> 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 asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering®ion=sf-bay-area&page=2 56 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in the SF Bay Area, from 42 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $202,000 to $260,000. **56** postings · **42** companies · 44 state pay: median **$229,000**, half $202,000–$260,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) Leads the deployment team ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b3763b34dd9cb0d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 7mo ago $200,000–$320,000 [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) Leads the deployment team ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc7f1d0479aa37c4) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY 3mo ago $200,000–$299,000 [Poetic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/poetic) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f67c764ba3b6a1f9) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 9mo ago $160,000–$275,000 [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) Leads the deployment team ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3f395804dbea806e) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [Glean](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/glean) Integrates and configures it ### [Partner Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/42c89791e06624ee) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Solutions Architect, AI Inference](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d22e034dd514242b) Santa Clara, CA · US remote Remote 2mo ago $184,000–$356,500 [Persona](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/persona) Integrates and configures it ### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2dcdd3700e15dae2) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 9mo ago $105,000–$170,000 [Evolver](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/evolver) Integrates and configures it ### [Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/789806de27137ce9) Palo Alto, CA 10mo ago Pay not posted [Alchemy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alchemy) Integrates and configures it ### [Software Engineer - Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/70c9fdbce87316c6) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 20mo ago $150,000–$225,000 [Column](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/column) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist (Travel Heavy)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3554fedbed1bae4c) San Francisco, CA On-site 3w ago $150,000–$275,000 [BetterUp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/betterup) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Principal Product Manager, Forward Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8783764172616cf6) San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +2 more Hybrid 2mo ago $210,000–$295,000 [Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80114d7fe0ad330e) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $165,000–$220,000 [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 [Fieldguide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fieldguide) Leads the deployment team ### [Senior Manager, Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fed674fdd8484b71) San Francisco, CA Remote 3w ago $210,000–$305,000 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Proves it works before the sale ### [Applied AI, Research Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ad03554ab362a16c) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $300,000–$400,000 [Fieldguide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fieldguide) Leads the deployment team ### [Head of Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2bf39c185070fc9) San Francisco, CA Remote 3w ago $240,000–$390,000 30 of 56 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area pay? 44 of 56 postings state a pay range. The median is $229,000, and half of them sit between $202,000 and $260,000, from 31 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area require? Of 56 postings, 49 state a minimum number of years, from 38 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 26 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (19), under 3 years (3) or 10 or more years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area? These 56 postings come from 42 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) (4), [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) (4), [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) (3), [Veeam Software](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/veeam-software) (3) and [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) (2). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area remote? 3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 26 are hybrid and 16 are on-site. The remaining 11 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 17 of the 56 postings. Counted over the 56 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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