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Companies where FDE jobs write less production code than most

347 of 1,352 companies with postings that state the kind of coding describe production code less often than the US average of 80% of postings.

968 postings · 347 companies · 686 with pay · median $185,000 · middle half $158,000–$220,000 · read

Writes less production code than most

Production code

Postings that involve writing production code

Customer contact

Work done for people outside the company

Pre-sales

Evaluation or proposal work before a deal

Seniority

Senior-level responsibility or above

Remote

Postings that allow remote work

Travel

How often postings mention travel

Stage
Size

Palantir

Public · About 1,001–5,000 people · AI Deployment / FDE

More travel than mostFewer remote roles than most

Washington, DC · New York, NY · Honolulu, HI · +8 ·

$140,000

70 postings

NVIDIA

Public · About 5,000+ people · AI / Hardware

Less travel than most

Santa Clara, CA · Remote (US) · Seattle, WA ·

$270,000

31 postings

SpaceX

Public · About 5,000+ people · Aerospace / Space / Connectivity

Works with outside customers less than mostFewer remote roles than most

Hawthorne, CA · Palo Alto, CA · Washington, DC · +6 ·

$160,000

21 postings

Salesforce

Public · About 5,000+ people · Enterprise software / CRM / AI agents

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · Chicago, IL · +13 ·

$205,000

16 postings

Decagon

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · AI / Customer Support

Less travel than mostFewer remote roles than most

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA

$231,000

12 postings

Hippocratic AI

Growth · About 201–1,000 people · AI / Healthcare

Writes less production code than mostMore travel than most

Remote (US) · Menlo Park, CA · Cincinnati, OH · +3 ·

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12 postings

Aircall

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Business communications software / cloud telephony and contact center SaaS

Writes less production code than mostMore pre-sales than most

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · Seattle, WA ·

$203,000

11 postings

monday.com

Public · About 1,001–5,000 people · AI work platform and work management SaaS

Fewer remote roles than mostMore travel than most

New York, NY · Atlanta, GA · Denver, CO ·

$155,000

11 postings

Stripe

Later private · About 5,000+ people · Fintech / Infra

More remote roles than mostWrites less production code than most

New York, NY · Remote (US) · Seattle, WA · +2 ·

$238,000

10 postings

TRM Labs

Growth · AI investigations and blockchain intelligence software for financial crime, public safety, and national security

More remote roles than mostWrites less production code than most

Remote (US) · Washington, DC

$143,000

10 postings

Anthropic

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · AI / Foundation Models

More pre-sales than mostFewer remote roles than most

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +2 ·

$300,000

9 postings

Exiger

More travel than mostFewer remote roles than most

Mclean, VA · Richmond, VA · Huntsville, AL · +1 ·

—

9 postings

Apple

Public · About 5,000+ people · Tech / Consumer Hardware

Works with outside customers less than mostLess travel than most

Cupertino, CA · Sunnyvale, CA · Austin, TX · +1 ·

$223,000

8 postings

Didero

More travel than mostWrites less production code than most

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA

$240,000

7 postings

Nebius

Public · About 1,001–5,000 people · GPU Cloud / Neocloud

Less travel than mostMore remote roles than most

Remote (US) · New York, NY

$202,000

7 postings

Rivet Industries

More pre-sales than mostWrites less production code than most

Washington, DC · San Jose, CA

$170,000

7 postings

Rogo

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · AI analyst for finance

More pre-sales than mostWrites less production code than most

New York, NY

$158,000

7 postings

Sitreps

Bootstrapped · About 1–50 people · Veteran career platform / recruiting

Writes less production code than mostMore travel than most

Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA · Los Angeles, CA · +4 ·

$175,000

7 postings

Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Industrial / defense AI

More travel than mostWrites less production code than most

Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TX

$188,000

6 postings

Clay

Growth · About 201–1,000 people · AI-native GTM platform / Sales intelligence

Less travel than mostFewer remote roles than most

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA

$200,000

6 postings

EliseAI

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Vertical AI for property management and healthcare operations

Writes less production code than mostMore pre-sales than most

New York, NY

$180,000

6 postings

F5

Public · About 5,000+ people · Cybersecurity / Application Delivery

Less travel than mostWorks with outside customers less than most

Seattle, WA · IL, IN, WI · MA, NJ, NY · +2 ·

$182,000

6 postings

Fundamental Research Labs

Early · About 51–200 people · Enterprise tabular AI

More remote roles than mostWrites less production code than most

Remote (US) · Houston, TX

—

6 postings

H Company

Early · About 51–200 people · Enterprise agentic AI / computer-use models

More travel than mostWrites less production code than most

Austin, TX · New York, NY · San Francisco, CA ·

—

6 postings

Klaviyo

Public · About 1,001–5,000 people · B2C CRM and marketing technology SaaS

Works with outside customers less than mostWrites less production code than most

Boston, MA · Denver, CO · San Francisco, CA ·

$150,000

6 postings

Lumbra

Writes less production code than mostFewer remote roles than most

Arlington, VA · HI

$238,000

6 postings

TikTok

Later private · About 5,000+ people · Consumer internet / Social video / Commerce

Writes less production code than mostLess travel than most

San Jose, CA · New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 ·

$216,000

6 postings

Alation

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Data Intelligence / Enterprise Software

More remote roles than mostMore pre-sales than most

Remote (US)

$157,000

5 postings

Caylent

More travel than mostMore pre-sales than most

Remote (US) · New York, NY · San Francisco, CA ·

$176,000

5 postings

Celonis

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · Enterprise SaaS — Process Intelligence / Process Mining

More pre-sales than mostFewer remote roles than most

New York, NY · Raleigh, NC · Redwood City, CA ·

$184,000

5 postings

Cisco

Public · About 5,000+ people · Networking / Security / Enterprise infrastructure

Writes less production code than mostMore remote roles than most

Remote (Austin, TX) · Remote (Boulder, CO) · Remote (Reston, VA) · +8 ·

$321,000

5 postings

Clera

Writes less production code than mostFewer remote roles than most

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY

$173,000

5 postings

Code and Theory

Less travel than mostWrites less production code than most

New York, NY

$165,000

5 postings

Code Metal

Writes less production code than mostMore travel than most

Boston, MA · Honolulu, HI · Remote (Miami, FL) · +2 ·

—

5 postings

Composio

Less travel than mostMore junior roles than most

San Francisco, CA

—

5 postings

CoreWeave

Public · About 1,001–5,000 people · AI Cloud / GPU Infrastructure

Less travel than mostWrites less production code than most

San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CA · Austin, TX ·

$212,000

5 postings

HappyRobot

Growth · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI Agents (Voice, Operations, Logistics)

Less travel than mostFewer remote roles than most

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL ·

$170,000

5 postings

Hightouch

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · Customer data infrastructure + agentic marketing software

More remote roles than mostLess travel than most

Remote (US) · Remote (New York, NY) · Remote (San Francisco, CA) ·

$188,000

5 postings

Kaizen

Less travel than mostFewer remote roles than most

New York, NY · Washington, DC

$195,000

5 postings

Liberate

Growth · About 51–200 people · Insurance voice agents

Writes less production code than mostMore pre-sales than most

Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA · Berkeley, CA ·

$165,000

5 postings

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