> 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 with hybrid work Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff®ion=sf-bay-area&work=hybrid 46 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in the SF Bay Area with hybrid work, from 33 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $226,000 to $265,000. **46** postings · **33** companies · 40 state pay: median **$244,000**, half $226,000–$265,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) ### [Senior Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b237f99c5265790) Menlo Park, CA Hybrid 2w ago $304,000–$437,000 [PagerDuty](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pagerduty) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (SDEV)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3ae51c535b88f698) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2w ago $191,000–$289,300 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6820987055206e6d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 3w ago $280,000–$320,000 [Axion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axion) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ec0997b44e02dad) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 3w ago $220,000–$270,000 [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer I, Frontier Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df82a2a7144b8407) Menlo Park, CA Hybrid 3w ago $264,000–$379,500 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) ### [Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8c6d98a56ed501dd) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +7 more Hybrid 6w ago $158,900–$340,000 [Veeam Software](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/veeam-software) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b90677b8c9d0226) San Jose, CA Hybrid 6w ago $158,520–$294,360 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3654e0e90e2207e8) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7w ago $185,000–$300,000 [Cloudflare](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cloudflare) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5cc16d430c21aeef) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $194,000–$266,000 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) ### [Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a54d450f761a8e3) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $180,000–$320,000 [Luminai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Team Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f54c517d3cf04a24) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $190,000–$270,000 [Afresh](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/afresh) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0048527666072851) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $168,912–$253,368 [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) ### [Staff Applied AI Engineer (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3e68bc5680577be8) Menlo Park, CA Hybrid 5mo ago $200,000–$270,000 [Vori](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vori) ### [Forward Deployed Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/10a63de25c991395) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 9mo ago Pay not posted [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 ### [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 [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 [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 [Everlaw](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/everlaw) Builds for teams inside the company ### [GTM AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c57efd57ebb31902) Oakland, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $154,000–$213,000 24 of 46 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dstaff%26region%3Dsf-bay-area%26work%3Dhybrid&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs in sf bay area with hybrid work 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 in SF Bay Area with hybrid work pay? 40 of 46 postings state a pay range. The median is $244,000, and half of them sit between $226,000 and $265,000, from 28 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with hybrid work require? Of 46 postings, 38 state a minimum number of years, from 28 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 19 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (10) or 3 to 5 years (9). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with hybrid work? These 46 postings come from 33 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) (3), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (3), [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) (3), [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) (3) and [Afresh](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/afresh) (2). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with hybrid work remote? 0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 46 are hybrid. Travel is mentioned in 20 of the 46 postings. Counted over the 46 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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