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968 postings · 457 companies · median $198,000 · middle half $163,000–$233,000 · read
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PerplexityBuilds for teams inside the company
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise AI Products)
San Francisco, CA
$220,000–$405,000
CrunchyrollBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Solutions Engineer, AI Enablement
Los Angeles, CAHybrid
$183,400–$229,200
$251,000–$335,000
Danaher CorporationBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Engineer, Legal - USA Remote
USRemote
$185,000–$200,000
Ro (Modern Fertility)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Engineer, Applied AI
New York, NYHybrid
$190,800–$234,500
Simpson Thacher & BartlettBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer
New York, NYHybrid
$180,000–$210,000
ArcaBuilds for teams inside the company
Member of Technical Staff, Product Engineer
New York, NYOn-site
$200,000–$300,000
$130,000–$190,000
$127,400–$182,000
$157,000–$183,000
$148,700–$298,800
$143,000–$210,000
ToastBuilds for teams inside the company
GTM Engineer - Sales Workflow Automation, Revenue Intelligence
USRemote
$94,000–$192,000
SalesforceBuilds for teams inside the company
Partner Technical Architect - Agentforce
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +2 moreChicago, IL +3
$172,500–$285,800
$195,000–$229,000
$250,000–$400,000
T-MobileBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr Engineer, Enterprise AI
Bellevue, WA · Frisco, TXBellevue, WA +1
$133,100–$240,100
$150,000–$190,000
$194,600–$293,900
$150,000–$210,000
$150,000–$220,000
Faraday FutureBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI & Business Operations Engineer
El Segundo, CA
$130,000–$150,000
$185,000–$315,000 · OTE
$280,000–$410,000
OpenAIBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$266,000–$405,000
$105,000–$120,000
$185,000–$315,000 · OTE
$170,000–$200,000
AnthropicProves it works before the sale
Applied AI Architect, Commercial
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$240,000–$315,000
DRWBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer - Cumberland/Options Front Office Systems
Chicago, IL
$175,000–$225,000
$186,000–$222,000
$170,000–$200,000
OpenAIBuilds for teams inside the company
Backend Software Engineer, GTM Innovation
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$347,000–$445,000
DRWBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer - Cumberland/Options Front Office Systems
New York, NY
$175,000–$225,000
William BlairBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Data Scientist – AI Engineer
Chicago, ILHybrid
$157,000–$187,000
$170,000–$200,000
$265,000–$331,000
DRWBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer - Cumberland/FICCO Front Office Systems
Greenwich, CT
$175,000–$225,000
$250,000–$350,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
968 of 968 postings state a pay range. The median is $198,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $233,000, from 457 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 968 postings, 620 state a minimum number of years, from 330 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 331 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (179), under 3 years (60) or 10 or more years (50).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 968 postings come from 457 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (62), OpenAI (36), Accenture (31), Amazon (incl AWS) (29) and Google (14).
Are FDE jobs remote?
166 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 252 are hybrid and 180 are on-site. The remaining 370 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 421 of the 968 postings.
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