> 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 in SF Bay Area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff®ion=sf-bay-area&page=2 146 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in the SF Bay Area, from 94 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $215,000 to $270,000. **146** postings · **94** companies · 129 state pay: median **$240,000**, half $215,000–$270,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Invisible Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/invisible-technologies) ### [Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/14b783c38e2fc93f) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 12mo ago $250,000–$300,000 [Invisible Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/invisible-technologies) ### [Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19bb1237798f4e23) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 12mo ago $210,000–$300,000 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Senior Staff Software Engineer_Voice AI Agent Prompting](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d423e0a0f5dccf01) Santa Clara, CA New · Yesterday $190,900–$334,100 [Celonis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/celonis) ### [Lead Deployment Architect - AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/927db00cfcddf0a0) Redwood City, CA Hybrid New · Yesterday $195,000–$215,000 [Robots & Pencils](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/robots-pencils) ### [Staff Engineer / AI Builder - Mountain View](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c9bdcf6343a2389c) Mountain View, CA New · 3d ago $165,604–$228,491 [Cisco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cisco) ### [Staff Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f665de6bff21392) San Jose, CA · Reston, VA · +6 more Remote New · 6d ago $246,800–$394,300 [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Semiconductor](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba548c631b51d6ee) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Staff Applied AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/16a62232639586e6) Sunnyvale, CA · Kirkland, WA 2w ago $207,000–$300,000 [Noble Machines](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/noble-machines) ### [Principal Solutions Architect ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/444496c89587b436) Sunnyvale, CA 2w ago $200,000–$350,000 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Staff Software Engineer-Voice Connectivity](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d190e9541ee470eb) Santa Clara, CA 3w ago $166,500–$291,400 [Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai) ### [Infrastructure Engineer, Customer Delivery](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/520c15eff228e659) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 3w ago $200,000–$250,000 [Zipline](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zipline) ### [Staff Software Engineer – Integrations Platform](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/707396a854796719) South San Francisco, CA 4w ago $180,000–$270,000 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) ### [Staff Applied AI Engineer - Enterprise AI Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ed7ca7a0fc3216e) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remote Remote 4w ago $230,000–$360,000 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Senior Staff Applications Development Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8ba62f1e444d9ce7) Santa Clara, CA 4w ago $190,900–$334,100 [Dynamo AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dynamo-ai) ### [Lead/Staff Software Engineer - AI Platform](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/afd6c2049c23d747) San Francisco, CA 4w ago Pay not posted [SambaNova Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sambanova-systems) ### [Senior Principal AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eec3c379318643c7) San Jose, CA 5w ago $234,000–$286,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7f3a7c3d43682b97) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Staff Software Engineer_Voice Connectivity ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ccba487c4361b81a) Santa Clara, CA 4w ago $166,500–$291,400 [Crusoe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crusoe) ### [Senior Staff Applied AI Inference Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d67843846305b6d) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $250,000–$300,000 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Staff Research Engineer, Applied AI, DeepMind](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/713ebe7e74f1e4c4) Mountain View, CA 7w ago $207,000–$300,000 [Accordion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accordion) ### [Staff Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d3541d229218a784) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +4 more Hybrid 1mo ago $200,000–$290,000 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Staff Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ccce31439d4dfefe) Santa Clara, CA 5w ago $166,500–$291,400 [Crusoe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crusoe) ### [Staff Applied AI Inference Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6b6957db986de8d) San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo ago $215,000–$260,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ce65194d3b4765e8) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 3mo ago $265,000–$331,000 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Engineering Lead, Strategic Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55e8a726e8f37fe4) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [ Senior Staff AI Agent Engineer – Moveworks | Customer Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/74173532539fbe9d) San Francisco, CA Remote 2mo ago $190,900–$334,100 [Onos Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/onos-health) ### [Senior Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d2733a0bcb09996e) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave) ### [Staff Specialist Field Engineer, Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bface67af6b399f9) San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CA 4mo ago $177,000–$237,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2865522375d0ee1d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 5mo ago $288,000–$360,000 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b777191a511ed82d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 6mo ago $405,000–$485,000 [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) ### [Staff AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1127b8adf0ceaf11) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [TrueFoundry](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/truefoundry) ### [Senior AI/ML Engineer — LLM & Agent Stack (Customer Facing)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/245ead0bc1b975e3) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 14mo ago Pay not posted [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) ### [Staff AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fbce678de1afc7c6) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead GenAI Forward Deployed Engineer, YouTube GTM Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8847cd3282bb9d75) Mountain View, CA · San Bruno, CA · +1 more 3w ago $186,000–$269,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Lead, FDE - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b6529416243e8a5) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4w ago $230,000–$294,000 [Analog Devices](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/analog-devices) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI Productivity](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b3b7fcad5a29fac4) San Jose, CA · Dallas, TX 5w ago $200,000–$275,000 [Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/jones-lang-lasalle-jll) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fd5bdcc3529df2db) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 more On-site 6w ago $150,000–$300,000 [Prologis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/prologis) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5974981b5313d0c) San Francisco, CA · Denver, CO · +8 more 6w ago $200,000–$285,000 [Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) Leads the deployment team ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/37ce06f2fc048cbe) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $240,000–$300,000 [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Team Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d16eaa1346b1b3b) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY 6w ago $200,000–$256,000 73 of 146 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area pay? 129 of 146 postings state a pay range. The median is $240,000, and half of them sit between $215,000 and $270,000, from 80 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area require? Of 146 postings, 111 state a minimum number of years, from 72 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 56 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (28) or 10 or more years (27). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area? These 146 postings come from 94 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (11), [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) (6), [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) (5), [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) (4) and [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) (4). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area remote? 14 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 46 are hybrid and 28 are on-site. The remaining 58 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 54 of the 146 postings. Counted over the 146 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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