FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors on-site with prototype and scripting work

• Include remote

• New York metro3
• SF Bay Area7
• Austin1
• Denver–Boulder1
• Other or not stated5

Postings without pay are hidden.

• Any pay
• $150,000+7
• $170,000+5
• $190,000+5
• $210,000+4
• $240,000+3

• ✓On-site16
• Hybrid17
• Remote13
• Not stated / unclear24

• 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.

• Junior2
• Mid5
• Senior6
• Staff+1
• Not stated / unclear2

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 engineering7
• Solutions and customer engineering2
• Implementation and data engineering1

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 days0
• Last 30 days1

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 contributor16
• Technical lead12

• Early (pre-seed–Series A)2
• Growth (Series B–C)3
• Public7
• Not stated / unclear4

• Writes production code426
• ✓Prototypes and scripts16
• Configuration only85
• No coding5
• Not stated / unclear10

• Pre-sales / evaluation7
• Proof of concept13
• Implementation / production14
• Ongoing operations6
• Not stated / unclear1

Estimated from the job description, not measured working hours.

• Mostly implementation (60–100%)3
• Mixed responsibilities (30–59%)12
• Some implementation (0–29%)1

• External customers10
• Internal teams5
• Not stated / unclear1

• Not stated / unclear16

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

• About 1–50 people2
• About 51–200 people4
• About 201–1,000 people1
• About 1,001–5,000 people1
• About 5,000+ people5
• Not stated / unclear3