> 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 serving external customers and internal teams Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic&recipient=both®ion=sf-bay-area 48 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors in the SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams, from 44 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $170,000 to $270,000. **48** postings · **44** companies · 41 state pay: median **$211,000**, half $170,000–$270,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [6sense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/6sense) ### [Sr. ML Ops Engineer, Forward-Deployed ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/06ba4bd7675e00f2) San Francisco, CA Remote 9d ago $191,475–$260,830 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/461faf331f494ee8) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +6 more Hybrid 13d ago $136,000–$155,000 [Prime Intellect](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/prime-intellect) ### [Applied Researcher - Forward-Deployed RL](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ed15e783d00992e) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Remote 2w ago $150,000–$300,000 [Wonderschool](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wonderschool) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d5ad31a68bc2a4df) San Francisco, CA · Gallup, NM On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [HUD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hud) ### [Forward Deployed Research Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e1d90d94cc954944) San Francisco, CA Remote 3mo ago $100,000–$180,000 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61c1777a32f46521) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 more Hybrid 13d ago $150,000–$180,000 [Middesk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/middesk) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4733b2449ae72e66) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $148,000–$255,000 [Lila Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lila-sciences) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences (Level Flexible)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1f4ccd670bfaf5d4) San Francisco, CA · Cambridge, MA 13mo ago $192,000–$256,000 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/183bfa468750c967) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 more Hybrid 13d ago $150,000–$180,000 [ChipAgents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chipagents) ### [Software Engineer, ML for EDA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b4582d6cf8deb16) San Jose, CA On-site New · Yesterday $150,000–$350,000 [Elorian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/elorian) ### [Software Engineer - Applications](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0686c28278c3efd2) Palo Alto, CA On-site New · 5d ago $250,000–$400,000 [Pulley](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pulley) ### [AI Operations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e641d7edbdd4483a) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4w ago $150,000–$190,000 [Niantic Spatial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/niantic-spatial) ### [Senior/Staff Product Engineer, Embodied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19e6cf58dd331caa) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5w ago $207,000–$265,000 [OpenAI Foundation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai-foundation) ### [AI Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/848302912d64ec39) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6w ago $350,000–$450,000 [Mistral AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mistral-ai) ### [Research Engineer, Full Stack](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ea0bb949b9d344c) Palo Alto, CA 7w ago Pay not posted [Altara](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/altara) ### [Software Engineer, Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ca39e8fc4b3f006) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) ### [EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - Software Engineer - Sr Assoc/Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/db242f263e15ea06) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +12 more Hybrid 2mo ago $130,000–$185,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Senior MLOps Engineer - DSX Enablement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d111a9977bdaacbb) Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remote Remote 2mo ago $184,000–$356,500 [Tempo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tempo) ### [Product Engineer, Blockchain (SF)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/25f95ddd6ba1c9e2) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7808131a88984b8) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai) ### [Research Engineers, Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/60af21c31fcb4427) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $150,000–$250,000 [Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Applied Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/991b159eed68c984) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 18mo ago $170,000–$240,000 [GRIDSIGHT](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gridsight) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/198e5509726ce508) San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · US remote Remote 4w ago Pay not posted [Lila Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lila-sciences) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Life Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8317a7684701a22e) San Francisco, CA · Cambridge, MA 13mo ago $192,000–$256,000 [IFS](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ifs) Proves it works before the sale ### [Pre-Sales Forward Deployed Engineer - IFS Loops](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/299d0f4d19ba24b2) Palo Alto, CA 9d ago $190,000–$230,000 · OTE [Rely Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rely-health) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ade2f0274246fb2) San Francisco, CA 13d ago Pay not posted [Gradial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gradial) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Product Analyst](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a374eba29c9e4ad9) San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 more 13d ago $120,000–$135,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5965a8234fffc00e) Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 more 7w ago $175,100–$247,600 [Bertram Capital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bertram-capital) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0c55020eea1396be) Foster City, CA 1mo ago $140,000–$160,000 [Harper](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/harper) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80b7ff167e547412) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago $125,000–$175,000 [Labelbox](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/labelbox) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, RL Environments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d5c67750fd6fd53a) SF Bay Area 7mo ago $140,000–$200,000 [Synthio Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/synthio-labs) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Product](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a324b59befbcd91) San Francisco, CA 8mo ago Pay not posted [Thatch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thatch) Integrates and configures it ### [Partner Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0e7fcf68f87dedb) San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 more · US remote Remote 8d ago $160,000–$195,000 [CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Specialist Field Engineer - SaaS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c383682d25fbd0ee) Sunnyvale, CA · San Francisco, CA 1mo ago $182,000–$242,000 [Mithrl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mithrl) Integrates and configures it ### [Member of Technical Staff, Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d758a2d910df3ff6) San Francisco, CA On-site 10mo ago $180,000–$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 [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 [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 [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 [Retell AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/retell-ai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Founders Initiatives, Technical Ex-Founders](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1fef50e3f27a227b) Redwood City, CA On-site 4mo ago $180,000–$300,000 22 of 48 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dic%26recipient%3Dboth%26region%3Dsf-bay-area&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs for individual contributors in sf bay area serving external customers and internal teams 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 FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams pay? 41 of 48 postings state a pay range. The median is $211,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $270,000, from 37 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams require? Of 48 postings, 27 state a minimum number of years, from 26 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 14 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (8), 6 to 9 years (4) or 10 or more years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams? These 48 postings come from 44 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) (3), [Lila Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lila-sciences) (2), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (2), [6sense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/6sense) (1) and [Altara](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/altara) (1). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams remote? 7 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 14 are hybrid and 14 are on-site. The remaining 13 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 10 of the 48 postings. Counted over the 48 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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