> 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 on-site Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area&work=onsite&page=6 351 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in the SF Bay Area on-site, from 214 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $175,000 to $250,000. **351** postings · **214** companies · 237 state pay: median **$213,000**, half $175,000–$250,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Architect, Professional Services (San Francisco)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a189a2e2399498d) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $170,000–$300,000 [depthfirst](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/depthfirst) ### [Security Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2f827ea345c59cb2) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [Mercor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mercor) ### [Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6ae52ff90fa4789c) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $160,000–$500,000 [Serval](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/serval) ### [Software Engineer, Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bc1b1d67206405ae) San Francisco, CA On-site 7mo ago $200,000–$325,000 [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) ### [Agent Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3254a9d27b739979) San Francisco, CA On-site 9mo ago $175,000–$230,000 [Cartesia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cartesia) ### [Enterprise Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/18c1909e6d2fb8f0) San Francisco, CA On-site 10mo ago $180,000–$250,000 [Mithrl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mithrl) ### [Member of Technical Staff, Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/50bb73d71dec3142) San Francisco, CA On-site 10mo ago $180,000–$220,000 [Applied Compute](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-compute) ### [Applied Research Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec99a6997bc027a9) San Francisco, CA On-site 12mo ago $200,000–$320,000 [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/94e4c37ab2250de2) San Francisco, CA On-site 12mo ago $180,000–$225,000 [Bluenote](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bluenote) ### [Software Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2968caaa1a27ff8a) San Francisco, CA On-site 13mo ago Pay not posted [Eloquent AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eloquent-ai) ### [AI Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e6b93d389bf36ca) San Francisco, CA On-site 14mo ago Pay not posted [Chai Discovery](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chai-discovery) ### [Software Engineer, Scientific Products](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d944765beb4d795d) San Francisco, CA On-site 16mo ago Pay not posted [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) ### [Software Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/031c2bf24e0ed556) San Francisco, CA On-site 18mo ago $180,000–$390,000 [Peregrine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/peregrine) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6a6cea813225066d) San Francisco, CA On-site 55mo ago $120,000–$190,000 [Hippocratic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hippocratic-ai) ### [Forward Deployment Engineer (Residency Program)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/53f2b52abf645413) Menlo Park, CA On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [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 [Atoms](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/atoms) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fb3ba7936bd655e8) Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago $176,000–$242,000 [Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/jones-lang-lasalle-jll) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c44b55a099ca0e4e) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL On-site 3w ago $187,100–$300,000 [Nextpower](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nextpower) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/434d5af6ded5cfec) Fremont, CA On-site 4w ago $102,000–$115,000 [Fluidstack](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluidstack) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/63088fdb73337a6a) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago $224,000–$300,000 [Atoms](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/atoms) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a86b824cc033e512) Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago $176,000–$242,000 [Cyvl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cyvl) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7f8ad900049af0f4) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 5w ago $120,000–$195,000 [Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/jones-lang-lasalle-jll) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fd5bdcc3529df2db) San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 more On-site 6w ago $150,000–$300,000 [Fluidstack](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluidstack) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Business Operations ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d9e3cbc0100652f4) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago $224,000–$300,000 [Bunkerhill Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bunkerhill-health) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Product Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b3123ef7adc7a284) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 6w ago $185,000–$245,000 [Cosmic Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cosmic-robotics) Leads the deployment team ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eae406e36bd7303d) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) Leads the deployment team ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/37ce06f2fc048cbe) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $240,000–$300,000 [Chalk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chalk) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b4e356b364ebc5fc) San Francisco, CA On-site 1mo ago $180,000–$250,000 [Pure Storage](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pure-storage) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineering, Portworx](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/50e89e7f4d1ee762) Santa Clara, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 more On-site 2mo ago $208,000–$305,000 [Reducto](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reducto) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2cd6a2b490a4a574) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [Firecrawl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/firecrawl) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e499c4adf6f57b90) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $209,000–$265,000 [Speakeasy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/speakeasy) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ae46d65995194b89) San Francisco, CA On-site 8mo ago $180,000–$230,000 [Modal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/modal) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - ML](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/be717912a9d27a0d) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 8mo ago $180,000–$250,000 [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75ede2de094f8912) San Francisco, CA On-site 16mo ago Pay not posted [Etched](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/etched) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Systems Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/02421ed5d2a72ab8) San Jose, CA On-site 9d ago $150,000–$240,000 [Varick-Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/varick-agents) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/daf5d9e5addbf396) San Francisco, CA On-site 11d ago $175,000–$250,000 [Sumeru Equity Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sumeru-equity-partners) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed AI Operating Principal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/29e4e2500ba4f811) San Mateo, CA On-site 13d ago $320,000–$360,000 [Knightscope](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/knightscope) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4bc5e23e28388fe0) Sunnyvale, CA On-site 13d ago $130,000–$170,000 [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 [Flint](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flint) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/383b4fd54f7fee3f) San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago Pay not posted 215 of 351 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 on-site pay? 237 of 351 postings state a pay range. The median is $213,000, and half of them sit between $175,000 and $250,000, from 144 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area on-site require? Of 351 postings, 155 state a minimum number of years, from 112 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 88 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (42), 6 to 9 years (21) or 10 or more years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area on-site? These 351 postings come from 214 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra) (16), [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) (6), [Fluidstack](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fluidstack) (6), [Luminary](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminary) (6) and [Composio](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/composio) (5). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area on-site remote? 0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 351 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 112 of the 351 postings. Counted over the 351 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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