What US FDE job postings say
3,297 postings · 1,384 companies
Postings read on
77.3%
2,547 of 3,297 postings (77.3%) write production code as their main coding work.
76.6%
2,524 of 3,297 postings (76.6%) serve external customers.
91.8%
3,025 of 3,297 postings (91.8%) are read as senior or staff+ roles.
41.1%
1,354 of 3,297 postings (41.1%) mention travel.
2,400 postings with FDE in the title were first seen in October 2026, compared with 493 in July 2026. The month in progress is left out.
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- Remote work and travel in FDE roles
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- What kind of coding do FDE postings describe?
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Our reading of the posting
2,524 of 3,297 postings (76.6%) serve external customers.
- External customers2,524 postings · 76.6%Browse these jobs →
- Internal teams465 postings · 14.1%Browse these jobs →
- Both293 postings · 8.9%Browse these jobs →
- Not stated / unclear15 postings · 0.5%
External customers, internal teams, or both. Working with internal engineers alone does not mean serving internal teams.
Our reading of the posting
2,547 of 3,297 postings (77.3%) write production code.
- Writes production code2,547 postings · 77.3%Browse these jobs →
- Configuration only429 postings · 13.0%Browse these jobs →
- Prototypes and scripts158 postings · 4.8%Browse these jobs →
- No coding54 postings · 1.6%Browse these jobs →
- Not stated / unclear109 postings · 3.3%
The principal coding scope described in each posting. Production means code used in real work. Prototypes means demos or proofs of concept. Configuration means integration without substantive software development.
Our reading of the posting
3,208 of 3,297 postings (97.3%) include implementation / production work.
Share of all 3,297 postings that mention it. A posting can mention several, so the bars do not add up to 100%.
A posting can cover several stages. Counts and shares overlap and must not be added together.
Stated in the posting
857 of 3,297 postings (26.0%) record on-site work.
- On-site857 postings · 26.0%Browse these jobs →
- Hybrid790 postings · 24.0%Browse these jobs →
- Remote691 postings · 21.0%Browse these jobs →
- Not stated / unclear959 postings · 29.1%
The arrangement stated in each posting, not a company-wide policy. Remote can include location restrictions, travel or conflicting office language. Check the original terms.
Stated in the posting
Most postings say nothing about travel. Of the 1,361 that do, 800 state a maximum, and 689 cap it at 50% or less.
Share of the 1,361 postings that state it.
- Explicitly no travel7 postings · 0.5%
- Up to 25%334 postings · 24.5%
- 26–50%355 postings · 26.1%
- Over 50%111 postings · 8.2%
- Travel stated, no percentage554 postings · 40.7%
1,936 postings say nothing.
A band is the maximum share of time the posting states. A posting that names travel without a percentage is counted on its own line, because no frequency is converted into a percentage. Silence is unknown, not zero travel. Conflicting terms are also unknown.
Stated in the posting
1,891 of 3,297 postings (57.4%) name Python, the most named technology.
Share of all 3,297 postings that mention it. A posting can mention several, so the bars do not add up to 100%.
The 15 technologies named most often in posting text, counted once per posting. A posting can name many technologies, so counts and shares overlap. Postings where we found no technology names, or that changed after we last read them, name nothing here.
Our reading of the posting
2,540 of 3,297 postings (77.0%) are read as senior roles.
- Junior42 postings · 1.3%Browse these jobs →
- Mid163 postings · 4.9%Browse these jobs →
- Senior2,540 postings · 77.0%Browse these jobs →
- Staff+485 postings · 14.7%Browse these jobs →
- Not stated / unclear67 postings · 2.0%
Our reading of the responsibilities in each posting, not the employer’s title. Junior means guided work, mid means independent delivery, senior means leading an ambiguous project through production, and staff+ means leading across teams or projects.
Stated in the posting
1,700 of 3,297 postings (51.6%) are individual contributor roles.
- Individual contributor1,700 postings · 51.6%Browse these jobs →
- Technical lead1,476 postings · 44.8%Browse these jobs →
- People manager116 postings · 3.5%Browse these jobs →
- Not stated / unclear5 postings · 0.2%
The role type stated in the posting. Technical lead means leading work without people management.
Stated in the posting
1,418 of 3,297 postings say nothing about years of experience. Of the 1,879 that do, the largest group asks for 3–5 years.
Share of the 1,879 postings that state it.
- 0–2 years236 postings · 12.6%
- 3–5 years969 postings · 51.6%
- 6–9 years539 postings · 28.7%
- 10+ years135 postings · 7.2%
1,418 postings say nothing.
