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# Senior FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&region=sf-bay-area&role=builds-for-customers

458 senior forward deployed engineer jobs that build what the customer runs in the SF Bay Area, from 289 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $180,000 to $243,000.

**458** postings · **289** companies · 344 state pay: median **$214,000**, half $180,000–$243,000

Postings read on November 6, 2026

[Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Data Cloud, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7460c510f62762db)

San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 more New · Today

$207,000–$300,000

[Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters)

### [Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4062210d6364bfec)

San Francisco, CA · Frisco, TX · +7 more Hybrid New · Today

$118,400–$253,000

[jeffreym-consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/jeffreym-consulting)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/160095c9c45ee8af)

San Francisco, CA On-site New · Today

$180,000–$250,000

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Cyber - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a5eb13cea3121c0)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid New · Today

$185,000–$300,000

[Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks)

### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/440870dea6def209)

Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 more Remote New · Today

$182,000–$250,208

[Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer III, Data Cloud, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/82606f0a46009d9d)

San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 more New · Yesterday

$174,000–$252,000

[Generalist AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/generalist-ai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f13c7e99d08d7c7e)

San Mateo, CA On-site New · Yesterday

$150,000–$200,000

[Clera](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clera)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2f8984aea217c71f)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid New · Yesterday

$180,000–$220,000

[Syntiant](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/syntiant)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e0bcf35f10ba6dd1)

Redwood City, CA New · 2d ago

$195,000–$225,000

[Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Higher Education, Google Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d79f8d9d3dca840c)

Sunnyvale, CA New · 2d ago

$207,000–$300,000

[Pear-VC](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pear-vc)

### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer (USA)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d2fe7fcf1812470c)

Palo Alto, CA · New York, NY Remote New · 3d ago

Pay not posted

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ebf30b12510c57d)

East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more New · 3d ago

$168,100–$261,500

[Armadin](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/armadin)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/94d19b74b47c0652)

Palo Alto, CA On-site New · 4d ago

Pay not posted

[Concurrence](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/concurrence)

### [Senior Applied AI Engineer (Forward Deployed) [NYC or SF]](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d7f8666921b5b55f)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site New · 4d ago

$200,000–$260,000

[Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Generative AI, Geo](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/10a632380303adc5)

Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +2 more New · 6d ago

$152,000–$221,000

[Intercom](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/intercom)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0b7b9b01aafdb7a1)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7d ago

$180,000–$237,000

[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

[ChipAgents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chipagents)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2ff7b7b2f9e8f946)

San Jose, CA On-site 7d ago

$180,000–$300,000

[Pylon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pylon)

### [Lead Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/95e70e5ddcd3a698)

Palo Alto, CA · New York, NY On-site 8d ago

Pay not posted

[Cohere](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cohere)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Inference ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23716a9ac7c3670f)

San Francisco, CA Remote 8d ago

$240,000–$415,000

[Zuora, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zuora-inc)

### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1783cedf51d0c8c8)

Foster City, CA 8d ago

$208,600–$312,900

[Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4d1c7448b8630fd7)

Mountain View, CA · New York, NY 8d ago

$174,000–$252,000

[Medra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/medra)

### [Forward Deployed Robotics Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d9b4f103b1afb83)

San Francisco, CA On-site 9d ago

$130,000–$210,000

[6sense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/6sense)

### [Sr. Data Scientist, Forward-Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8eac81fe1ac3dfde)

San Francisco, CA Remote 9d ago

$168,349.5–$230,912.6

[OpenAI Deployment Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai-deployment-company)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Cleared - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c19d1fdb2baf1e9b)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 9d ago

$170,000–$400,000

[NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Open Models](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e29d3d2ea75f914e)

Santa Clara, CA 9d ago

$184,000–$356,500

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1798a89ed0fd75b)

East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 10d ago

$143,700–$223,600

[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

[Plain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/plain)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/25449c101b2d1a5a)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 10d ago

$180,000–$250,000

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - AI Infra - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c7485e204e45fc68)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 10d ago

$185,000–$300,000

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/110f7227e28583f5)

East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 10d ago

$168,100–$261,500

[FlowGen Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flowgen-labs)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9fa7ffc811510f1d)

San Francisco, CA On-site 12d ago

$200,000–$375,000

[Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/202e5a48c009cc01)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +7 more Hybrid 13d ago

$130,600–$147,000

[Simple AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/simple-ai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/048b7691c8a2aa85)

San Francisco, CA On-site 13d ago

$120,000–$200,000

[reasonable](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reasonable)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e0ebbfc19bc89fae)

San Francisco, CA 13d ago

Pay not posted

[Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary)

### [Senior/Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI/ML](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/abf1cdea6984147c)

San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago

Pay not posted

[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

[Together AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/together-ai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Post-Training](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3c12aeeb37e0d254)

San Francisco, CA 13d ago

$270,000–$300,000 · OTE

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/26e06cc5e8aaa519)

Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 more 2w ago

$143,700–$213,800

[Caylent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/caylent)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | New York or San Francisco (Onsite)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac5fd29248cce193)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 2w ago

$136,000–$216,000

All 458 build what the customer runs.

[Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary)

## Frequently asked questions

### What do senior FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area pay?

344 of 458 postings state a pay range. The median is $214,000, and half of them sit between $180,000 and $243,000, from 205 companies.

### How much experience do senior FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area require?

Of 458 postings, 231 state a minimum number of years, from 153 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 148 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (40), 6 to 9 years (38) or 10 or more years (5).

### Which companies are hiring for senior FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area?

These 458 postings come from 289 companies. The employers with the most postings are [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (17), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (14), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (12), [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) (11) and [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) (11).

### Are senior FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area remote?

38 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 124 are hybrid and 185 are on-site. The remaining 111 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 192 of the 458 postings.

Counted over the 458 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. · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)

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