$126,000–$210,000
FDE jobs · Technical lead
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1,150 postings · 492 companies · median $200,000 · middle half $170,000–$229,000 · read
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Technical lead
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$180,000–$220,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Development Engineer, AI Acceleration, Amazon Games
Seattle, WA
$168,100–$227,400
Block (Square)Builds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer, Go-to-Market Systems & AI
New York, NY
$263,600–$395,400
First Solar, Inc.Builds for teams inside the company
Full Stack Engineer - AI Applications
Perrysburg, OH
$150,880–$215,050
$154,000–$213,000
ALSOBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Staff Deployment Strategist, Operations
Palo Alto, CAOn-site
$170,000–$225,000
Block (Square)Builds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer, Go-to-Market Systems & AI
SF Bay Area
$263,600–$395,400
ImpiricusProves it works before the sale
Product Solutions Architect
New York, NY · Atlanta, GANew York, NY +1Remote
$170,000–$210,000
$145,000–$180,000
Antora EnergyBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack Software Products
USRemote
$183,000–$240,000
$225,000–$255,000
$242,200–$486,000
LegenceBuilds for teams inside the company
I&M Segment Applied AI Lead
San Jose, CA · Beltsville, MDSan Jose, CA +1Remote
$145,000–$180,000
$146,370–$246,000
KlaviyoBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr. AI Systems & Solutions Architect, Customer Success
Boston, MA
$120,000–$180,000
Reframe SystemsBuilds for teams inside the company
Full Stack Software Engineer - Platform Software
Billerica, MAOn-site
$140,000–$180,000
ElasticBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal, Agentic Engineering Platform
US · city not listed
$159,800–$252,800
PhotonBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Deployment Lead – Devin AI | Onsite
US · city not listedOn-site
$44,000–$154,000
$106,200–$182,983
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deploy Engineer
Chicago, IL · San Francisco, CAChicago, IL +1Remote
$220,000–$320,000
$112,200–$190,700
T-MobileBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr Forward Deployment Engineer
Bellevue, WA · Frisco, TXBellevue, WA +1
$142,300–$256,700
Cadence Design SystemsBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead Solutions Engineer– Back Office Transformation
San Jose, CA
$114,800–$213,200
PrologisBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead AI Engineer
Denver, CO · San Francisco, CA · +3 moreDenver, CO +4On-site
$147,000–$202,000
Horizon mediaBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Engineer, Applied AI Solutions
New York, NYHybrid
$195,000–$225,000
$145,400–$257,600
$150,000–$185,000
Sprinter HealthBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Enablement Engineer (Senior / Staff)
San Francisco, CA · Menlo Park, CASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$260,000
$200,000–$247,000
$156,000–$224,200
$140,000–$180,000
Danaher CorporationBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Engineer, Legal - USA Remote
USRemote
$185,000–$200,000
SunoBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior / Staff Software Engineer, AI Leverage
Boston, MAOn-site
$228,960–$363,510
Ro (Modern Fertility)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Engineer, Applied AI
New York, NYHybrid
$190,800–$234,500
$161,000–$212,000
Distyl AILeads the deployment team
AI Engineer, Enterprise Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
$154,445–$185,334
$227,200–$324,500
$161,000–$212,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,150 of 1,150 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $229,000, from 492 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,150 postings, 793 state a minimum number of years, from 361 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 370 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (307), 10 or more years (76) or under 3 years (40).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,150 postings come from 492 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (67), Databricks (66), Amazon (incl AWS) (46), OpenAI (31) and Accenture (23).
Are FDE jobs remote?
219 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 310 are hybrid and 180 are on-site. The remaining 441 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 559 of the 1,150 postings.
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