> 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 plan what the customer deploys first in SF Bay Area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area&role=strategist&page=3 95 forward deployed engineer jobs that plan what the customer deploys first in the SF Bay Area, from 82 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $183,000 to $224,000. **95** postings · **82** companies · 67 state pay: median **$205,000**, half $183,000–$224,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Usul](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/usul) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc9099f16c8dfd11) San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC On-site 3mo ago $140,000–$200,000 [BackOps.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/backops-ai) ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/93166d78a3657405) San Francisco, CA 3mo ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Deployment Strategist - Public Sector, Nonprofit & Education](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bf19150e88dcde14) San Francisco, CA · Mclean, VA · +8 more Remote 3mo ago $134,750–$316,750 [Arch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arch) ### [Founding Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df799178f20b4477) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Mistral AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mistral-ai) ### [AI Deployment Strategist - USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/146109157dc6eeb2) Palo Alto, CA Hybrid 3mo ago Pay not posted [Hippocratic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hippocratic-ai) ### [Deployment Strategist (Life Sciences)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/99a220aa78f1dd26) Menlo Park, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [Emanate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/emanate) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ecbbd856813e7d7) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Deployment Strategist (Mid/Senior Levels)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/233c182f95f3a859) San Francisco, CA · Bellevue, WA · +8 more Remote 4mo ago $134,750–$316,750 [Ciridae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ciridae) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ae950227da4dd580) San Francisco, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) ### [Deployment Strategist - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f3a8d02dc926fb61) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 5mo ago Pay not posted [Watney](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/watney) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ced2a66478d8332) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago Pay not posted [Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/artificial-intelligence-underwriting-company-aiuc) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/905f2a10e440ea13) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $150,000–$275,000 [HappyRobot](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/happyrobot) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c210b42e7acdc74a) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 16mo ago $150,000–$220,000 [Vooma](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vooma) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4c6c26232e5adc8a) San Francisco, CA On-site 19mo ago $150,000–$180,000 [Bretton AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bretton-ai) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/102dfe45a5001ae1) San Francisco, CA 28mo ago Pay not posted All 95 plan what the customer deploys first. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first in SF Bay Area pay? 67 of 95 postings state a pay range. The median is $205,000, and half of them sit between $183,000 and $224,000, from 57 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first in SF Bay Area require? Of 95 postings, 62 state a minimum number of years, from 56 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 40 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (13) or under 3 years (9). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first in SF Bay Area? These 95 postings come from 82 companies. The employers with the most postings are [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) (3), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (3), [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) (3), [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) (2) and [BetterUp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/betterup) (2). ### Are FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first in SF Bay Area remote? 6 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 42 are hybrid and 34 are on-site. The remaining 13 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 47 of the 95 postings. Counted over the 95 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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