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# FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=lead&recipient=both&region=sf-bay-area

34 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for technical leads in the SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams, from 23 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $186,000 to $239,000.

**34** postings · **23** companies · 27 state pay: median **$215,000**, half $186,000–$239,000

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

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

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/11d3959b74fe7867)

San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +4 more 7d ago

$168,100–$261,500

[Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Geo Auto](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0125b607a2d9c80e)

Mountain View, CA · Seattle, WA 4w ago

$152,000–$221,000

[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

[Invisible Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/invisible-technologies)

### [Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/14b783c38e2fc93f)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 12mo ago

$250,000–$300,000

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

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Sr Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/05bf5078ed5d3f1b)

East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago

$168,100–$261,500

[Invisible Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/invisible-technologies)

### [Senior Data Scientist (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/05a0e99369661e8f)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 15mo ago

$193,000–$250,000

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

### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/799ec8c403091b46)

East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago

$168,100–$261,500

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

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e8b339d8be1a9304)

Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 more 3w ago

$168,100–$261,500

[Celonis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/celonis)

### [Lead Deployment Architect - AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/927db00cfcddf0a0)

Redwood City, CA Hybrid New · Yesterday

$195,000–$215,000

[Selector](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/selector)

### [Senior Software/Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/99e7475abc057601)

Santa Clara, CA New · 2d ago

$150,000–$185,000

[Blue Matter](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/blue-matter)

### [AI Engineer / Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3b3fb597face2eac)

South San Francisco, CA 13d ago

$120,000–$170,000

[Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai)

### [Infrastructure Engineer, Customer Delivery](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/520c15eff228e659)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 3w ago

$200,000–$250,000

[UniversalAGI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/universalagi)

### [ML Platform Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f181f4f6b048e95d)

San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago

Pay not posted

[NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia)

### [Senior Applications Software Engineer, Perception and Sensor Fusion](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/561089c546feb404)

Santa Clara, CA 6w ago

$152,000–$287,500

[Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google)

### [Staff Research Engineer, Applied AI, DeepMind](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/713ebe7e74f1e4c4)

Mountain View, CA 7w ago

$207,000–$300,000

[EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey)

### [EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - AI/ML Engineer - Sr Associate/Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcf9fa8686e192dd)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +12 more Hybrid 2mo ago

$130,000–$185,000

[Bain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bain)

### [Lead, Engineering Excellence](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22a12cc51fef0229)

San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +8 more Hybrid 2mo ago

$179,875–$203,925

[West Monroe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/west-monroe)

### [Senior Applied AI Engineer/Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8a4b60dcc900fac7)

San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +7 more 4mo ago

$225,000–$304,200

[NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia)

### [Solutions Architect, Inference Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/04939b40f7e54618)

Santa Clara, CA 6mo ago

$152,000–$241,500

[Lynx Analytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lynx-analytics)

### [Senior Data Scientist (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/27a460aa939105cc)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more 7mo ago

Pay not posted

[Canvas Medical](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/canvas-medical)

### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/53dfbacde8578f09)

San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC Remote 14mo ago

Pay not posted

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - Platform](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d9231e5d0ab9372b)

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

$207,000–$294,000

[Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) Leads the deployment team

### [Forward Deployed Engineering Team Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d16eaa1346b1b3b)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY 6w ago

$200,000–$256,000

[Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Leads the deployment team

### [Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b65ace4a79082c1)

San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 more New · 2d ago

$196,700–$329,210

[OneSchema](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oneschema) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Forward Deployed PM](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f7dd7c70a2985e0)

San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago

Pay not posted

[Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Forward Deployed Process Senior/Principal Process Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67ce6e554b7cdd03)

San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +5 more 7w ago

$117,200–$246,000

[Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) Integrates and configures it

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer – Key Accounts (AI Solutions)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/93c14f4837f3a281)

San Francisco, CA 2mo ago

$175,000–$230,000

[Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) Integrates and configures it

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Solutions) - NA West Market](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/db6729ff76ad04d1)

San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA Hybrid 3mo ago

$120,000–$190,000

[Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) Integrates and configures it

### [Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Solutions Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/837b198a32d0ce3f)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 11mo ago

Pay not posted

[NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) Integrates and configures it

### [Senior Solutions Architect, AI Inference](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d22e034dd514242b)

Santa Clara, CA · US remote Remote 2mo ago

$184,000–$356,500

[Recidiviz](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/recidiviz) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a089a7ddeace423a)

Oakland, CA · New York, NY Remote 9d ago

$99,750–$117,600

[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

[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

21 of 34 build what the customer runs.

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## Frequently asked questions

### What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams pay?

27 of 34 postings state a pay range. The median is $215,000, and half of them sit between $186,000 and $239,000, from 17 companies.

### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams require?

Of 34 postings, 26 state a minimum number of years, from 18 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 12 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (8), under 3 years (4) or 10 or more years (2).

### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams?

These 34 postings come from 23 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) (4), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (4), [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) (3), [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) (2) and [Invisible Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/invisible-technologies) (2).

### Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams remote?

3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 10 are hybrid and 4 are on-site. The remaining 17 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 12 of the 34 postings.

Counted over the 34 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. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)

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