> 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 jobs that lead deployment teams in SF Bay Area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff®ion=sf-bay-area&role=leadership 31 staff-level forward deployed engineer jobs that lead deployment teams in the SF Bay Area, from 25 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $234,000 to $318,000. **31** postings · **25** companies · 28 state pay: median **$259,000**, half $234,000–$318,000 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 [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Team Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d16eaa1346b1b3b) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY 6w ago $200,000–$256,000 [Doppel](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doppel) ### [Deployment Lead, FDE (SF)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/07021125b53721b9) San Francisco, CA 6w ago $250,000–$315,000 [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 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [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) ### [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 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [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) ### [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 [Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai) ### [AI Engineer, Enterprise Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a777a2e143cc194d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [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 31 lead deployment teams. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dstaff%26region%3Dsf-bay-area%26role%3Dleadership&placement=alert) New staff-level fde jobs that lead deployment teams 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 jobs that lead deployment teams in SF Bay Area pay? 28 of 31 postings state a pay range. The median is $259,000, and half of them sit between $234,000 and $318,000, from 23 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams in SF Bay Area require? Of 31 postings, 24 state a minimum number of years, from 20 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 13 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (9) or 3 to 5 years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams in SF Bay Area? These 31 postings come from 25 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) (3), [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) (3), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (2), [Fieldguide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fieldguide) (2) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (1). ### Are staff-level FDE jobs that lead deployment teams in SF Bay Area remote? 3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 9 are hybrid and 7 are on-site. The remaining 12 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 12 of the 31 postings. Counted over the 31 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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