> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience in SF Bay Area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=consulting&management=ic®ion=sf-bay-area 34 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience in the SF Bay Area, from 28 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $157,000 to $215,000. **34** postings · **28** companies · 28 state pay: median **$175,000**, half $157,000–$215,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Data Cloud, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7460c510f62762db) San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 more New · Today $207,000–$300,000 [Petra Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/petra-security) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac67d87a1e5c0c2c) San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo ago Pay not posted [Blockstream](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/blockstream) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d7b4ad9eeb4e065) Menlo Park, CA Hybrid 2mo ago Pay not posted [Halluminate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/halluminate) Builds what the customer runs ### [Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eb88eb3f3b97061e) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $215,000–$275,000 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer III, Data Cloud, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/82606f0a46009d9d) San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 more New · Yesterday $174,000–$252,000 [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) Builds what the customer runs ### [AI deployment engineer (East)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eabde487202a4488) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 more Hybrid New · 2d ago $146,000–$204,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Builds what the customer runs ### [Enterprise AI Transformation Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/acce46d73a6442bf) Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +40 more 10d ago $54,400–$196,000 [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) Builds what the customer runs ### [Solutions Architect, Business Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67acea4b3b24feb5) San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 more 2mo ago $130,000–$185,000 [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) Builds what the customer runs ### [AI deployment engineer (West)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba1a9664d6547bbb) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 more Hybrid New · 2d ago $146,000–$204,000 [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) Builds what the customer runs ### [AI deployment engineer (Central)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f106a3ca48ce33ec) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 more Hybrid New · 2d ago $132,000–$184,000 [Gradial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gradial) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Product Analyst](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a374eba29c9e4ad9) San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 more 13d ago $120,000–$135,000 [Onos Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/onos-health) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward-Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1cbb5ba03c1837ba) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4w ago $180,000–$220,000 [GRIDSIGHT](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gridsight) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Data Analyst](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/24f51347037e2ac3) San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX Hybrid 4w ago Pay not posted [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a286130f619ca1d4) San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC On-site 2mo ago $147,000–$185,000 [Harper](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/harper) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80b7ff167e547412) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago $125,000–$175,000 [Doss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doss) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23ac7c632f5cc670) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $120,000–$210,000 [Context](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/context) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ff0c83dd2242853) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $180,000–$350,000 [FERMÀT](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ferm-t) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71295e354cc993d7) San Francisco, CA 8mo ago From $200,000 [Synthio Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/synthio-labs) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Product](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a324b59befbcd91) San Francisco, CA 8mo ago Pay not posted [TikTok](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tiktok) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist — Ads Vertical - Global Monetization Product and Technology](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d1cedb76bc66115) San Jose, CA New · 4d ago $159,000–$272,000 [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6616645944655d3e) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA Hybrid 5mo ago $120,000–$210,000 [Adyen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/adyen) Integrates and configures it ### [Implementation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0f2fbac3cfe4073e) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $140,000–$220,000 [Serval](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/serval) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e026ec3d5884a44d) San Francisco, CA On-site 9mo ago $150,000–$280,000 [TikTok](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tiktok) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist — Ads Vertical - Global Monetization Product and Technology](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d29c1cb6b44af5e) San Francisco, CA New · 4d ago $159,000–$272,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Integrates and configures it ### [Applied AI Engineer, Codex](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a9cd2e2a8964bdce) San Francisco, CA 11mo ago $211,000–$278,000 [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d525aaf211dfd27) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +1 more Hybrid 13mo ago $120,000–$190,000 [Lightfield](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lightfield) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/99e691095b205253) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2w ago $170,000–$250,000 [Persona](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/persona) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Product Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4826db2a1ad629f7) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2w ago $90,000–$100,000 [Campfire](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/campfire) Integrates and configures it ### [Accounting Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1dd74adc6abbd094) San Francisco, CA On-site 7w ago $130,000–$160,000 [Fulcrum](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fulcrum) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3b39f64b68bac2bf) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Founding Deployment Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b2e16f199cb02c1) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA Hybrid 3mo ago $185,000–$260,000 [Vooma](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vooma) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4c6c26232e5adc8a) San Francisco, CA On-site 19mo ago $150,000–$180,000 [American Express](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/american-express) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer II - Forward Deployment Engineer - Enterprise AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ef18b4ef7495f629) Sunnyvale, CA · New York, NY 13d ago Pay not posted [Commure](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/commure) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Operations Manager, Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/abb91756fc6adb7b) Mountain View, CA On-site 6mo ago $120,000–$160,000 [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dconsulting%26management%3Dic%26region%3Dsf-bay-area&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience in sf bay area go out by email once you have an account and set an alert. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience in SF Bay Area pay? 28 of 34 postings state a pay range. The median is $175,000, and half of them sit between $157,000 and $215,000, from 22 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience in SF Bay Area require? Of 34 postings, 26 state a minimum number of years, from 22 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 18 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (7) or 6 to 9 years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience in SF Bay Area? These 34 postings come from 28 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) (3), [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) (3), [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) (2), [TikTok](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tiktok) (2) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (1). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience in SF Bay Area remote? 0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 12 are hybrid and 11 are on-site. The remaining 11 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 9 of the 34 postings. Counted over the 34 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. 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