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Oct 20, 2026
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3 min read
Plus: Anthropic now has three different prices on the same job title. Here's what the spread tells you about where the money sits.
Oct 13, 2026
Plus: why a $100M training program changes who gets hired, who gets paid, and what it means for the seat you're eyeing.
Oct 6, 2026
Plus: why a "$195K median" hides a $385K–$510K frontier-lab tier — and where the spread actually comes from.
Sep 29, 2026
Plus: a fresh market report shows three companies own 79% of all FDE postings — and none of them are AI labs.
Sep 22, 2026
4 min read
Anthropic quietly turned FDE hiring into an org chart — named managers, regional benches, and a London band that tops its US base.
Sep 15, 2026
Europe is quietly building its own FDE market — Munich, Zurich, and Stockholm are all hiring founding engineers.
Sep 8, 2026
5 min read
Plus: the one interview round that actually decides FDE offers — and why strong backend engineers keep failing it.
Sep 1, 2026
Plus: what a TS/SCI clearance is actually worth on an FDE offer — the federal comp math three of this week's roles are quietly running.
Aug 25, 2026
Plus: meet Ode — the $1.5B deployment company Anthropic built to complete the labs' land grab.
Aug 18, 2026
Plus: 1,500 FDEs were surveyed — turns out only 31% of the week is actually spent writing code.
Aug 11, 2026
Plus: the FDE is turning inward — nuclear reactors, semiconductors, and your own org are the new "customer."
Aug 4, 2026
Plus: the FDE title went public this week — literally. Four listed companies just posted their first ones.
Jul 28, 2026
Plus: the job description sells you breadth. The interview loop tests depth you never saw coming.
Jul 21, 2026
$348K FDE at a Fortune 5 (+ 6 new roles); the FDE market has split into three tiers
Jul 14, 2026
2 min read
224 FDE roles open right now (+ 7 new this week)
Jul 7, 2026
The FDE comp market split in two — same title, 3.5x pay gap. Here's which side you're on.
