> 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 San Diego Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff®ion=san-diego 11 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in San Diego, from 8 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $181,000 to $251,000. **11** postings · **8** companies · median **$198,000** · middle half $181,000–$251,000 · read Nov 9, 2026 Published Oct 31, 2026 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d71e3d95228a376e) San Diego, CA · New York, NY · +40 more 7w ago $112,900–$302,400 [STR](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/str) ### [Principal Mission Engineer - Full Stack (Secret Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/36c74c6c3896751b) Arlington, VA · Boston, MA · +5 more Hybrid New · 3d ago $240,000–$290,000 [Cisco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cisco) ### [Staff Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f665de6bff21392) San Diego, CA · Reston, VA · +6 more Remote 9d ago $246,800–$394,300 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Senior Staff Product Success Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcb388279b6f552e) San Diego, CA Remote 2w ago $171,900–$300,800 [STR](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/str) ### [Principal Mission Engineer - Full Stack (Secret Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aab2e4f9f651b87d) San Diego, CA Hybrid New · 3d ago $240,000–$290,000 [Cadre AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cadre-ai) Leads the deployment team ### [Staff Forward Deployed AI Engineer | San Diego, CA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b144c00238ccf58c) San Diego, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $165,000–$200,000 [Insulet Corporation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/insulet-corporation) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Data Engineer - Hybrid (Acton, MA or San Diego, CA)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0d03332237a8824) San Diego, CA · Acton, MA Hybrid 12d ago $143,700–$215,550 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a60e7ba97aa7fff1) San Diego, CA · Arlington, VA · +39 more 6w ago $80,400–$316,300 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Architect - FDE Associate Director](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d150bad0c0de3100) San Diego, CA · New York, NY · +40 more 7w ago $62,800–$218,800 [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) San Diego, CA · Princeton, NJ · +3 more 4w ago $134,980–$179,920 [Vannevar Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vannevar-labs) Leads the deployment team ### [Enterprise Technical Lead (Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f690faf1f1a405cd) San Diego, CA · Washington, DC · +1 more Remote Since 2025 $150,000–$215,000 5 of these 11 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dstaff%26region%3Dsan-diego&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dstaff%26region%3Dsan-diego&placement=alert) Alerts for “Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in San Diego” go out once you have an account. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in San Diego pay? 11 of 11 postings state a pay range. The median is $198,000, and half of them sit between $181,000 and $251,000, from 8 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in San Diego require? Of 11 postings, 10 state a minimum number of years, from 7 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 7 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (2) or 3 to 5 years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in San Diego? These 11 postings come from 8 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (3), [STR](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/str) (2), [Bristol Myers Squibb](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bristol-myers-squibb) (1), [Cadre AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cadre-ai) (1) and [Cisco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cisco) (1). Counted over the 11 postings in this search. Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. 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