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FDE jobs · Individual contributor
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1,184 postings · 598 companies · median $180,000 · middle half $152,000–$215,000 · read
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General Dynamics Mission SystemsBuilds for teams inside the company
Advanced Software Engineer - AI Reliability Engineering
USRemote
$118,519–$131,482
Lockheed MartinBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Research Engineer Stf - Engineering Transformation
TXRemote
$120,600–$224,000
Baker TillyBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal AI Engineer, Sr AI Engineer
San Jose, CA · Pasadena, CA · +10 moreSan Jose, CA +11
$205,000–$250,000
$200,000–$250,000
$150,000–$225,000
Walmart Inc.Builds for teams inside the company
(USA) Senior, Data Scientist - Applied AI
Sunnyvale, CA · Bentonville, ARSunnyvale, CA +1
$90,000–$234,000
$85,000–$170,000
$130,000–$163,000
Citi (Citigroup Inc.)Builds for teams inside the company
AI Engineer – Startups & Partnerships
Jersey City, NJ
$142,320–$213,480
$135,000–$160,000
Seeq CorporationBuilds for teams inside the company
Customer Support Operations Intelligence Engineer
USRemote
$110,000–$155,000
Up to $135,000
General Dynamics Mission SystemsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Platform & Applications Engineer
Chantilly, VAHybrid
$132,930–$143,835
Susquehanna International GroupBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer – AI Tools | Data Engineering | Experienced Hire
US · city not listedOn-site
$225,000–$250,000
Citi (Citigroup Inc.)Builds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer GEN AI, Assistant Vice President
Irving, TX
$107,120–$160,680
$180,000–$200,000
Lockheed MartinBuilds for teams inside the company
Full-Stack Software Engineer Senior - Level 3
Marietta, GA
$98,100–$182,100
$211,000–$236,000
NVIDIABuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure Solutions
Santa Clara, CA
$152,000–$241,500
$130,000–$195,000
Lockheed MartinBuilds for teams inside the company
Full-Stack Software Engineer Senior - Level 3
Palmdale, CA
$110,300–$204,900
$160,000–$240,000
AtomsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer – Bionic Enterprise Platform
Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CAMountain View, CA +1On-site
$176,000–$242,000
T-MobileBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployment Engineer
Bellevue, WA · Frisco, TXBellevue, WA +1
$117,800–$212,500
AnthropicBuilds for teams inside the company
Applied AI Demo Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$240,000–$315,000
$150,000–$200,000
AtomsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer – Bionic Enterprise Platform
Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CAMountain View, CA +1On-site
$176,000–$242,000
$100,890–$150,000
GoogleBuilds for teams inside the company
Technical Solutions Consultant, Global Security Systems and Technology Applied Data and AI Solutions
Boulder, CO · Austin, TX · +3 moreBoulder, CO +4
$152,000–$221,000
$140,000–$175,000
VercelBuilds for teams inside the company
GTM Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$180,000–$295,000
EtchedBuilds for teams inside the company
Internal Acceleration, Engineer (Production)
San Jose, CAOn-site
$150,000–$400,000
$206,000–$283,500
T-MobileBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Engineer, Commercial AI Forward Deployment
Seattle, WA · Frisco, TXSeattle, WA +1Hybrid
$164,500–$296,700
$142,320–$213,480
$127,000–$180,600
$183,000–$283,500
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$188,500–$282,700
691 of these 1,184 jobs build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,184 of 1,184 postings state a pay range. The median is $180,000, and half of them sit between $152,000 and $215,000, from 598 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,184 postings, 607 state a minimum number of years, from 387 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 359 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (119), 6 to 9 years (111) or 10 or more years (18).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,184 postings come from 598 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (61), Amazon (incl AWS) (32), Anduril (23), Booz Allen (22) and OpenAI (19).
Are FDE jobs remote?
192 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 299 are hybrid and 351 are on-site. The remaining 342 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 461 of the 1,184 postings.
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