> 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=2 570 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. **570** postings · **329** companies · 434 state pay: median **$215,000**, half $184,000–$245,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Overland AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/overland-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1229d389bf76fbbb) San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA On-site 13d ago $140,000–$180,000 [Arkham Technologies Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arkham-technologies-inc) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fa3df20a38255419) Palo Alto, CA 13d ago Pay not posted [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/461faf331f494ee8) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +6 more Hybrid 13d ago $136,000–$155,000 [reasonable](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reasonable) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e0ebbfc19bc89fae) San Francisco, CA 13d ago Pay not posted [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) ### [Senior/Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI/ML](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/abf1cdea6984147c) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [Together AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/together-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Post-Training](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3c12aeeb37e0d254) San Francisco, CA 13d ago $270,000–$300,000 · OTE [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61c1777a32f46521) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 more Hybrid 13d ago $150,000–$180,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/26e06cc5e8aaa519) Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 more 2w ago $143,700–$213,800 [Caylent](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/caylent) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | New York or San Francisco (Onsite)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac5fd29248cce193) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 2w ago $136,000–$216,000 [depthfirst](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/depthfirst) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eff7e46851b93dd1) San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/183bfa468750c967) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 more Hybrid 13d ago $150,000–$180,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/780f6825731d9f9e) Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b56b79b36aa36a5) Menlo Park, CA · Seattle, WA · +2 more 2w ago $183,997–$257,000 [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Senior Associate](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f2f106eae6e8759) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +57 more Hybrid 2w ago $77,000–$202,000 [Uare.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/uare-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (U.S. Government / IL5)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b4730e997dcec701) San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CA On-site 2w ago $130,000–$170,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7ff23fbf052dee22) Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$250,200 [Prime Intellect](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/prime-intellect) ### [Applied Researcher - Forward-Deployed RL](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ed15e783d00992e) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Remote 2w ago $150,000–$300,000 [NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Open Models](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fae2b767f82c2991) Santa Clara, CA 2w ago $184,000–$356,500 [Fastino Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fastino-labs) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/da8fc44ab966dc80) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2w ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/818aaa7b6b639645) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +2 more 2w ago $143,700–$223,600 [Wonderschool](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wonderschool) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d5ad31a68bc2a4df) San Francisco, CA · Gallup, NM On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Jade Global](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/jade-global) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/64435bb27ed329f7) San Jose, CA 2w ago Pay not posted [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) ### [Senior Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b237f99c5265790) Menlo Park, CA Hybrid 2w ago $304,000–$437,000 [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 [PagerDuty](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pagerduty) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (SDEV)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3ae51c535b88f698) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3w ago $191,000–$289,300 [Symmetry Software](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/symmetry-software) ### [Forward Deployed Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1491da081d8e33d9) San Francisco, CA · Denver, CO · +2 more Hybrid 3w ago $88,000–$181,000 [Hive](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hive) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d280fa23305a2516) San Francisco, CA On-site 3w ago $120,000–$200,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/01117a360ce4eb64) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer I, Frontier Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df82a2a7144b8407) Menlo Park, CA Hybrid 3w ago $264,000–$379,500 [Neural Concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/neural-concept) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (US, West Coast)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/235ab7ad735a77f2) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3w ago $125,000–$200,000 [TribalScale](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tribalscale) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (San Francisco)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6f69a28d31f514b2) US Remote 3w ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1132657e1724cf67) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6820987055206e6d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 3w ago $280,000–$320,000 [Ditto](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ditto) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Platform ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c7c329b94a1f3f61) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3w ago $188,000–$240,000 [Autoscience Institute](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/autoscience-institute) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a9012b69fa44776f) Menlo Park, CA On-site 3w ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b9357990c31169e) East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Axion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axion) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ec0997b44e02dad) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 3w ago $220,000–$270,000 [Titan](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/titan) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/96694cce5cd5c7c7) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 3w ago $180,000–$480,000 [Novita AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/novita-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer New Grad](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba5921576865e9ac) San Mateo, CA On-site 3w ago Pay not posted [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 All 570 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? 434 of 570 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 570 postings, 301 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 (63), 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 570 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 214 are on-site. The remaining 153 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 240 of the 570 postings. Counted over the 570 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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