> 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=3 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 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, ARC Team](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a6a93858892ae877) San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 more Hybrid 7mo ago $138,000–$259,440 [Mercor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mercor) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ccafc6f0ecf62c0a) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 7mo ago $160,000–$500,000 [Figma](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/figma) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Support Engineer, AI Infrastructure & Tooling](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/70b0028f6789ce57) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Remote 8mo ago $169,000–$245,000 [Generalist AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/generalist-ai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer: Product](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cbc510d6bf03eb79) San Mateo, CA On-site 8mo ago $200,000–$350,000 [Periodic Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/periodic-labs) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f58ee38e240df145) Menlo Park, CA On-site 11mo ago $250,000–$350,000 [Mariana Minerals](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mariana-minerals) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Full Stack Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f969b0acf6a0944b) San Francisco, CA On-site 13mo ago $150,000–$220,000 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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