The minimum years of experience stated in each posting. Postings that give no number, or that changed after we last read them, are unknown.
Stated in the posting
Most postings say nothing about visa sponsorship. Of the 407 that do, 91 offer it and 316 rule it out.
Share of the 407 postings that state it.
- Available91 postings · 22.4%Browse these jobs →
- Not available316 postings · 77.6%Browse these jobs →
2,890 postings say nothing.
Only what the posting states. Most postings say nothing, and silence is not a refusal.
From the company profile
856 of 3,297 postings (26.0%) come from later private companies.
- Early (pre-seed–Series A)452 postings · 13.7%Browse these jobs →
- Growth (Series B–C)430 postings · 13.0%Browse these jobs →
- Later private856 postings · 26.0%Browse these jobs →
- Public748 postings · 22.7%Browse these jobs →
- Bootstrapped90 postings · 2.7%Browse these jobs →
- Subsidiary88 postings · 2.7%Browse these jobs →
- Not stated / unclear633 postings · 19.2%
The company’s funding stage from its profile, grouped into the same bands as the browse filter. Later private means Series D or later.
From the company profile
863 of 3,297 postings (26.2%) come from companies with 5,000+ people.
- About 1–50 people350 postings · 10.6%Browse these jobs →
- About 51–200 people500 postings · 15.2%Browse these jobs →
- About 201–1,000 people483 postings · 14.6%Browse these jobs →
- About 1,001–5,000 people444 postings · 13.5%Browse these jobs →
- About 5,000+ people863 postings · 26.2%Browse these jobs →
- Not stated / unclear657 postings · 19.9%
Headcount bands are estimates based on public company information.
Postings
79 of 3,297 postings (2.4%) come from Deloitte US, the employer with the most postings.
Postings by employer, out of all 3,297. The bars are drawn against the longest, 79 postings.
The 15 employers with the most current postings in our list. Posting counts reflect how each employer lists roles, not headcount or hiring plans.
Posting history · by title
2,400 postings with FDE in the title were first seen in October 2026, compared with 493 in July 2026.
Postings anywhere in the world whose title says FDE, by the month Nextmove first saw them, not the reviewed US postings above. The grey figure under each month is how many careers pages Nextmove tracked by the end of it, so part of any change is our coverage rather than the market. The month in progress is left out, and so is the first month of the history, because it holds every posting that already existed when tracking began.
How to read and cite these counts
Postings read on . Data snapshot generated . These are our observation dates, not original posting dates or confirmation that a role is still open.
Not stated on a chart means the posting gives no usable answer: nothing stated, unclear wording, or a value that changed since we last read it. Silence does not mean no.
Definitions, selection limits and citation
- Scope: the US FDE and related postings Nextmove tracks. Which employers we track, which careers pages we can read, whether the job can be done from the US, and selection by title or by our reading all affect what is included. This is not a representative sample or a count of the whole FDE market.
- The unit is one posting. Separate postings can describe the same opening. Company counts use the employer name on the posting, not the corporate parent. Neither number measures hires, hiring plans or demand growth.
- Counts are postings, not openings, hires or the whole FDE market. Unknown values stay in every total. Every share is out of all 3,297 postings, except where a chart says it is out of the postings that answered. 2 postings (0.1%) changed after we last read them and count as unknown on every question. 0 postings failed our checks and are left out.
- Who the work serves, the kind of coding, project stages and responsibility level are our reading of each job description. Arrangement, travel, individual contributor or manager, visa sponsorship, years of experience and technologies are terms stated in the posting, read automatically, not verified employer policies. We do not keep the quoted lines from each posting. Check the original posting for details. More postings does not mean more accurate.
- Responsibility level is our reading of the work, not the employer’s title. Years of experience is the stated minimum, grouped into bands. Technologies are keywords read from posting text, matched case-insensitively and counted once per posting. Company stage and size come from the company profile, in the same bands as the browse filter. Company posting counts use the employer name on the posting.
- “Both” is a separate recipient category. Project stages and technologies can overlap, so those bars are drawn separately and never add up to 100%. Other answers within a question are mutually exclusive and divide one bar between them. Each heading reports the largest known value for its question.
- This page and its CSV use the same calculation over our current list. They show current data and can change on refresh. Note both dates when quoting. Save the CSV you used. There is no fixed historical edition of these tables. The monthly series, where shown, counts postings anywhere in the world whose title says FDE, from Nextmove’s posting history, and is not part of the CSV.
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