> 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. # Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for people managers in SF Bay Area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=manager®ion=sf-bay-area 26 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for people managers in the SF Bay Area, from 21 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $241,000 to $325,000. **26** postings · **21** companies · 23 state pay: median **$260,000**, half $241,000–$325,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 24, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/37ce06f2fc048cbe) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $240,000–$300,000 [Assort Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/assort-health) ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1243f2ee18b869b6) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $210,000–$300,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/54139ba3c218c1dc) East Palo Alto, CA · Irvine, CA · +4 more 8d ago $184,900–$287,700 [American Express](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/american-express) ### [Vice President, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/edd50477042a450d) Sunnyvale, CA · New York, NY · +3 more 2w ago Pay not posted [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) ### [Sr. Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f4ea9efe32970402) SF Bay Area On-site 2w ago $300,000–$415,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering - Open Models](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba48c9ede66f4ae5) Santa Clara, CA 2w ago $320,000–$488,750 [Profound](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/profound) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Marketing Engineers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f8b796da97a1250) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 4w ago $183,000–$190,500 [Veeam Software](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/veeam-software) ### [Technical Lead Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe5ff6be3e268032) San Jose, CA 4w ago $169,920–$315,600 [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) ### [Engagement Director - Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62cd9bf315666be7) Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TX 6w ago $170,000–$220,000 [Afresh](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/afresh) ### [Founding Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f7f6357b3d597caf) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6w ago $203,745–$275,655 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Director, Product Management — Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6e94d87514d5da3) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +1 more 7w ago $237,500–$350,000 [Chalk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chalk) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/47c6797aead04cf6) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $300,000–$350,000 [Mesh Payments](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mesh-payments) ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7bddd405ae5a5229) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago $600,000–$900,000 [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc7f1d0479aa37c4) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY 3mo ago $200,000–$299,000 [Datadog](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/datadog) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager - Datadog for Startups](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f370cd488dde1342) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Cursor (Anysphere)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cursor-anysphere) ### [Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5bd30a2e7941578f) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [Labelbox](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/labelbox) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fd358265a7442200) SF Bay Area 5mo ago $190,000–$250,000 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a Service](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/69c38ceeea80a075) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remote Remote 7mo ago $228,000–$403,200 [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3f395804dbea806e) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [HackerRank](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hackerrank) ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/12ef8eb1592b65b1) Santa Clara, CA · Mountain View, CA Hybrid 10mo ago $300,000–$350,000 · base + variable [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b3763b34dd9cb0d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 7mo ago $200,000–$320,000 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) ### [VP, Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/faa1eb0081473b5e) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 7mo ago $268,800–$403,000 [Fieldguide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fieldguide) ### [Senior Manager, Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fed674fdd8484b71) San Francisco, CA Remote 3w ago $210,000–$305,000 [Ironsite](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ironsite) ### [Head of Field Applications](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2b1a0715b67f2087) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [Serval](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/serval) ### [Deployment Leadership](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2cf4f2be614e9158) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $250,000–$400,000 [Fieldguide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fieldguide) ### [Head of Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2bf39c185070fc9) San Francisco, CA Remote 3w ago $240,000–$390,000 All 26 lead deployment teams. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dstaff%26management%3Dmanager%26region%3Dsf-bay-area&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs for people managers in sf bay area go out by email once you have an account and set an alert. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for people managers in SF Bay Area pay? 23 of 26 postings state a pay range. The median is $260,000, and half of them sit between $241,000 and $325,000, from 19 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for people managers in SF Bay Area require? Of 26 postings, 19 state a minimum number of years, from 16 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 11 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (8). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for people managers in SF Bay Area? These 26 postings come from 21 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) (3), [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) (2), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (2), [Fieldguide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fieldguide) (2) and [Afresh](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/afresh) (1). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for people managers in SF Bay Area remote? 3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 8 are hybrid and 7 are on-site. The remaining 8 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 9 of the 26 postings. Counted over the 26 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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