> 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=11 569 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 [Matroid](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/matroid) ### [Deep Learning Field Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9ccf1587a31f7ec) Palo Alto, CA On-site 4w ago $150,000–$300,000 [Dynamo AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dynamo-ai) ### [Lead/Staff Software Engineer - AI Platform](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/afd6c2049c23d747) San Francisco, CA 4w 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 [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 [Matroid](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/matroid) ### [Senior VLM & VFM Field Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f13fd828ebf1e20) Palo Alto, CA On-site 4w ago $200,000–$350,000 [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 5w 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 6w 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 1mo 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 1mo 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 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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