> 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 in SF Bay Area with prototype and scripting work Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?coding=prototype®ion=sf-bay-area 47 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in the SF Bay Area with prototype and scripting work, from 39 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $177,000 to $252,000. **47** postings · **39** companies · 38 state pay: median **$215,000**, half $177,000–$252,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [reasonable](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reasonable) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e0ebbfc19bc89fae) San Francisco, CA 13d ago Pay not posted [Varick-Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/varick-agents) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c0e43d77dbd84030) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $175,000–$250,000 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a Service ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e5f41ce33de88dfc) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remote Remote 8mo ago $160,000–$400,000 · OTE [Roe AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/roe-ai) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b26d84c0bb8db523) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 10mo ago $100,000–$120,000 [Baidu USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baidu-usa) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer Intern](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ef0d31c0a644932) Mountain View, CA On-site 7w ago Pay not posted [Cisco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cisco) Builds what the customer runs ### [Staff Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f665de6bff21392) San Jose, CA · Reston, VA · +6 more Remote New · 6d ago $246,800–$394,300 [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Platform Engineer, Find My](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bcc832bcdee76cf6) Cupertino, CA 2w ago $150,400–$277,600 [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 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Solutions Architect, Agentic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bbc4e0e7b7f53b69) Santa Clara, CA · US remote Remote 3mo ago $184,000–$287,500 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds what the customer runs ### [Applied AI Architect, Cyber](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b06e9ce264f77358) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4mo ago $295,000–$345,000 [DeepTempo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deeptempo) Builds what the customer runs ### [Founding Solution Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5acdd1630379cf59) Menlo Park, CA Hybrid 7mo ago Pay not posted [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Builds what the customer runs ### [Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61bf3caa773548de) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 10mo ago $200,000–$320,000 [Cyvl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cyvl) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7f8ad900049af0f4) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 5w ago $120,000–$195,000 [Chalk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chalk) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b4e356b364ebc5fc) San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo ago $180,000–$250,000 [IFS](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ifs) Proves it works before the sale ### [Pre-Sales Forward Deployed Engineer - IFS Loops](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/299d0f4d19ba24b2) Palo Alto, CA 9d ago $190,000–$230,000 · OTE [Sight Machine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sight-machine) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Industrial AI Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9dbf01327952c23d) San Francisco, CA · Ann Arbor, MI Hybrid 4w ago $150,000–$200,000 [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 5w ago $155,000–$275,000 [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 [Bertram Capital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bertram-capital) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0c55020eea1396be) Foster City, CA 1mo ago $140,000–$160,000 [Goodfire AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/goodfire-ai) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Research Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a9ab45854d306c11) San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo ago $220,000–$315,000 [Ode with Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ode-with-anthropic) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager (SF/NY)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c483283b6dde3af8) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $200,000–$275,000 [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 [Arcade.dev](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arcade-dev) Proves it works before the sale ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/32d820f2cb811407) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5mo ago From $180,000 [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 [Labelbox](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/labelbox) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Research Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8e3a7e6aecde2b63) San Francisco, CA 6mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [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 [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 [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 [Benchling](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/benchling) Integrates and configures it ### [Technical Solution Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/970d4add91d36440) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $154,000–$209,000 [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 [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 [Aeva](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aeva) Integrates and configures it ### [Software Field Applications Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/74bfc0064b5e09ae) Mountain View, CA On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Integrates and configures it ### [Partner Applied AI Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cdd99144f81aa0ef) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $197,000–$278,000 [ElevenLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/elevenlabs) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - North America](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d7a3e5d817e3edaf) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Remote 6mo ago Pay not posted [Vercel](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vercel) Integrates and configures it ### [Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9f231ce1a2c68021) San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 more Hybrid 8mo ago $190,000–$340,000 · OTE [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 [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 [BetterUp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/betterup) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Staff Product Manager, Forward Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5fba1ee621bbcb82) San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 more Hybrid 2w ago $180,000–$250,000 [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 [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fcoding%3Dprototype%26region%3Dsf-bay-area&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs in sf bay area with prototype and scripting work 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 in SF Bay Area with prototype and scripting work pay? 38 of 47 postings state a pay range. The median is $215,000, and half of them sit between $177,000 and $252,000, from 31 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with prototype and scripting work require? Of 47 postings, 27 state a minimum number of years, from 22 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 14 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (8) or under 3 years (5). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with prototype and scripting work? These 47 postings come from 39 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) (3), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (3), [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) (2), [BetterUp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/betterup) (2) and [Klaviyo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/klaviyo) (2). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with prototype and scripting work remote? 4 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 17 are hybrid and 10 are on-site. The remaining 16 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 16 of the 47 postings. Counted over the 47 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. 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