FDE Hiring Index — Q3 2026 Market Snapshot
Data snapshot: Aug 20, 2026 · 150 verified postings · Last reviewed: Aug 21, 2026
Bottom line: 150 active FDE roles across 10 companies. Databricks and Stripe account for the majority of open positions. 20 roles (13%) are listed as remote.
Key Metrics
150
Active FDE Roles
10
Hiring Companies
20
Remote Roles
13% of total
8
Hybrid / On-site
6 hybrid · 2 on-site
Relevance Tier Breakdown
Top Hiring Companies
| Company | Open Roles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1.Databricks | 46 | 31% |
| 2.Stripe | 44 | 29% |
| 3.Scale AI | 28 | 19% |
| 4.Cursor | 16 | 11% |
| 5.Vercel | 6 | 4% |
| 6.Figma | 4 | 3% |
| 7.Anthropic | 3 | 2% |
| 8.Perplexity AI | 1 | 1% |
| 9.Linear | 1 | 1% |
| 10.Samsara | 1 | 1% |
Workplace Distribution
20
Remote
6
Hybrid
2
On-site
122
Not Specified
workplace_type unknown
Methodology
This index is computed from the FDE Radar snapshot — a daily crawl of verified job postings from Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, and public careers pages. Jobs are classified using rule-based scoring on title matching and description analysis.
- →Source: Official career page APIs (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby) — no scraping or crowd-sourced data
- →Classification: Rule-based title matching with relevance tiers (Exact FDE, FDE-Adjacent, Potentially Related)
- →Verification: Jobs re-verified daily; missing jobs marked closed after 3 consecutive misses
- →Deduplication: Same job across multiple sources is deduplicated by external ID
Limitations
- • This snapshot captures 150 postings from 10 companies — it is not a comprehensive market census
- • Coverage is biased toward companies using Greenhouse, Lever, or Ashby — companies on other platforms are underrepresented
- • 122 of 150 jobs have no workplace type specified — remote/onsite ratios may not reflect reality
- • Job listings are self-reported by companies and may not reflect actual role scope or hiring urgency
- • International coverage is limited (primarily US, UK, EU, India)
Data Snapshot
- Snapshot generated
- 2026-08-20T16:33:08Z
- Source last checked
- 2026-08-20T16:33:08Z
- Source status
- ok
- Stale after
- 72 hours
Citation
FDE Instinct. "FDE Hiring Index — Q3 2026 Market Snapshot." Aug 21, 2026. https://fdeinstinct.com/research/fde-hiring-index. Accessed Sep 10, 2026.
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