> 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 technical leads in SF Bay Area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=lead®ion=sf-bay-area&page=10 420 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads in the SF Bay Area, from 236 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $193,000 to $249,000. **420** postings · **236** companies · 345 state pay: median **$220,000**, half $193,000–$249,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 7, 2026 [BackOps.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/backops-ai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/93166d78a3657405) San Francisco, CA 3mo ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - Public Sector, Nonprofit & Education](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bf19150e88dcde14) San Francisco, CA · Mclean, VA · +8 more Remote 3mo ago $134,750–$316,750 [Mistral AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mistral-ai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist - USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/146109157dc6eeb2) Palo Alto, CA Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Hippocratic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hippocratic-ai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist (Life Sciences)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/99a220aa78f1dd26) Menlo Park, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [Ciridae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ciridae) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ae950227da4dd580) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist (Mid/Senior Levels)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/233c182f95f3a859) San Francisco, CA · Bellevue, WA · +8 more Remote 4mo ago $134,750–$316,750 [Watney](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/watney) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ced2a66478d8332) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago Pay not posted [Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/artificial-intelligence-underwriting-company-aiuc) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/905f2a10e440ea13) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $150,000–$275,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/877b53d305d658a1) Santa Clara, CA New · 3d ago $224,000–$356,500 [DiDi Global](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/didi-global) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff/Principal AI Transformation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b65b31efb56cef0f) San Jose, CA New · 4d ago $255,000–$351,000 [Zscaler](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zscaler) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr. Staff Applied AI Engineer, GTM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3a1e720ff64e4f69) Santa Clara, CA · US remote Remote 11d ago $180,000–$225,000 [American Express](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/american-express) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer II - Forward Deployment - Enterprise AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ef47cff78649a1b2) Sunnyvale, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 13d ago Pay not posted [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/78f4f174c9ffea67) Santa Clara, CA New · 4d ago $168,000–$322,000 [Joby Aviation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/joby-aviation) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b7e5db4b2b2be802) San Carlos, CA 13d ago $137,200–$206,600 [Cornelis Networks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cornelis-networks) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Productivity Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/529495ca22bf7249) Santa Clara, CA Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Tooling Technical Solutions Consultant, GSRS Security Systems and Technology](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b06d4e026bdf987b) Sunnyvale, CA · Austin, TX · +5 more 2w ago $152,000–$221,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c6b417fca88c2035) Santa Clara, CA 10d ago $224,000–$356,500 [LinkedIn](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/linkedin) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Architect - SaaS GTM Tech & Analytics | IC4](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5059032a435a0a6f) San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CA · +2 more Hybrid 2w ago $141,000–$231,000 [Crowe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crowe) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Technical Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/09376e25483dddb4) San Jose, CA · Chicago, IL · +35 more Hybrid 2w ago $102,400–$204,100 [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer Enterprise Technology Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/48ea6e4a20c0ae98) Sunnyvale, CA 3w ago $184,700–$277,600 [Bristol Myers Squibb](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bristol-myers-squibb) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Manager, Research Intelligence Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/613a32893c980710) Princeton, NJ · Tampa, FL · +3 more 4w ago $134,980–$179,920 [Western Digital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/western-digital) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Principal Full Stack Developer & Solutions Architect – AI, Data & Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79ac2742bc6d23d5) San Jose, CA On-site 5w ago Pay not posted [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 [Nscale](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nscale) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Foundry Engineering Lead ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/60e937813c4272ad) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 1mo ago Pay not posted [Ciridae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ciridae) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Platform Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/63b9ca33c41caa45) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Acceleration Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/33936cf53f20218a) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $180,000–$220,000 [Block (Square)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/block-square) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer, Go-to-Market Systems & AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2308348edd15ae53) SF Bay Area 2mo ago $263,600–$395,400 [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 [ALSO](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/also) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Staff Deployment Strategist, Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1181054e08ce3e65) Palo Alto, CA On-site 2mo ago $170,000–$225,000 [Legence](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/legence) Builds for teams inside the company ### [I&M Segment Applied AI Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b0719a3b5b22e20) San Jose, CA · Beltsville, MD Remote 2mo ago $145,000–$180,000 [Lyra Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lyra-health) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer - Internal Efficiency](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bbbb71f56e658c7b) South San Francisco, CA Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted [Roku](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/roku) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr. AI Transformation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/33d5909e360f7f5a) San Jose, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $242,200–$486,000 [Samsara](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/samsara) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Finance & Strategy AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/39573757c75aa176) San Francisco, CA Remote 2mo ago $146,370–$246,000 [Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/jones-lang-lasalle-jll) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deploy Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/adb58e1e1a50fa0b) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL Remote 3mo ago $220,000–$320,000 [Cadence Design Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cadence-design-systems) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead Solutions Engineer– Back Office Transformation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7ae6852e1ccbf28b) San Jose, CA 3mo ago $114,800–$213,200 [Prologis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/prologis) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/974be3a4d3d388f5) San Francisco, CA · Denver, CO · +3 more On-site 3mo ago $147,000–$202,000 [Block (Square)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/block-square) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Legal Systems Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ea311520d8d39a6) San Francisco, CA 3mo ago $171,800–$257,600 [Sprinter Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sprinter-health) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Enablement Engineer (Senior / Staff)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9f6e765ba0277c1d) San Francisco, CA · Menlo Park, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $180,000–$260,000 [Waymo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/waymo) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Enablement Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c882a164e9bc6d53) Mountain View, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $200,000–$247,000 243 of 420 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 technical leads in SF Bay Area pay? 345 of 420 postings state a pay range. The median is $220,000, and half of them sit between $193,000 and $249,000, from 179 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area require? Of 420 postings, 279 state a minimum number of years, from 161 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 142 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (94), 10 or more years (24) or under 3 years (19). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area? These 420 postings come from 236 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (19), [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) (17), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (16), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (14) and [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) (13). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area remote? 43 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 123 are hybrid and 113 are on-site. The remaining 141 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 176 of the 420 postings. Counted over the 420 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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