> 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 jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area&role=builds-for-customers&page=10 569 forward deployed engineer jobs that build what the customer runs in the SF Bay Area, from 329 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $184,000 to $245,000. **569** postings · **329** companies · 433 state pay: median **$215,000**, half $184,000–$245,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [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 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Generative AI Consultant ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bae78baca2f05fbb) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 13d ago From $105,000 [Extractable](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/extractable) ### [Python Integrations Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/10adf16994fba200) San Francisco, CA Remote 13d ago $100,000–$130,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Enterprise AI Transformation Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2d3876bc2df23d99) Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +40 more 10d ago $80,400–$266,300 [Sleuth Insights](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sleuth-insights) ### [Senior Software / Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8680836a0da5ee33) San Francisco, CA · Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 13d ago $170,000–$210,000 [Albert Invent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/albert-invent) ### [Lead Integrations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22537a769cfcd0a6) Oakland, CA · US remote Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Sanas](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sanas) ### [Member of Technical Staff, LLM Post-Training, Applied](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/24ef7254ad020c1f) Palo Alto, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Technical Commerce & AI Consultant | Agentic Commerce](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0fa960d82e23fab2) Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +40 more 10d ago Pay not posted [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Aerospace](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/492222403f260da6) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Sr. Enterprise Architect - Agentforce for Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/27cc6f9a38865847) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +4 more 2w ago $148,500–$285,800 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Staff Applied AI Agent Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/16a62232639586e6) Sunnyvale, CA · Kirkland, WA 2w ago $207,000–$300,000 [MongoDB](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mongodb) ### [Senior Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee18b4ffe9431fe6) San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +5 more Remote 2w ago $126,000–$248,000 [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Automotive](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/27f62ce9c80d4125) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Horizon](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/391bab75cb85020c) San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago $230,000–$390,000 [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) ### [Senior Platform Engineer, Find My](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bcc832bcdee76cf6) Cupertino, CA 2w ago $150,400–$277,600 [Noble Machines](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/noble-machines) ### [Principal Solutions Architect ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/444496c89587b436) Sunnyvale, CA 2w ago $200,000–$350,000 [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/44f0de2ca4442dd8) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [Operations Engineer (Starshield Products)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/37db35ee2b38bbf5) Palo Alto, CA 2w ago $110,000–$175,000 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [AI Customer and Partner Solutions Engineer, Cloud Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c6b3d59186ae60b) Sunnyvale, CA · Kirkland, WA 2w ago $183,000–$265,000 [Judgment Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/judgment-labs) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4e63c57607c88bc3) San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Industrial](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a8815f0bc3b2c5a) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [Uare.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/uare-ai) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Government (IL5)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/873b413fb92b5e7e) San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CA On-site 2w ago $200,000–$260,000 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Lead Software Engineer, AI Labs (Product and Customer Facing)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2d1c287890786103) San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC · +1 more 2w ago $148,500–$344,700 [Persona](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/persona) ### [Field Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/40116663481493ba) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2w ago $100,000–$110,000 [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Semiconductor](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba548c631b51d6ee) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Senior Staff Software Engineer-Voice AI Agent Prompting](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/58fd89c54573cb0f) Santa Clara, CA 3w ago $190,900–$334,100 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Senior AI/ML Engineer, Cloud AI Research](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/37629b31ce74e34c) Mountain View, CA 3w ago $174,000–$252,000 [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 [Titan](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/titan) ### [Software Engineer - Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d60dbdf9f047bc4f) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 3w ago $180,000–$480,000 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Staff Software Engineer-Voice Connectivity](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d190e9541ee470eb) Santa Clara, CA 3w ago $166,500–$291,400 [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) ### [Engineering Lead, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/134ddbfeed5b6395) Pleasanton, CA On-site 3w ago $160,000–$220,000 [Clockwork Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clockwork-systems) ### [Senior Software Engineer, TorchPass Product Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/15c23388a215b20d) Palo Alto, CA On-site 4w ago $150,000–$230,000 [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) ### [Business Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61f630e50014b285) Menlo Park, CA · New York, NY 4w ago $149,000–$210,000 [Zipline](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/zipline) ### [Staff Software Engineer – Integrations Platform](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/707396a854796719) South San Francisco, CA 4w ago $180,000–$270,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent (Spanish speaking)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/40c6ef60c2833ae8) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago $180,000–$390,000 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Senior Staff Applications Development Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8ba62f1e444d9ce7) Santa Clara, CA 4w ago $190,900–$334,100 [Pulley](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pulley) ### [AI Operations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e641d7edbdd4483a) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4w ago $150,000–$190,000 [Midstream Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/midstream-health) ### [Member of Technical Staff](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/569df5f76eede51b) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago Pay not posted [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) ### [Staff Applied AI Engineer - Enterprise AI Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ed7ca7a0fc3216e) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remote Remote 4w ago $230,000–$360,000 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Staff Software Engineer_Voice Connectivity ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ccba487c4361b81a) Santa Clara, CA 4w ago $166,500–$291,400 All 569 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area pay? 433 of 569 postings state a pay range. The median is $215,000, and half of them sit between $184,000 and $245,000, from 234 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area require? Of 569 postings, 300 state a minimum number of years, from 180 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 173 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (62), under 3 years (48) or 10 or more years (17). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area? These 569 postings come from 329 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (21), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (18), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (16), [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) (15) and [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) (12). ### Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area remote? 48 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 155 are hybrid and 215 are on-site. The remaining 151 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 240 of the 569 postings. Counted over the 569 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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