> 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 serving external customers and internal teams Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&recipient=both®ion=sf-bay-area 65 senior forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in the SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams, from 52 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $170,000 to $250,000. **65** postings · **52** companies · 56 state pay: median **$209,000**, half $170,000–$250,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 22, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/11d3959b74fe7867) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +4 more 7d ago $168,100–$261,500 [6sense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/6sense) ### [Sr. ML Ops Engineer, Forward-Deployed ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/06ba4bd7675e00f2) San Francisco, CA Remote 9d ago $191,475–$260,830 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/461faf331f494ee8) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +6 more Hybrid 13d ago $136,000–$155,000 [Prime Intellect](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/prime-intellect) ### [Applied Researcher - Forward-Deployed RL](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ed15e783d00992e) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Remote 2w ago $150,000–$300,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/799ec8c403091b46) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Wonderschool](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wonderschool) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d5ad31a68bc2a4df) San Francisco, CA · Gallup, NM On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61c1777a32f46521) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 more Hybrid 13d ago $150,000–$180,000 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Geo Auto](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0125b607a2d9c80e) Mountain View, CA · Seattle, WA 4w ago $152,000–$221,000 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) ### [Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Computer Use Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a1a38531f7571d5a) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $180,000–$320,000 [HUD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hud) ### [Forward Deployed Research Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e1d90d94cc954944) San Francisco, CA Remote 3mo ago $100,000–$180,000 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/183bfa468750c967) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 more Hybrid 13d ago $150,000–$180,000 [Middesk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/middesk) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4733b2449ae72e66) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $148,000–$255,000 [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 [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 [ChipAgents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chipagents) ### [Software Engineer, ML for EDA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b4582d6cf8deb16) San Jose, CA On-site New · Yesterday $150,000–$350,000 [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 [Elorian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/elorian) ### [Software Engineer - Applications](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0686c28278c3efd2) Palo Alto, CA On-site New · 5d ago $250,000–$400,000 [Blue Matter](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/blue-matter) ### [AI Engineer / Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3b3fb597face2eac) South San Francisco, CA 13d ago $120,000–$170,000 [Pulley](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pulley) ### [AI Operations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e641d7edbdd4483a) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4w ago $150,000–$190,000 [Niantic Spatial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/niantic-spatial) ### [Senior/Staff Product Engineer, Embodied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19e6cf58dd331caa) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5w ago $207,000–$265,000 [UniversalAGI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/universalagi) ### [ML Platform Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f181f4f6b048e95d) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Senior Applications Software Engineer, Perception and Sensor Fusion](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/561089c546feb404) Santa Clara, CA 6w ago $152,000–$287,500 [OpenAI Foundation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai-foundation) ### [AI Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/848302912d64ec39) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6w ago $350,000–$450,000 [Altara](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/altara) ### [Software Engineer, Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ca39e8fc4b3f006) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) ### [EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - AI/ML Engineer - Sr Associate/Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcf9fa8686e192dd) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +12 more Hybrid 2mo ago $130,000–$185,000 [Bain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bain) ### [Lead, Engineering Excellence](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22a12cc51fef0229) San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +8 more Hybrid 2mo ago $179,875–$203,925 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Senior MLOps Engineer - DSX Enablement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d111a9977bdaacbb) Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remote Remote 2mo ago $184,000–$356,500 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7808131a88984b8) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) ### [EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - Software Engineer - Sr Assoc/Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/db242f263e15ea06) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +12 more Hybrid 2mo ago $130,000–$185,000 [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) ### [Research Engineers, Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/60af21c31fcb4427) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $150,000–$250,000 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [GRIDSIGHT](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gridsight) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/198e5509726ce508) San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · US remote Remote 4w ago Pay not posted [Lila Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lila-sciences) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Life Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8317a7684701a22e) San Francisco, CA · Cambridge, MA 13mo ago $192,000–$256,000 [Rely Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rely-health) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ade2f0274246fb2) San Francisco, CA 13d ago Pay not posted 35 of 65 build what the customer runs. 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The rest ask for under 3 years (8) or 6 to 9 years (8). ### Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams? These 65 postings come from 52 companies. The employers with the most postings are [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) (4), [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) (3), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (3), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (3) and [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) (3). ### Are senior FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams remote? 10 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 20 are hybrid and 17 are on-site. The remaining 18 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 15 of the 65 postings. Counted over the 65 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. Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. 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