> 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. # Forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs in the US Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?disclosed=1®ion=sf-bay-area&page=11 750 forward deployed engineer jobs and related deployment roles from 356 employers. Compare posted pay, locations and work arrangements, then read the employer’s posting. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). **750** postings · **356** companies · median **$214,000**, half $180,000–$245,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 [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 [Canvas Medical](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/canvas-medical) ### [Product Experience Builder](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8a4dc7db29ba4368) US Remote 5mo ago $100,000–$200,000 [Salient](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salient) ### [Software Engineer, Product](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1f6f4f1ea14eb94f) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $140,000–$200,000 [UnitX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/unitx) ### [Product Operations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2e575c0e0198b540) Milpitas, CA On-site 5mo ago $100,000–$120,000 [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 [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 [Mercor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mercor) ### [Software Engineer, Enterprise Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2e242f85fa04f99c) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 6mo ago $145,000–$285,000 [Transluce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/transluce) ### [AI Behavior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/064476c718d3c08f) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $310,000–$500,000 [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 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Solutions Architect, Inference Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/04939b40f7e54618) Santa Clara, CA 6mo ago $152,000–$241,500 [Mercor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mercor) ### [Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6ae52ff90fa4789c) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $160,000–$500,000 [Serval](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/serval) ### [Software Engineer, Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bc1b1d67206405ae) San Francisco, CA On-site 7mo ago $200,000–$325,000 [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 [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 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Agent Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3254a9d27b739979) San Francisco, CA On-site 9mo ago $175,000–$230,000 [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 [Cartesia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cartesia) ### [Enterprise Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/18c1909e6d2fb8f0) San Francisco, CA On-site 10mo ago $180,000–$250,000 [Mithrl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mithrl) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/50bb73d71dec3142) San Francisco, CA On-site 10mo ago $180,000–$220,000 [Tavus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tavus) ### [Customer Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8ee31e5e457753a2) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 11mo ago $180,000–$230,000 · total compensation [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 [Applied Compute](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-compute) ### [Applied Research Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec99a6997bc027a9) San Francisco, CA On-site 12mo ago $200,000–$320,000 [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 [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 [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 [Brain Co.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/brain-co) ### [Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d6f1187acbf90f7c) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 15mo ago $190,000–$325,000 [Uncountable](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/uncountable) ### [Software Engineer, Implementations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/291c8fd7db235c8c) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Remote 17mo ago $90,000–$110,000 [Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Applied Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/991b159eed68c984) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 18mo ago $170,000–$240,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/031c2bf24e0ed556) San Francisco, CA On-site 18mo ago $180,000–$390,000 [Brain Co.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/brain-co) ### [AI Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/64816e82a771004e) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 16mo ago $180,000–$325,000 [Two Dots](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/two-dots) ### [Member of the Technical Staff - Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df3f0d46445696a0) San Francisco, CA 22mo ago $175,000–$225,000 [Skild AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/skild-ai) ### [Research Engineer, Post-training & Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9fe4480a52f3d2a3) San Mateo, CA 26mo ago $100,000–$300,000 [Peregrine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/peregrine) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6a6cea813225066d) San Francisco, CA On-site 55mo ago $120,000–$190,000 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager II, Data Cloud, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/800f27a82298228a) Sunnyvale, CA · New York, NY · +1 more New · Yesterday $262,000–$364,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b0fcf312909b9444) Santa Clara, CA New · 3d ago $200,000–$322,000 [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) Leads the deployment team ### [Director of Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7ea0de498fbe1432) SF Bay Area On-site 2w ago $300,000–$415,000 [Atoms](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/atoms) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fb3ba7936bd655e8) Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago $176,000–$242,000 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Outcome Customer Engineer III, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e9ad80319ba4941d) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +6 more New · 3d ago $183,000–$265,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Finance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cfc458ae648e25c2) Santa Clara, CA 8d ago $116,000–$230,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - Platform](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d9231e5d0ab9372b) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2w ago $207,000–$294,000 433 of 750 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE jobs pay? 750 of 750 postings state a pay range. The median is $214,000, and half of them sit between $180,000 and $245,000, from 356 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs require? Of 750 postings, 440 state a minimum number of years, from 236 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 234 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (111), under 3 years (59) or 10 or more years (36). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs? These 750 postings come from 356 companies. The employers with the most postings are [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (29), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (26), [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) (22), [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) (21) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (19). ### Are FDE jobs remote? 66 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 225 are hybrid and 237 are on-site. The remaining 222 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 275 of the 750 postings. Counted over the 750 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. 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