> 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. # Senior FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior®ion=sf-bay-area&page=11 748 senior forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in the SF Bay Area, from 410 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $178,000 to $240,000. **748** postings · **410** companies · 572 state pay: median **$210,000**, half $178,000–$240,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [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 [Intrinsic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/intrinsic) ### [Customer Success Engineer, Robotics Software and Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e372b3dfdcb4c14) Mountain View, CA 4mo ago $132,000–$180,400 [Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai) ### [Research Engineers, Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/60af21c31fcb4427) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $150,000–$250,000 [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 [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 [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 [Slash](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/slash) ### [Software Engineer, Growth](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6af1c7119a35d995) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai) ### [AI Field Engineer - AI Natives](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c5cd7fc499de4582) 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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [Liquid AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liquid-ai) ### [Member of Technical Staff - Post Training, Applied (Audio)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3fe9bea6b7ce469f) San Francisco, 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 [Lynx Analytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lynx-analytics) ### [Senior Data Scientist (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/27a460aa939105cc) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 7mo ago Pay not posted [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 [Latent Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/latent-labs) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/683e152542e3c7e1) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [Liquid AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liquid-ai) ### [Member of Technical Staff - Post Training, Applied](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/58539013dd9b1dd8) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 9mo ago Pay not posted [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 [Oumi](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oumi) ### [Senior Field ML Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5580bbfedf9711f9) San Francisco, CA · Bellevue, WA · +1 more Hybrid 11mo ago Pay not posted 460 of 748 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do senior FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area pay? 572 of 748 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $178,000 and $240,000, from 301 companies. ### How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area require? Of 748 postings, 406 state a minimum number of years, from 252 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 260 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (76), under 3 years (59) or 10 or more years (11). ### Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area? These 748 postings come from 410 companies. The employers with the most postings are [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (26), [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) (21), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (16), [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) (16) and [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) (15). ### Are senior FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area remote? 61 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 210 are hybrid and 291 are on-site. The remaining 186 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 281 of the 748 postings. Counted over the 748 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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