> 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 serving external customers and internal teams Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?recipient=both®ion=sf-bay-area&page=2 86 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in the SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams, from 63 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $180,000 to $257,000. **86** postings · **63** companies · 71 state pay: median **$215,000**, half $180,000–$257,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [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 [Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Applied Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/991b159eed68c984) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 18mo ago $170,000–$240,000 [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) Leads the deployment team ### [Director of Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7ea0de498fbe1432) SF Bay Area On-site 2w ago $300,000–$415,000 [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 [GRIDSIGHT](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gridsight) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/198e5509726ce508) San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · US remote Remote 4w ago Pay not posted [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 [Lila Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lila-sciences) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Life Sciences](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8317a7684701a22e) San Francisco, CA · Cambridge, MA 13mo ago $192,000–$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 [IFS](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ifs) Proves it works before the sale ### [Pre-Sales Forward Deployed Engineer - IFS Loops](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/299d0f4d19ba24b2) Palo Alto, CA 9d ago $190,000–$230,000 · OTE [Rely Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rely-health) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ade2f0274246fb2) San Francisco, CA 13d ago Pay not posted [Gradial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gradial) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Product Analyst](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a374eba29c9e4ad9) San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 more 13d ago $120,000–$135,000 [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) Leads the deployment team ### [Sr. Director, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f4ea9efe32970402) SF Bay Area On-site 2w ago $300,000–$415,000 [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 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5965a8234fffc00e) Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 more 7w ago $175,100–$247,600 [Bertram Capital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bertram-capital) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0c55020eea1396be) Foster City, CA 1mo ago $140,000–$160,000 [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 [Harper](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/harper) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80b7ff167e547412) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago $125,000–$175,000 [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 [Labelbox](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/labelbox) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, RL Environments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d5c67750fd6fd53a) SF Bay Area 7mo ago $140,000–$200,000 [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 [Snorkel AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snorkel-ai) Leads the deployment team ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b3763b34dd9cb0d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 7mo ago $200,000–$320,000 [Synthio Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/synthio-labs) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Product](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a324b59befbcd91) San Francisco, CA 8mo ago Pay not posted [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) Leads the deployment team ### [Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3f395804dbea806e) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [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 [Thatch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thatch) Integrates and configures it ### [Partner Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0e7fcf68f87dedb) San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 more · US remote Remote 8d ago $160,000–$195,000 [CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Specialist Field Engineer - SaaS](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c383682d25fbd0ee) Sunnyvale, CA · San Francisco, CA 1mo ago $182,000–$242,000 [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 [Mithrl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mithrl) Integrates and configures it ### [Member of Technical Staff, Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d758a2d910df3ff6) San Francisco, CA On-site 10mo ago $180,000–$220,000 [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 [Vooma](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vooma) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4c6c26232e5adc8a) San Francisco, CA On-site 19mo ago $150,000–$180,000 [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 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Proves it works before the sale ### [Applied AI, Research Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ad03554ab362a16c) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $300,000–$400,000 [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 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, Safety Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/830735363503685c) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $207,000–$385,000 [Paradigm](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/paradigm) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Product Engineer, Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3b955e26ed9776cb) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $250,000–$400,000 [Retell AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/retell-ai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Founders Initiatives, Technical Ex-Founders](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1fef50e3f27a227b) Redwood City, CA On-site 4mo ago $180,000–$300,000 [Apple](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apple) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer (Applied AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f561d0a23f932b54) Cupertino, CA 6mo ago $194,600–$293,900 [Commure](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/commure) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Operations Manager, Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/abb91756fc6adb7b) Mountain View, CA On-site 6mo ago $120,000–$160,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, Cooperative AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1fe1172380592b97) San Francisco, CA 6mo ago $266,000–$445,000 43 of 86 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 in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams pay? 71 of 86 postings state a pay range. The median is $215,000, and half of them sit between $180,000 and $257,000, from 50 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams require? Of 86 postings, 55 state a minimum number of years, from 41 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 26 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (14), under 3 years (12) or 10 or more years (3). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams? These 86 postings come from 63 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Aircall](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aircall) (5), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (5), [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) (4), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (3) and [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) (3). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams remote? 10 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 26 are hybrid and 20 are on-site. The remaining 30 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 22 of the 86 postings. Counted over the 86 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. 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