> 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 software engineering experience in SF Bay Area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering®ion=sf-bay-area&page=7 495 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in the SF Bay Area, from 258 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $190,000 to $250,000. **495** postings · **258** companies · 410 state pay: median **$215,000**, half $190,000–$250,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Senior Applications Software Engineer, Perception and Sensor Fusion](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/561089c546feb404) Santa Clara, CA 6w ago $152,000–$287,500 [OpenAI Foundation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai-foundation) ### [AI Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/848302912d64ec39) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6w ago $350,000–$450,000 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Staff Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ccce31439d4dfefe) Santa Clara, CA 6w ago $166,500–$291,400 [Pallet](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pallet) ### [Software Engineer, Agent Delivery ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b57b956a1cadd20f) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $135,000–$180,000 [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) ### [Partner Engineering GenAI - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c4b55e3690201838) Menlo Park, CA 7w ago $179,000–$250,000 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Staff Research Engineer, Applied AI, DeepMind](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/713ebe7e74f1e4c4) Mountain View, CA 7w ago $207,000–$300,000 [Maxima](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/maxima) ### [Deployment Engineer - San Mateo](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3321c5afac6894e6) San Mateo, CA On-site 1mo ago Pay not posted [Edison Scientific](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/edison-scientific) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Cloud Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec956d3e06abdc40) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $175,000–$240,000 [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) ### [Business Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/373b94c00da9da13) San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +2 more 2mo ago $118,000–$176,000 [Bain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bain) ### [Lead, AI Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97ec36645fe8d603) San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +8 more Hybrid 2mo ago $179,500–$203,500 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Snowflake Advanced AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bfaf5e58ec1e0a16) San Francisco, CA · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more 2mo ago $54,400–$205,800 [TikTok](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tiktok) ### [Senior Solution Engineer - Global E-commerce, Seller Business](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1493b7773dc6cf77) San Jose, CA 2mo ago Pay not posted [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) ### [Solutions Architect, Business Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67acea4b3b24feb5) San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 more 2mo ago $130,000–$185,000 [Bain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bain) ### [Lead, Engineering Excellence](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22a12cc51fef0229) San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +8 more Hybrid 2mo ago $179,875–$203,925 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Engineer, Professional Services (San Francisco)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a6023ca463b6a68) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $150,000–$300,000 [TikTok](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tiktok) ### [Solution Engineer - Global E-commerce, Seller Business](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1bfa2acc00187497) San Jose, CA 2mo ago Pay not posted [Muon Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/muon-space) ### [Software Engineer, Customer Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/73ee51106d0f36e2) San Jose, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $190,000–$212,000 [Variance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/variance) ### [Software Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a38ffba49062e2d) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Applied Intuition](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-intuition) ### [Robotics Integration Engineer, Tech Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6fb93c7f671aa958) Sunnyvale, CA On-site 2mo ago $180,000–$210,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Senior MLOps Engineer - DSX Enablement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d111a9977bdaacbb) Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remote Remote 2mo ago $184,000–$356,500 [Sage Care Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sage-care-inc) ### [Epic Integration Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/26789ed1a05e0588) Palo Alto, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $145,000–$175,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Full Stack Software Engineer - Codex for Finance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/719e9ed675575cbe) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $347,000–$385,000 [Ciridae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ciridae) ### [Full Stack Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/30c386db283fe27c) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Voltai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/voltai) ### [Senior Software Engineer: Integrations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ef71848de0857b2d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ce65194d3b4765e8) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 3mo ago $265,000–$331,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Backend Software Engineer - Codex for Finance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3b68312a1c4c0445) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $347,000–$385,000 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Engineering Lead, Strategic Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55e8a726e8f37fe4) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Voltai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/voltai) ### [Senior Software Engineer: Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/52537bab4fe3ef43) San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA · +1 more Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ad5a80e79ff38092) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 3mo ago $216,000–$270,000 [Squint](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/squint) ### [Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/87c003c8d36a7a5c) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $180,000–$220,000 [Sift](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sift) ### [Application Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/14809e80210a38c9) San Francisco, CA · Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $125,000–$175,000 [Voltai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/voltai) ### [Senior Software Engineer: Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7fdc11bcdc87db34) San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA · +1 more Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/63df41e380085308) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 3mo ago $180,000–$225,000 [Tempo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tempo) ### [Product Engineer, Blockchain (SF)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/25f95ddd6ba1c9e2) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Onos Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/onos-health) ### [Senior Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d2733a0bcb09996e) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Early Access Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0443856f84cf3e77) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $250,000–$330,000 [Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) ### [Senior Software Engineer - Integrations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/82b6f49d675334f9) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $190,000–$250,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Senior Solutions Architect, Agentic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bbc4e0e7b7f53b69) Santa Clara, CA · US remote Remote 3mo ago $184,000–$287,500 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7808131a88984b8) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Sign in with ChatGPT](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/13ce38a01a32be33) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $197,000–$280,000 327 of 495 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? 410 of 495 postings state a pay range. The median is $215,000, and half of them sit between $190,000 and $250,000, from 198 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in SF Bay Area require? Of 495 postings, 382 state a minimum number of years, from 220 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 211 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (97), 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 495 postings come from 258 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 140 are hybrid and 131 are on-site. The remaining 181 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 201 of the 495 postings. Counted over the 495 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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