> 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=11 420 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 [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Engineer, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d220a193506cf5d) Menlo Park, CA 3mo ago $156,000–$224,200 [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Tools and Automations Lead, App Review](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3eb3e28560ad3450) Cupertino, CA 4mo ago Pay not posted [Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai) Leads the deployment team ### [AI Engineer, Enterprise Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a777a2e143cc194d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Samba TV](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/samba-tv) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI GTM Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6af92266eeb5fd35) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [RoboForce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/roboforce) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead AI Native Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/268ed77b436ada01) Milpitas, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [RingCentral](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ringcentral) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Enterprise AI Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a2c74c8d2ab32982) Belmont, CA On-site 4mo ago $127,400–$182,000 [TextNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/textnow) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Developer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/06e7768cfbe42f86) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5mo ago $148,700–$298,800 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a39079ea2904fe9) Mountain View, CA 5mo ago $192,000–$260,000 [CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Account Solution Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c4b2ac20ecda3794) San Francisco, CA 5mo ago $143,000–$210,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Capacity Systems Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/35326025ecb53c24) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5mo ago $347,000–$445,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Proves it works before the sale ### [Deployed Engineer (Bay Area)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a596ddfc7a1ad70) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $185,000–$315,000 · OTE [Handshake (AI training)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/handshake-ai-training) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Engineer, Operator Experience](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/167322839f2fcb41) San Francisco, CA 6mo ago $225,000–$250,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/037814d943f2f163) San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 more 7mo ago $188,800–$362,000 [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) Builds for teams inside the company ### [GenAI Solutions Architect, Customer Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c464568d0c188bee) Sunnyvale, CA 8mo ago Pay not posted [Redwood Materials](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/redwood-materials) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b9310795131be37e) San Francisco, CA · Mccarran, NV Hybrid 8mo ago $217,500–$287,500 [Gusto](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gusto) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Enterprise Application AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/52d3a1b1c417debb) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 11mo ago $225,000–$250,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Leads the deployment team ### [Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/443e90f636abe8b6) San Francisco, CA 9mo ago $265,000–$331,000 [Mariana Minerals](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mariana-minerals) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Full Stack Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f969b0acf6a0944b) San Francisco, CA On-site 13mo ago $150,000–$220,000 [Benbase](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/benbase) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Founding Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dffac1336553e352) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remote Remote 16mo ago Pay not posted [Clay](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clay) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Growth Strategist, Key (Deployment Strategist) - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/966334816069affd) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 10d ago $210,000–$240,000 243 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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