> 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 on-site Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic®ion=sf-bay-area&work=onsite 227 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors in the SF Bay Area on-site, from 161 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $165,000 to $246,000. **227** postings · **161** companies · 152 state pay: median **$210,000**, half $165,000–$246,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Wafer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wafer) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/92a4f62e58e7827e) San Francisco, CA On-site New · Today Pay not posted [Generalist AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/generalist-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f13c7e99d08d7c7e) San Mateo, CA On-site New · Yesterday $150,000–$200,000 [Pramaana Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pramaana-labs) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f99fed3ab01cfc35) Palo Alto, CA On-site New · Yesterday Pay not posted [Armadin](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/armadin) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/94d19b74b47c0652) Palo Alto, CA On-site New · 4d ago Pay not posted [ChipAgents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chipagents) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2ff7b7b2f9e8f946) San Jose, CA On-site 7d ago $180,000–$300,000 [FlowGen Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flowgen-labs) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9fa7ffc811510f1d) San Francisco, CA On-site 12d ago $200,000–$375,000 [Simple AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/simple-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/048b7691c8a2aa85) San Francisco, CA On-site 13d ago $120,000–$200,000 [Overland AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/overland-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1229d389bf76fbbb) San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA On-site 13d ago $140,000–$180,000 [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI/ML](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/abf1cdea6984147c) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [depthfirst](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/depthfirst) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eff7e46851b93dd1) San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Uare.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/uare-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (U.S. Government / IL5)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b4730e997dcec701) San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CA On-site 2w ago $130,000–$170,000 [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 [Hive](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hive) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d280fa23305a2516) San Francisco, CA On-site 3w ago $120,000–$200,000 [Autoscience Institute](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/autoscience-institute) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a9012b69fa44776f) Menlo Park, CA On-site 3w ago Pay not posted [Novita AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/novita-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer New Grad](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba5921576865e9ac) San Mateo, CA On-site 3w ago Pay not posted [Alpharun](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alpharun) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d79c46a563b1cd2) San Francisco, CA On-site 3w ago Pay not posted [Perfect Venue](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/perfect-venue) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/06b7cbfa8e3707d4) San Francisco, CA On-site 3w ago $110,000–$140,000 [ResolveAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/resolveai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9fbf9861d61dda44) San Francisco, CA On-site 3w ago Pay not posted [Roadrunner](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/roadrunner) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (New Grad) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/634c7889807f6455) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago Pay not posted [Usul](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/usul) ### [Technical Staff: Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1fd7445530eb2af6) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago $160,000–$240,000 [Casca](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/casca) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/927bef3af6c8393d) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago $160,000–$265,000 [Matroid](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/matroid) ### [VLM & VFM Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55bdc7eeef3cb713) Palo Alto, CA On-site 4w ago $150,000–$300,000 [Maxinsights](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/maxinsights) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fea1f5b4abebab82) Santa Clara, CA On-site 5w ago Pay not posted [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 [Sim](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sim) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f40e24220cfe7740) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $190,000–$250,000 [HealthLeap](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/healthleap) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dd1c68c037e1d288) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $200,000–$275,000 [Conversion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/conversion) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fa7adc0dbf2cb4a2) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $175,000–$250,000 [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer, United States - BCG X](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf94a12d13c41b68) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +10 more On-site 6w ago $110,000–$190,000 [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 [Handshake (AI training)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/handshake-ai-training) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c364266bec560fc4) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 7w ago $220,000–$300,000 [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 [Applied Intuition](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-intuition) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/052b3216757ba0ba) Sunnyvale, CA On-site 1mo ago $130,000–$200,000 [Petra Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/petra-security) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac67d87a1e5c0c2c) San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo ago Pay not posted [Sainapse](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sainapse) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5fbbf612e42da5ce) San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo ago $120,000–$140,000 [AiPrise](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aiprise) ### [Bilingual Forward Deployed Engineer (English/Spanish)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7ea1eef0aa28380f) San Jose, CA On-site 1mo ago $115,000–$130,000 [Roadrunner](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/roadrunner) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4817cacbc96b78c4) San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo 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 [Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/artificial-intelligence-underwriting-company-aiuc) ### [Forward-Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/575779887c729d4d) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Ironsite](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ironsite) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c561d7f1cc1bb1d2) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $100,000–$160,000 [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) ### [Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15bda554e4bf3180) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 2mo ago $155,000–$193,000 149 of 227 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%26work%3Donsite&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs for individual contributors in sf bay area on-site 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 on-site pay? 152 of 227 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $246,000, from 106 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area on-site require? Of 227 postings, 89 state a minimum number of years, from 77 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 52 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (33), 6 to 9 years (3) or 10 or more years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area on-site? These 227 postings come from 161 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) (7), [Fluidstack](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluidstack) (6), [Atoms](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/atoms) (4), [Composio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/composio) (4) and [Netic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/netic) (4). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area on-site remote? 0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 227 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 61 of the 227 postings. Counted over the 227 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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