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Companies where FDE jobs include more pre-sales than most

384 of 1,368 companies with postings that state the stage of the work involve pre-sales work at least as often as the US average of 24% of postings.

1,175 postings · 384 companies · 886 with pay · median $200,000 · middle half $168,000–$232,000 · read

More pre-sales 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

Deloitte US

Later private · About 5,000+ people · Professional services / Consulting

More travel than mostMore pre-sales than most

Rosslyn, VA · Huntsville, AL

$200,000

79 postings

Databricks

Later private · About 5,000+ people · Data / AI Platform

More travel than most

San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · Boston, MA · +18 ·

$216,000

73 postings

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

OpenAI

Later private · About 5,000+ people · AI / Foundation Models

Fewer remote roles than most

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

$255,000

53 postings

LMI

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · Federal technology, government consulting, and mission systems

More travel than mostMore remote roles than most

Remote (US) · Washington, DC · Fort Bragg, NC · +5 ·

$172,000

17 postings

LangChain

Growth · About 201–1,000 people · AI Infra

More pre-sales than mostWrites more production code than most

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · Atlanta, GA · +9 ·

$235,000

15 postings

Thomson Reuters

Public · About 5,000+ people · Professional information services / legal-tech / tax and compliance software / news

Fewer remote roles than mostLess travel than most

Eagan, MN · Frisco, TX · Ann Arbor, MI · +9 ·

$182,000

13 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

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

Provectus

More pre-sales than mostMore travel than most

New York, NY · Remote (NJ) · Remote (San Francisco Bay Area, CA) · +1 ·

$190,000

11 postings

CapTech Consulting

Subsidiary · About 1,001–5,000 people · Technology & Management Consulting

More pre-sales than mostFewer remote roles than most

Reston, VA · Richmond, VA · Atlanta, GA · +5 ·

$145,000

10 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

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

PhysicsX

Growth · About 51–200 people · AI engineering simulation software

Fewer remote roles than mostWrites more production code than most

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA

$190,000

9 postings

C3.ai

Public · About 201–1,000 people · enterprise AI software

More travel than mostWrites more production code than most

Tysons, VA · Redwood City, CA · Lexington Park, MD ·

$149,000

8 postings

Sia

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · Management consulting, strategy, data and AI, business transformation, and creative marketing services

More pre-sales than mostFewer remote roles than most

Atlanta, GA · Baltimore, MD · Charlotte, NC · +7 ·

$146,000

8 postings

Snorkel AI

Later private · About 201–1,000 people · AI Data Development / Evaluation Infrastructure

Less travel than most

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

$270,000

8 postings

Eliza

About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI consulting and implementation services

More remote roles than mostLess travel than most

Remote (Remote, OR) · Austin, TX · New York, NY · +2 ·

—

7 postings

Luminary

Growth · Physics AI and engineering simulation software

More travel than mostMore pre-sales than most

San Mateo, CA

—

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

TribalScale

Later private · About 51–200 people · AI-first digital product engineering, design, and enterprise transformation services

More remote roles than mostMore pre-sales than most

Remote (US)

—

7 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

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

Nominal

Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Industrial Data / Test & Telemetry

More travel than mostMore pre-sales than most

Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY · Austin, TX · +3 ·

$180,000

6 postings

Seekr

Growth · About 51–200 people · Enterprise generative AI

More pre-sales than most

Reston, VA · Austin, TX · Menlo Park, CA · +1 ·

$201,000

6 postings

Shield AI

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people · Defense AI / Autonomy

More travel than mostMore pre-sales than most

San Diego, CA · Dallas, TX · Remote (US) · +1 ·

—

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 Metal

Writes less production code than mostMore travel than most

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

—

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

Cursor (Anysphere)

Subsidiary · About 1,001–5,000 people · AI / Dev Tools

Less travel than mostMore pre-sales than most

Remote (US) · San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC ·

—

5 postings

Deepgram

Growth · About 51–200 people · Voice AI infrastructure

More pre-sales than mostWrites more production code than most

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · Remote (Washington, DC) ·

$213,000

5 postings

Fireworks AI

Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Infra

More pre-sales than mostFewer remote roles than most

San Mateo, CA

$230,000

5 postings

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