> 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=8 490 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 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Plugins](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b8424d0e52850251) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $197,000–$280,000 [West Monroe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/west-monroe) ### [Senior Applied AI Engineer/Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8a4b60dcc900fac7) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +7 more 4mo ago $225,000–$304,200 [Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai) ### [AI Engineer, Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7385f7a8daf147a4) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/849934b3c434470f) Mountain View, CA · Albany, NY · +39 more 4mo ago $80,400–$266,300 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Architect, Cyber](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b06e9ce264f77358) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4mo ago $295,000–$345,000 [Nexxa.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nexxa-ai) ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43259435117e1837) Sunnyvale, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai) ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2625d8a6aa23c2b2) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $180,000–$250,000 [InstaLILY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/instalily) ### [Software Engineer, Full Stack](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/69133966645ebb04) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY 4mo ago $150,000–$190,000 [Observe.AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/observe-ai) ### [AI Agent Engineer, Client Facing](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fcdedb65d7c5b453) Redwood City, CA Hybrid 4mo ago $108,000–$170,000 [Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai) ### [AI Field Engineer - Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/546672abcb710ae7) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 4mo ago $200,000–$260,000 [PhysicsX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/physicsx) ### [Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/57f18e0ae9d2cebe) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5mo ago $150,000–$190,000 [Alterion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alterion) ### [Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7da78175c2d77611) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5mo ago Pay not posted [Bland AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bland-ai) ### [Agent Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2835d19d46c9e04d) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $120,000–$200,000 [Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai) ### [AI Field Engineer - Strategic Partnerships](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/586637615ffab02a) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 4mo ago $200,000–$260,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [Sr. AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed430921c27565a8) Palo Alto, CA 5mo ago $220,000–$350,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2865522375d0ee1d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 5mo ago $288,000–$360,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Advanced AI Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a4e1febd22fdb964) Mountain View, CA · Morristown, NJ · +39 more 5mo ago $87,400–$293,800 [Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai) ### [AI Field Engineer - AI Natives](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c5cd7fc499de4582) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 5mo ago $200,000–$260,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a7b6627b779b7eb2) Palo Alto, CA 5mo ago $135,000–$230,000 [Shakudo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/shakudo) ### [Principal Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cc28132e0e3ad7f2) Menlo Park, CA On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b777191a511ed82d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 6mo ago $405,000–$485,000 [Evolver](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/evolver) ### [Senior Enterprise System Integrator](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c7cb4411547dee82) Palo Alto, CA 6mo ago Pay not posted [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Startups](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/298ca66f9910d7a0) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $211,000–$278,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Architect, Professional Services (San Francisco)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a189a2e2399498d) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $170,000–$300,000 [depthfirst](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/depthfirst) ### [Security Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2f827ea345c59cb2) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [DeepTempo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deeptempo) ### [Founding Solution Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5acdd1630379cf59) Menlo Park, CA Hybrid 7mo ago Pay not posted [Sift](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sift) ### [Application Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5c5e0dbb4cb61e39) San Francisco, CA · Marina Del Rey, CA Hybrid 7mo ago $125,000–$175,000 [Connectly.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/connectly-ai) ### [Senior Software Engineer (SF)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6e77dafd8af1da2d) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ffd9374ddf8014f) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 8mo ago $180,000–$225,000 [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) ### [Staff AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1127b8adf0ceaf11) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61bf3caa773548de) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 10mo ago $200,000–$320,000 [West Monroe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/west-monroe) ### [Principal AI Software Engineer, TechEx (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a4fa989247e7868) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +7 more 11mo ago $152,200–$205,900 [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/94e4c37ab2250de2) San Francisco, CA On-site 12mo ago $180,000–$225,000 [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) ### [Staff AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fbce678de1afc7c6) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Backend Software Engineer, Gov](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/36c1a30a9341507f) San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC · +1 more Hybrid 12mo ago $207,000–$385,000 [Bluenote](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bluenote) ### [Software Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2968caaa1a27ff8a) San Francisco, CA On-site 13mo ago Pay not posted [Eudia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eudia) ### [Member of Technical Staff](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/01a82ae1893d794f) Palo Alto, CA 14mo ago $180,000–$210,000 [Canvas Medical](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/canvas-medical) ### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/53dfbacde8578f09) San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC Remote 14mo ago Pay not posted [Eloquent AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eloquent-ai) ### [AI Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e6b93d389bf36ca) San Francisco, CA On-site 14mo ago Pay not posted [TrueFoundry](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/truefoundry) ### [Senior AI/ML Engineer — LLM & Agent Stack (Customer Facing)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/245ead0bc1b975e3) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 15mo 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. 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