$210,000–$305,000
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1,850 postings · 686 companies · median $195,000 · middle half $163,000–$226,000 · read
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$150,000–$180,000
Lockheed MartinBuilds for teams inside the company
Full-Stack Software Engineer Senior - Level 3
Palmdale, CA
$110,300–$204,900
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Product Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
$240,000–$390,000
MendixLeads the deployment team
Intelligence Center X Engineering Manager - Americas
US · city not listedHybrid
$197,300–$394,600
$200,000–$300,000
Applied IntuitionLeads the deployment team
Software Engineering Manager (Defense/PhysicalAI)
Washington, DCOn-site
$250,000–$300,000
ImpiricusProves it works before the sale
Product Solutions Architect
New York, NY · Atlanta, GANew York, NY +1Remote
$170,000–$210,000
MendixProves it works before the sale
Intelligence Center X Engineer - Americas
US · city not listedHybrid
$125,300–$334,400
$182,000–$242,000
ModernaBuilds for teams inside the company
Associate Director, Intelligent Automation & AI
Cambridge, MAHybrid
$130,800–$209,400
$225,000–$255,000
$143,000–$191,000
$209,000–$265,000
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Decision Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
PerplexityBuilds for teams inside the company
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise AI Products)
San Francisco, CA
$220,000–$405,000
$251,000–$335,000
$220,000–$292,000
Distyl AILeads the deployment team
AI Engineer, Enterprise Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
$190,000–$230,000
$157,000–$183,000
$143,000–$210,000
SalesforceBuilds for teams inside the company
Partner Technical Architect - Agentforce
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +2 moreChicago, IL +3
$172,500–$285,800
$250,000–$400,000
$220,000–$350,000
$160,000–$200,000
$185,000–$315,000 · OTE
$280,000–$410,000
AnthropicProves it works before the sale
Applied AI Architect, Commercial
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$240,000–$315,000
Scale AIBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$188,800–$362,000
$185,000–$315,000 · OTE
$200,000–$280,000
$250,000–$400,000 · OTE
$265,000–$331,000
$130,000–$150,000
Vannevar LabsLeads the deployment team
Enterprise Technical Lead (Clearance Required)
Washington, DC · San Diego, CA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Remote
$150,000–$215,000
ClayKeeps customers running after launch
Growth Strategist, Strategic (Deployment Strategist) - NY
New York, NYHybrid
$190,000–$210,000
$118,000–$170,000
$164,500–$296,700
1,227 of these 1,850 jobs build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,850 of 1,850 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $226,000, from 686 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 1,850 postings, 1,074 state a minimum number of years, from 470 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 571 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (311), under 3 years (115) or 10 or more years (77).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 1,850 postings come from 686 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (72), Databricks (67), Amazon (incl AWS) (66), Palantir (53) and OpenAI (46).
Are FDE jobs remote?
316 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 485 are hybrid and 470 are on-site. The remaining 579 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 935 of the 1,850 postings.
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