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# FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area

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421 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 $248,000.

**421** postings · **236** companies · 347 state pay: median **$218,000**, half $193,000–$248,000

Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026

[Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture)

### [Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22c678035fc1bf46)

Mountain View, CA · Arlington, VA · +35 more 2mo ago

$80,400–$316,300

[Cloudflare](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cloudflare)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5cc16d430c21aeef)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago

$194,000–$266,000

[Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks)

### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1bde83f7bd0b6460)

San Francisco, CA Remote 7w ago

$182,000–$250,208

[Gray Swan](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gray-swan)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer – Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2f8298f975b489cb)

San Francisco, CA Remote 2mo ago

$175,000–$220,000

[Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture)

### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer Sr Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2ef22c72ece768b6)

Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +38 more 2mo ago

$112,900–$366,300

[Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f15116f28545e9c4)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 2mo ago

$197,000–$246,000

[Apollo Research](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apollo-research)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Product)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7394fd0a5648bf6e)

San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

$222,000–$290,000

[Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai)

### [Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a54d450f761a8e3)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago

$180,000–$320,000

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f8a4d49298c2cba9)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago

$185,000–$300,000

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/492c0e6ed2f8baeb)

Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +6 more 2mo ago

$168,100–$261,500

[Replit](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/replit)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0a8a558662ad1d32)

Foster City, CA Hybrid 2mo ago

$180,000–$300,000

[Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai)

### [Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Computer Use Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a1a38531f7571d5a)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago

$180,000–$320,000

[Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks)

### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2be9b09d47b3a82d)

San Francisco, CA 2mo ago

$182,000–$250,208

[Nexus Intelligence, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nexus-intelligence-inc)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61c246ebacc158e9)

San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

Pay not posted

[Baseten](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baseten)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Training)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aff80bb0a92dd3dd)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago

$200,000–$400,000

[Valdera](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/valdera)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71c5fe9980ce561e)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago

$150,000–$200,000

[Luminai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Team Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f54c517d3cf04a24)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago

$190,000–$270,000

[Smallstep](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/smallstep)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aedbb63ccf765de4)

San Francisco, CA Remote 3mo ago

$185,000–$230,000

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Healthcare - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a45fcd1a4989ef65)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago

$185,000–$300,000

[Amigo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amigo)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer [NYC or SF]](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cb56ee3948417bae)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 3mo ago

$200,000–$260,000

[Giga](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/giga)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/86dd57f27e6947b8)

San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago

Pay not posted

[Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks)

### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0b9fe1e453a58f7c)

Mountain View, CA 3mo ago

$182,000–$250,208

[Afresh](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/afresh)

### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0048527666072851)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago

$168,912–$253,368

[Anyscale](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anyscale)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer - AI/ML Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec34a2647dc8d7d6)

San Francisco, CA 4mo ago

$250,000–$275,000

[Amigo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amigo)

### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer [NYC or SF]](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/24ad8746113a6cca)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 4mo ago

$240,000–$300,000

[Rivet Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rivet-industries)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/afc00b01911fad7b)

San Jose, CA On-site 4mo ago

$165,000–$220,000

[Afresh](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/afresh)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3f53df7088c867fb)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago

$156,060–$211,140

[Adobe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/adobe)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/26223d70879c2f80)

San Jose, CA 4mo ago

$159,200–$301,600

[Composio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/composio)

### [Forward Deployed Research Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/757aba87cca9f2d0)

San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago

Pay not posted

[Arize AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arize-ai)

### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer, West](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97928758270bd183)

San Francisco, CA Remote 4mo ago

$155,000–$190,000

[OpenAI Deployment Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai-deployment-company)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/465d1561603a9449)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago

$170,000–$400,000

[Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake)

### [Staff Applied AI Engineer (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3e68bc5680577be8)

Menlo Park, CA Hybrid 5mo ago

$200,000–$270,000

[Meticulous](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meticulous)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, San Francisco](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5cca5c0200ba0098)

San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago

$200,000–$400,000

[Roboflow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/roboflow)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d8c0abf8214d490b)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Remote 5mo ago

$180,000–$250,000

[Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai)

### [Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7450160035e263a5)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 5mo ago

$252,000–$315,000

[DigitalOcean](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/digitalocean)

### [Staff Forward Deployed Applied Scientist (Agentic AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5cb0666417640fff)

San Francisco, CA Remote 6mo ago

$220,000–$239,000

[Ciridae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ciridae)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/78d5c76b362dd187)

San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago

Pay not posted

[DatologyAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/datologyai)

### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Post-Sales)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4564fd55dfb82f47)

San Mateo, CA Hybrid 6mo ago

$230,000–$300,000

[Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai)

### [Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67b7c374d76c71b3)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 5mo ago

$216,000–$270,000

[Sentry](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sentry)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/541bacaa6aead6e0)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago

$190,000–$230,000

245 of 421 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?

347 of 421 postings state a pay range. The median is $218,000, and half of them sit between $193,000 and $248,000, from 180 companies.

### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area require?

Of 421 postings, 281 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 (96), 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 421 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) (18), [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?

44 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 122 are hybrid and 113 are on-site. The remaining 142 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 176 of the 421 postings.

Counted over the 421 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. · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)

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