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# FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in SF Bay Area

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&region=sf-bay-area&page=10

490 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in the SF Bay Area, from 255 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $190,000 to $250,000.

**490** postings · **255** companies · 405 state pay: median **$215,000**, half $190,000–$250,000

Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 7, 2026

[Exa (formerly Metaphor)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exa-formerly-metaphor) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Product Manager, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5c82ba2222265ca0)

San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago

$155,000–$275,000

[Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Leads the deployment team

### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a60e7ba97aa7fff1)

Mountain View, CA · Arlington, VA · +39 more 6w ago

$80,400–$316,300

[Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Digital Native Business](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/857350fa0750d7c2)

San Francisco, CA 6w ago

$219,765–$302,220

[GRIDSIGHT](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gridsight) Integrates and configures it

### [Forward Deployed Power Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/248d239a1887043a)

San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX Hybrid 4w ago

Pay not posted

[Afresh](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/afresh) Leads the deployment team

### [Founding Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f7f6357b3d597caf)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7w ago

$203,745–$275,655

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5965a8234fffc00e)

Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 more 7w ago

$175,100–$247,600

[Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Integrates and configures it

### [AI Architect - FDE Associate Director](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d150bad0c0de3100)

Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +40 more 7w ago

$62,800–$218,800

[Noble Machines](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/noble-machines) Integrates and configures it

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/77d9339706f473d9)

Sunnyvale, CA On-site 1mo ago

$140,000–$195,000

[Chalk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chalk) Leads the deployment team

### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/47c6797aead04cf6)

San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

$300,000–$350,000

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4a812728913c7b00)

Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 more 7w ago

$175,100–$247,600

[Greptile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/greptile) Proves it works before the sale

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ea315669e7fc622)

San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

$140,000–$220,000

[Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Integrates and configures it

### [Full Stack Engineer Manager (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3a0bc3b034736923)

Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +39 more 2mo ago

$80,400–$316,300

[Artisan](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/artisan) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Forward Deployed GTM Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c7c695bb3843447)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 3mo ago

$130,000–$180,000

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d91468c76135ab23)

Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 more 2mo ago

$159,300–$212,800

[Chef Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chef-robotics) Integrates and configures it

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c90e03bbf2ef439a)

San Francisco, CA 3mo ago

$130,000–$180,000

[Accordion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accordion) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Data & Analytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e5a928ae59b6f49c)

San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +6 more On-site 4mo ago

$145,000–$240,000

[Revel](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/revel) Integrates and configures it

### [Forward Deployed Test Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3f822b912f9003af)

San Francisco, CA · Los Angeles, CA On-site 4mo ago

Pay not posted

[Datadog](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/datadog) Leads the deployment team

### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager - Datadog for Startups](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f370cd488dde1342)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago

$200,000–$250,000

[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

[Govini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/govini) Leads the deployment team

### [Software Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0641047a62f4e7c6)

San Francisco, CA · Arlington, VA · +1 more Remote 5mo ago

Pay not posted

[OneSchema](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oneschema) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Forward Deployed PM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f7dd7c70a2985e0)

San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago

Pay not posted

[Sila Nanotechnologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sila-nanotechnologies) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Forward Deployed Application Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8a16f57ef98a631e)

Alameda, CA 6mo ago

$152,000–$192,000

[StackAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stackai) Proves it works before the sale

### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5225873c20a5c99f)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago

$153,000–$200,000

[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

[Labelbox](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/labelbox) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, RL Environments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d5c67750fd6fd53a)

SF Bay Area 7mo ago

$140,000–$200,000

[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

[Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) Proves it works before the sale

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1af269a9dbe0e40)

San Francisco, CA On-site 8mo ago

$165,000–$230,000

[HackerRank](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hackerrank) Leads the deployment team

### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/12ef8eb1592b65b1)

Santa Clara, CA · Mountain View, CA Hybrid 10mo ago

$300,000–$350,000 · base + variable

[PromptQL](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/promptql) Integrates and configures it

### [Forward Deployed Analyst, US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4bd8f2d5e795100e)

San Francisco, CA · US remote Remote 11mo ago

$175,000–$205,000

[Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) Leads the deployment team

### [VP, Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/faa1eb0081473b5e)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 7mo ago

$268,800–$403,000

[Thatch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thatch) Integrates and configures it

### [Partner Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0e7fcf68f87dedb)

San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 more · US remote Remote 9d ago

$160,000–$195,000

[NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Integrates and configures it

### [Solutions Architect, Inference Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee2fe300c19a3dc3)

Santa Clara, CA 13d ago

$152,000–$287,500

[GRIDSIGHT](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gridsight) Integrates and configures it

### [Customer Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bfe96da7a70d678f)

San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX Hybrid 4w ago

Pay not posted

[Serval](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/serval) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Deployment Strategist, Flagship Account](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fdf9cb94545435b8)

Santa Clara, CA · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7w ago

$150,000–$280,000

[Figma](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/figma) Integrates and configures it

### [Field Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/920ea649ea394e40)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Remote 1mo ago

$140,000–$296,000

[CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave) Integrates and configures it

### [Senior Specialist Field Engineer - SaaS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c383682d25fbd0ee)

Sunnyvale, CA · San Francisco, CA 1mo ago

$182,000–$242,000

[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, NVIDIA Cloud Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7701d9b6b18c7976)

Santa Clara, CA Remote 2mo ago

$184,000–$287,500

[Lynx Analytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lynx-analytics) Integrates and configures it

### [Solution Architect - GenAI, Data & Applications (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/88dcda47f30956b7)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 2mo ago

Pay not posted

324 of 490 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 software engineering experience in SF Bay Area pay?

405 of 490 postings state a pay range. The median is $215,000, and half of them sit between $190,000 and $250,000, from 195 companies.

### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in SF Bay Area require?

Of 490 postings, 376 state a minimum number of years, from 217 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 207 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (95), under 3 years (44) or 10 or more years (30).

### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in SF Bay Area?

These 490 postings come from 255 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (23), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (22), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (20), [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) (20) and [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) (16).

### Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in SF Bay Area remote?

43 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 136 are hybrid and 130 are on-site. The remaining 181 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 199 of the 490 postings.

Counted over the 490 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. Postings that state no experience requirement, or ask for experience outside the five we list, are left out. · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)

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