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# Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&region=sf-bay-area&page=3

144 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in the SF Bay Area, from 92 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $215,000 to $270,000.

**144** postings · **92** companies · 129 state pay: median **$240,000**, half $215,000–$270,000

Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026

[Doppel](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doppel) Leads the deployment team

### [Deployment Lead, FDE (SF)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/07021125b53721b9)

San Francisco, CA 6w ago

$250,000–$315,000

[Chalk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chalk) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b4e356b364ebc5fc)

San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo ago

$180,000–$250,000

[Assort Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/assort-health) Leads the deployment team

### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1243f2ee18b869b6)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago

$210,000–$300,000

[Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Leads the deployment team

### [Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b65ace4a79082c1)

San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 more New · 2d ago

$196,700–$329,210

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

### [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

[Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) Leads the deployment team

### [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) Leads the deployment team

### [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) Leads the deployment team

### [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) Leads the deployment team

### [Technical Lead Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe5ff6be3e268032)

San Jose, CA 4w ago

$169,920–$315,600

[Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Leads the deployment team

### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a60e7ba97aa7fff1)

Mountain View, CA · Arlington, VA · +39 more 6w ago

$80,400–$316,300

[Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) Leads the deployment team

### [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) Leads the deployment team

### [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) Leads the deployment team

### [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

[Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Integrates and configures it

### [AI Architect - FDE Associate Director](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d150bad0c0de3100)

Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +40 more 7w ago

$62,800–$218,800

[Chalk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chalk) Leads the deployment team

### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/47c6797aead04cf6)

San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

$300,000–$350,000

[Deep Infra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deep-infra) Proves it works before the sale

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1aec0681eb976cc3)

Palo Alto, CA 2mo ago

$150,000–$195,000

[Oracle](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oracle) Integrates and configures it

### [Lead Principal Application Software Engineer- Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e82e8e5ac3158fc8)

Pleasanton, CA 3mo ago

$104,600–$264,100

[Mesh Payments](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mesh-payments) Leads the deployment team

### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7bddd405ae5a5229)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago

$600,000–$900,000

[Arxlight](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arxlight) Integrates and configures it

### [Forward Deployed Lead (Air and Missile Defense)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/561fee44d8a3869b)

Oakland, CA On-site 3mo ago

$146,000–$200,000

[Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) Leads the deployment team

### [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) Leads the deployment team

### [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) Leads the deployment team

### [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) Leads the deployment team

### [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) Leads the deployment team

### [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) Leads the deployment team

### [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) Leads the deployment team

### [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) Leads the deployment team

### [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) Leads the deployment team

### [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

[Ripple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ripple) Integrates and configures it

### [Senior Staff Partner Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80281a5d0c9825af)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4mo ago

$208,000–$260,000

[Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Technical Deployment Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7443829b46ff3cd0)

San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +2 more Hybrid 11mo ago

$275,000–$380,000

[BetterUp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/betterup) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Staff Product Manager, Forward Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5fba1ee621bbcb82)

San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 more Hybrid 2w ago

$180,000–$250,000

[BetterUp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/betterup) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Principal Product Manager, Forward Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8783764172616cf6)

San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +2 more Hybrid 2mo ago

$210,000–$295,000

[DiDi Global](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/didi-global) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Staff/Principal AI Transformation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b65b31efb56cef0f)

San Jose, CA New · 3d ago

$255,000–$351,000

[Zscaler](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zscaler) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Sr. Staff Applied AI Engineer, GTM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3a1e720ff64e4f69)

Santa Clara, CA · US remote Remote 10d ago

$180,000–$225,000

[Fieldguide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fieldguide) Leads the deployment team

### [Senior Manager, Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fed674fdd8484b71)

San Francisco, CA Remote 3w ago

$210,000–$305,000

[Bristol Myers Squibb](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bristol-myers-squibb) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Senior Manager, Research Intelligence Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/613a32893c980710)

Princeton, NJ · Tampa, FL · +3 more 3w ago

$134,980–$179,920

[Western Digital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/western-digital) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Principal Full Stack Developer & Solutions Architect – AI, Data & Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79ac2742bc6d23d5)

San Jose, CA On-site 5w ago

Pay not posted

[Zoox](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zoox) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Lead AI Engineer – Enterprise, Data & AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3a875421dc2b7697)

Foster City, CA Hybrid 6w ago

Pay not posted

[Fieldguide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fieldguide) Leads the deployment team

### [Head of Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2bf39c185070fc9)

San Francisco, CA Remote 3w ago

$240,000–$390,000

[Benchling](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/benchling) Builds for teams inside the company

### [Software Engineer, Tools and Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c4a1efdff7ee042a)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 1mo ago

$195,000–$265,000

72 of 144 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 144 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 144 postings, 109 state a minimum number of years, from 70 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 56 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (27) or 10 or more years (26).

### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area?

These 144 postings come from 92 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 45 are hybrid and 28 are on-site. The remaining 57 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 54 of the 144 postings.

Counted over the 144 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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