> 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. # FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic®ion=sf-bay-area&page=12 512 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors in the SF Bay Area, from 330 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $165,000 to $232,000. **512** postings · **330** companies · 374 state pay: median **$200,000**, half $165,000–$232,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 [Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80114d7fe0ad330e) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $165,000–$220,000 [Specter](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/specter) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Founding Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe471c2ff9f9593f) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Fulcrum](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fulcrum) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3b39f64b68bac2bf) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Founding Deployment Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b2e16f199cb02c1) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA Hybrid 3mo ago $185,000–$260,000 [Arch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arch) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Founding Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df799178f20b4477) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Emanate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/emanate) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ecbbd856813e7d7) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f3a8d02dc926fb61) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 5mo ago Pay not posted [HappyRobot](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/happyrobot) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c210b42e7acdc74a) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 16mo ago $150,000–$220,000 [Vooma](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vooma) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4c6c26232e5adc8a) San Francisco, CA On-site 19mo ago $150,000–$180,000 [Bretton AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bretton-ai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/102dfe45a5001ae1) San Francisco, CA 28mo ago Pay not posted [Baker Tilly](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baker-tilly) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Principal AI Engineer, Sr AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a8bd18ac838c9b76) San Jose, CA · Pasadena, CA · +10 more 8d ago $205,000–$250,000 [Walmart Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/walmart-inc) Builds for teams inside the company ### [(USA) Senior, Data Scientist - Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/873412dd03cb4f8b) Sunnyvale, CA · Bentonville, AR 13d ago $90,000–$234,000 [BlackLine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/blackline) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dbe86e9feda6b778) Pleasanton, CA Hybrid 13d ago $130,000–$163,000 [American Express](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/american-express) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer II - Forward Deployment Engineer - Enterprise AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ef18b4ef7495f629) Sunnyvale, CA · New York, NY 13d ago Pay not posted [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8732eaa36c8f1b29) Santa Clara, CA 2w ago $152,000–$241,500 [Applied Compute](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-compute) Builds for teams inside the company ### [GTM AI Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4aed0be0305443e1) San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago $160,000–$240,000 [Atoms](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/atoms) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer – Bionic Enterprise Platform](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3d16f7029b02f9ac) Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago $176,000–$242,000 [Vercel](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vercel) Builds for teams inside the company ### [GTM Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/401fc6c07a57d5ac) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 3w ago $180,000–$295,000 [Etched](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/etched) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Internal Acceleration, Engineer (Production)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/50520a6cf33f35c2) San Jose, CA On-site 3w ago $150,000–$400,000 [Rubrik](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rubrik) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer, Agentic Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75ba2b037647994d) Palo Alto, CA 3w ago $188,500–$282,700 [Atoms](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/atoms) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer – Bionic Enterprise Platform](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7bc72683e244121f) Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago $176,000–$242,000 [Patch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/patch) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer - Market Intelligence](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/37f1a4334c032ed2) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4w ago $170,000–$220,000 [Fluidstack](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluidstack) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Product Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/472338056d765117) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago $224,000–$300,000 [Faire](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/faire) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Growth Platform, Marketing Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/34f186eb88425bdf) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 7w ago $176,000–$242,000 [Baseten](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baseten) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/738b7098fab36184) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 1mo ago $175,000–$190,000 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Proves it works before the sale ### [Applied AI, Research Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ad03554ab362a16c) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $300,000–$400,000 [Fluidstack](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluidstack) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Product Engineer, Business Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/66aa5da1110d47bb) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago $224,000–$300,000 [Crusoe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crusoe) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer, Internal Tools & Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d056ef0f4cec870) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $215,000–$260,000 [Cerebras Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cerebras-systems) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI and Automation Engineer - Business Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/73fcbb84a84c8f78) Sunnyvale, CA Hybrid 2mo ago Pay not posted [AMD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amd) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Applied AI Engineer, Top Hardware Priorities](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ea48377ce5bbd994) Santa Clara, CA 2mo ago Pay not posted [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, Safety Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/830735363503685c) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $207,000–$385,000 [AssemblyAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/assemblyai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior GTM AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f11b9f241b74e158) San Francisco, CA 2mo ago $160,000–$220,000 [Klaviyo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/klaviyo) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr. AI Systems & Solutions Architect, Global Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a9651c739f4cbbef) San Francisco, CA 2mo ago $120,000–$180,000 [Genera](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/genera) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/92aa54f47ce41182) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Firecrawl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/firecrawl) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Success Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe487ab5ae5ba055) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $209,000–$265,000 [Paradigm](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/paradigm) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Product Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3b955e26ed9776cb) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $250,000–$400,000 [Klaviyo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/klaviyo) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr. AI Systems & Solutions Architect, Customer Success](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d52a8600bb610846) San Francisco, CA 2mo ago $120,000–$180,000 [Interface AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/interface-ai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Applied AI Engineer, Business Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/414ef0024c84432a) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $220,000–$260,000 [Arcadia Science](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arcadia-science) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer - Full Stack](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3d2b1c651a50a087) Emeryville, CA On-site 3mo ago $160,000–$195,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Applied AI Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/894f3a5c14d4cbf9) San Francisco, CA 3mo ago $266,000–$405,000 323 of 512 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area pay? 374 of 512 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $232,000, from 237 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area require? Of 512 postings, 243 state a minimum number of years, from 187 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 151 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (61), 6 to 9 years (25) or 10 or more years (6). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area? These 512 postings come from 330 companies. The employers with the most postings are [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (13), [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) (7), [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) (7), [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) (7) and [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (6). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area remote? 34 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 140 are hybrid and 227 are on-site. The remaining 111 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 170 of the 512 postings. Counted over the 512 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. 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