> 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 in SF Bay Area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area&page=11 966 forward deployed engineer jobs in San Francisco & Bay Area, CA, including related deployment roles, from 483 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $180,000 to $245,000. **966** postings · **483** companies · **747** with pay · median **$214,000** · middle half $180,000–$245,000 · read Nov 8, 2026 [Dynamo AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dynamo-ai) ### [Lead/Staff Software Engineer - AI Platform](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/afd6c2049c23d747) San Francisco, CA 5w ago Pay not posted [Namespace](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/namespace) ### [Customer-Facing Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/52bdd35fc2690aa8) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5w ago $150,000–$220,000 [Matroid](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/matroid) ### [Senior VLM & VFM Field Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f13fd828ebf1e20) Palo Alto, CA On-site 5w ago $200,000–$350,000 [Cascade AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cascade-ai) ### [Implementation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2e65f2169604a778) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5w ago $90,000–$125,000 [Niantic Spatial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/niantic-spatial) ### [Senior/Staff Product Engineer, Embodied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/19e6cf58dd331caa) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5w ago $207,000–$265,000 [SambaNova Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sambanova-systems) ### [Senior Principal AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eec3c379318643c7) San Jose, CA 5w ago $234,000–$286,000 [Bespoke Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bespoke-labs) ### [MTS, Post-Training (Enterprise)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/96da9294487106dd) Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CA On-site 5w ago $300,000–$350,000 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Value Acceleration Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d29e7c234296d940) San Francisco, CA · Palo Alto, CA · +2 more 6w ago $117,200–$246,000 [ServiceNow](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/servicenow) ### [Staff Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ccce31439d4dfefe) Santa Clara, CA 6w ago $166,500–$291,400 [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 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Tech, Media & Telecom](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2923518d5a20cafe) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Forward Deployment Engineer LMTS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c03bb08c0dd417e7) San Francisco, CA · Bellevue, WA · +1 more 6w ago $172,500–$285,800 [Crusoe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crusoe) ### [Senior Staff Applied AI Inference Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d67843846305b6d) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $250,000–$300,000 [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 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Travel , Transportation & Hospitality](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c9c7e1018bc4a91a) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [OpenAI Foundation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai-foundation) ### [AI Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/848302912d64ec39) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6w ago $350,000–$450,000 [Pallet](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pallet) ### [Software Engineer, Agent Delivery ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b57b956a1cadd20f) San Francisco, CA On-site 7w ago $135,000–$180,000 [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) ### [Partner Engineering GenAI - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c4b55e3690201838) Menlo Park, CA 7w ago $179,000–$250,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Insurance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1b61ff2f39d335e) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr. Delivery Consultant - AI/ML, WWPS ProServe](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/571a7642e9219370) San Francisco, CA · Jersey City, NJ · +6 more 7w ago $153,600–$239,000 [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 [Electric Plant](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/electric-plant) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Agent Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f95c45890b5366ff) San Francisco, CA On-site 7w ago $215,000–$235,000 [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Retail](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a79f3412bf6d289) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [Mistral AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mistral-ai) ### [Research Engineer, Full Stack](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ea0bb949b9d344c) Palo Alto, CA 1mo ago Pay not posted [Accordion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accordion) ### [Staff Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d3541d229218a784) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +4 more Hybrid 1mo ago $200,000–$290,000 [Maxima](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/maxima) ### [Deployment Engineer - San Mateo](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3321c5afac6894e6) San Mateo, CA On-site 1mo ago Pay not posted [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7f3a7c3d43682b97) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Software Engineering, AI Systems (SMTS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/270724389386ab3d) San Francisco, CA · Bellevue, WA · +1 more 1mo ago $148,500–$246,000 [Accordion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accordion) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/72a07d97973bb794) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +4 more Hybrid 1mo ago $110,000–$200,000 [AMD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amd) ### [Principal Software Development Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/20d3a5bdaf0eb713) Santa Clara, CA 2mo ago Pay not posted [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent - Financial Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/49f4b4e07400e2cc) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $180,000–$390,000 [Crusoe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crusoe) ### [Staff Applied AI Inference Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6b6957db986de8d) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $215,000–$260,000 [Altara](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/altara) ### [Software Engineer, Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ca39e8fc4b3f006) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Edison Scientific](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/edison-scientific) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Cloud Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec956d3e06abdc40) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $175,000–$240,000 [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) ### [Business Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/373b94c00da9da13) San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +2 more 2mo ago $118,000–$176,000 [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, AI Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97ec36645fe8d603) San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +8 more Hybrid 2mo ago $179,500–$203,500 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Snowflake Advanced AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bfaf5e58ec1e0a16) San Francisco, CA · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more 2mo ago $54,400–$205,800 [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) ### [Solutions Architect, Business Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67acea4b3b24feb5) San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 more 2mo ago $130,000–$185,000 [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) ### [EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - Software Engineer - Sr Assoc/Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/db242f263e15ea06) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +12 more Hybrid 2mo ago $130,000–$185,000 566 of these 966 jobs build what the customer runs. - 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[Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) SF Bay Area is the largest FDE job market of the 21 US metros listed here, with 966 postings from 483 companies read on November 8, 2026. Hiring here: [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) , [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) , [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) , [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) , [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google). ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area pay? 747 of 966 postings state a pay range. The median is $214,000, and half of them sit between $180,000 and $245,000, from 356 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area require? Of 966 postings, 539 state a minimum number of years, from 301 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 295 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (127), under 3 years (80) or 10 or more years (37). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area? These 966 postings come from 483 companies. The employers with the most postings are [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (31), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (27), [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) (22), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (20) and [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) (17). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area remote? 84 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 272 are hybrid and 352 are on-site. The remaining 258 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 360 of the 966 postings. Counted over the 966 postings in this search. 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