> 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 with significant travel Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic®ion=sf-bay-area&travelMin=25 54 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors in the SF Bay Area with significant travel, from 34 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $164,000 to $211,000. **54** postings · **34** companies · 44 state pay: median **$189,000**, half $164,000–$211,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Clera](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clera) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2f8984aea217c71f) San Francisco, CA Hybrid New · Yesterday $180,000–$220,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1798a89ed0fd75b) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 10d ago $143,700–$223,600 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/46808066546c242c) Menlo Park, CA · Austin, TX · +1 more Hybrid 4w ago $170,000–$225,000 [Dynamo AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dynamo-ai) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8ccde3e4186d1e0f) San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC 4w ago Pay not posted [Harness](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/harness) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Implementation Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8bbe8200b00b1ea6) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 more Remote 5w ago $170,000–$200,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/26e06cc5e8aaa519) Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 more 2w ago $143,700–$213,800 [Gumloop](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gumloop) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Agentic Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a0396b23bd52e518) San Francisco, CA On-site 5w ago $175,000–$265,000 [Varick-Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/varick-agents) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c0e43d77dbd84030) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $175,000–$250,000 [Revel](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/revel) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3cdc82ca00e6cbe2) San Francisco, CA · Los Angeles, CA On-site 7w ago Pay not posted [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6c5d5100c300639f) San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC On-site 2mo ago $167,000–$203,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/603238d92737226e) Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +39 more 2mo ago $54,400–$235,100 [Binti](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/binti) ### [Forward-Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2ab6678dd001933d) San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA Hybrid 2mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b7736da583f709f2) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $185,000–$300,000 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aa41a1949bc5bc55) San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +9 more 2mo ago $88,970–$316,750 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79e9c43db5c86c34) Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +39 more 2mo ago $80,400–$316,300 [ZoomLogi](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zoomlogi) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/de7be575ac756d49) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL Hybrid 3mo ago $150,000–$200,000 [Edison Scientific](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/edison-scientific) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d999f8040fbafe9a) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector, Nonprofit & Education](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ae7e224e776727e8) San Francisco, CA · Mclean, VA · +8 more Remote 3mo ago $88,970–$316,750 [Promise](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/promise) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b70e87619318199d) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $175,000–$210,000 [ZoomLogi](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zoomlogi) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7df80409b98e8caa) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL Hybrid 5mo ago $150,000–$200,000 [Cohere](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cohere) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Agentic Platform](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/718afc10364c8e3c) San Francisco, CA Remote 6mo ago CA$175,000–CA$385,000 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a5e1855e6916121) San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +8 more Remote 4mo ago $88,970–$198,170 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79719a1a4cb8d68b) Menlo Park, CA · Austin, TX · +1 more Hybrid 6mo ago $170,000–$225,000 [Context](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/context) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/62bcc95380e1ffcc) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf031a0099eba727) Pleasanton, CA 7mo ago $110,000–$180,000 [Emergence Capital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/emergence-capital) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/07e735e4997db841) San Francisco, CA 10mo ago Pay not posted [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b7ff350800722d8) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 11mo ago $185,000–$325,000 [Sage Care Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sage-care-inc) ### [Partner Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/be0852dffd48b96f) Palo Alto, CA Hybrid New · 6d ago $145,000–$160,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Enterprise AI Transformation Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/acce46d73a6442bf) Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +40 more 10d ago $54,400–$196,000 [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) ### [Business Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/373b94c00da9da13) San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +2 more 2mo ago $118,000–$176,000 [Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai) ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2625d8a6aa23c2b2) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $180,000–$250,000 [Peregrine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/peregrine) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6a6cea813225066d) San Francisco, CA On-site 55mo ago $120,000–$190,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Snowflake Advanced AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bfaf5e58ec1e0a16) San Francisco, CA · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more 2mo ago $54,400–$205,800 [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) ### [Solutions Architect, Business Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67acea4b3b24feb5) San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 more 2mo ago $130,000–$185,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/849934b3c434470f) Mountain View, CA · Albany, NY · +39 more 4mo ago $80,400–$266,300 [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75ede2de094f8912) San Francisco, CA On-site 16mo ago Pay not posted [Etched](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/etched) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Systems Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/02421ed5d2a72ab8) San Jose, CA On-site 8d ago $150,000–$240,000 [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 [Varick-Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/varick-agents) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/daf5d9e5addbf396) San Francisco, CA On-site 10d ago $175,000–$250,000 [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 35 of 54 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dic%26region%3Dsf-bay-area%26travelMin%3D25&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs for individual contributors in sf bay area with significant travel 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 with significant travel pay? 44 of 54 postings state a pay range. The median is $189,000, and half of them sit between $164,000 and $211,000, from 27 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area with significant travel require? Of 54 postings, 27 state a minimum number of years, from 20 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 14 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (9) or 6 to 9 years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area with significant travel? These 54 postings come from 34 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (6), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (5), [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) (3), [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) (3) and [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) (2). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area with significant travel remote? 5 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 16 are hybrid and 15 are on-site. The remaining 18 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 54 of the 54 postings. Counted over the 54 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. Travel is the share the posting states. 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