Writes production code10
• Prototypes and scripts1
• Configuration only3

• Pre-sales / evaluation11
• ✓Proof of concept14
• Implementation / production37
• Ongoing operations31
• Not stated / unclear2

Estimated from the job description, not measured working hours.

• Mostly implementation (60–100%)12
• Mixed responsibilities (30–59%)2

• External customers11
• Internal teams1
• Both2

• ✓Available14
• Not available11
• Not stated / unclear233

Estimated from public information about the company. Bands are approximate. Companies without a stated size are listed as not stated.

• About 1–50 people5
• About 51–200 people1
• About 201–1,000 people1
• About 1,001–5,000 people1
• About 5,000+ people1
• Not stated / unclear5