> 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=7 748 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 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b7ff350800722d8) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 11mo ago $185,000–$325,000 [Candid Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/candid-health) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2ac5993c488c9fa6) San Francisco, CA On-site 12mo ago $140,000–$220,000 [Arini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arini) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/14092de3c283aff7) San Francisco, CA On-site 12mo ago $120,000–$300,000 [Profound](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/profound) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc8070eaf3deefc7) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 12mo ago $140,000–$260,000 [Sphinx](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sphinx) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ecc19ab20b8cf405) San Francisco, CA On-site 12mo ago $120,000–$200,000 [Simular](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/simular) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d5dc149d18f4254e) Palo Alto, CA On-site 12mo ago Pay not posted [Lila Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lila-sciences) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences (Level Flexible)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1f4ccd670bfaf5d4) San Francisco, CA · Cambridge, MA 13mo ago $192,000–$256,000 [Nuvo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nuvo) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a515989aba741206) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY 13mo ago $135,000–$300,000 [Modal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/modal) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c0acbfff78099976) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 13mo ago $180,000–$240,000 [Kastle](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/kastle) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0e233375caf2d43f) San Francisco, CA On-site 14mo ago $170,000–$250,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b932491c6942bae3) San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC · +1 more Hybrid 14mo ago $145,800–$280,000 [Postman](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/postman) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Backend)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8aa4bc400c315f92) San Francisco, CA On-site 15mo ago $220,000–$240,000 [Notion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/notion) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e0e117d9b65f24c6) San Francisco, CA On-site 15mo ago $175,000–$240,000 · OTE [Strala](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/strala) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6de69ca38adbde5d) San Francisco, CA On-site 15mo ago Pay not posted [Pulse](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pulse) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/90635a8118ec8c9c) San Francisco, CA On-site 15mo ago $140,000–$200,000 [Invisible Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/invisible-technologies) ### [Senior Data Scientist (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/05a0e99369661e8f) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 15mo ago $193,000–$250,000 [Eliza](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eliza) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62fc257345bfe00f) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY 16mo ago Pay not posted [Giga](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/giga) ### [Senior / Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6294269c419cf48f) San Francisco, CA On-site 16mo ago $180,000–$400,000 [Exa (formerly Metaphor)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exa-formerly-metaphor) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/754262bce98e3326) San Francisco, CA On-site 16mo ago $160,000–$300,000 [Vooma](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vooma) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/44c72be1f6bb6276) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +2 more On-site 17mo ago $100,000–$200,000 [AGI, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agi-inc) ### [AI Product FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/73b40d642e7dd7ef) San Francisco, CA On-site 20mo ago Pay not posted [Baseten](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baseten) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/973f0d388b7bfc6f) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 31mo ago $165,000–$330,000 [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior / Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Applications (CFD)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8bf7688872e10c90) San Mateo, CA Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [People Culture Talent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/people-culture-talent) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a42ea1d94e827c7) San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo ago Pay not posted [Applied Intuition](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-intuition) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - New Grad (2027)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0fae357470701c01) Sunnyvale, CA On-site 2mo ago $130,000–$158,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/139f128284087904) Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +38 more 2mo ago $80,400–$316,300 [Netic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/netic) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Intern - 2026-2027](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b6e1dc647e4936bf) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $138,000–$160,000 [Phylo, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/phylo-inc) ### [Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/03585b42d1ef8a14) South San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago $170,000–$275,000 [Interface](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/interface) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e625ff66a4c06b83) San Francisco, CA On-site 10mo ago Pay not posted [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer -Assoc Director](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eed6abce4ec9270a) Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +39 more 2mo ago $138,800–$434,000 [Netic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/netic) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - New Grad - 2026-2027](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f5951871c970317) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $138,000–$160,000 [Embedding VC](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/embedding-vc) ### [Solution Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d7a4075a50418c3) Mountain View, CA Hybrid New · Today Pay not posted [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) ### [Partner Engineer, Payments & Financial Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6688709161c17bb6) Menlo Park, CA · New York, NY · +1 more New · Today $149,000–$210,000 [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) ### [Software Engineer - Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62ba0cdc84fdffe7) San Francisco, CA On-site New · Yesterday $173,800–$212,400 [ChipAgents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chipagents) ### [Software Engineer, ML for EDA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b4582d6cf8deb16) San Jose, CA On-site New · 2d ago $150,000–$350,000 [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) ### [AI deployment engineer (East)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eabde487202a4488) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 more Hybrid New · 2d ago $146,000–$204,000 [Selector](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/selector) ### [Senior Software/Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/99e7475abc057601) Santa Clara, CA New · 2d ago $150,000–$185,000 [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) ### [Senior Engineer, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/185ac0e4c847ab6b) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +62 more New · 3d ago $77,000–$202,000 [Factory](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/factory) ### [Software Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aee86805e9f7a82d) San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC Remote New · 3d ago Pay not posted [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) ### [AI deployment engineer (West)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba1a9664d6547bbb) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 more Hybrid New · 2d ago $146,000–$204,000 460 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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