> 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 serving external customers and internal teams Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?recipient=both®ion=sf-bay-area&work=onsite 20 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in the SF Bay Area on-site serving external customers and internal teams, from 19 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $193,000 to $325,000. **20** postings · **19** companies · 15 state pay: median **$275,000**, half $193,000–$325,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Wonderschool](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wonderschool) Builds what the customer runs ### [Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d5ad31a68bc2a4df) San Francisco, CA · Gallup, NM On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [ChipAgents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chipagents) Builds what the customer runs ### [Software Engineer, ML for EDA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b4582d6cf8deb16) San Jose, CA On-site New · Yesterday $150,000–$350,000 [Elorian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/elorian) Builds what the customer runs ### [Software Engineer - Applications](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0686c28278c3efd2) Palo Alto, CA On-site New · 5d ago $250,000–$400,000 [UniversalAGI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/universalagi) Builds what the customer runs ### [ML Platform Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f181f4f6b048e95d) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [Altara](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/altara) Builds what the customer runs ### [Software Engineer, Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ca39e8fc4b3f006) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon) Builds what the customer runs ### [Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e7808131a88984b8) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [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 [Harper](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/harper) ### [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 [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 [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 [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 [Ciridae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ciridae) ### [Staff Platform Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/63b9ca33c41caa45) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Paradigm](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/paradigm) ### [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) ### [Founders Initiatives, Technical Ex-Founders](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1fef50e3f27a227b) Redwood City, CA On-site 4mo ago $180,000–$300,000 [Commure](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/commure) ### [Senior Operations Manager, Infrastructure](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/abb91756fc6adb7b) Mountain View, CA On-site 6mo ago $120,000–$160,000 [Mercor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mercor) ### [Software Engineer, Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ccafc6f0ecf62c0a) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 7mo ago $160,000–$500,000 [Generalist AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/generalist-ai) ### [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) ### [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) ### [Senior Full Stack Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f969b0acf6a0944b) San Francisco, CA On-site 13mo ago $150,000–$220,000 9 of 20 build for teams inside the company. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Frecipient%3Dboth%26region%3Dsf-bay-area%26work%3Donsite&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs in sf bay area on-site serving external customers and internal teams go out by email once you have an account and set an alert. [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 serving external customers and internal teams pay? 15 of 20 postings state a pay range. The median is $275,000, and half of them sit between $193,000 and $325,000, from 14 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area on-site serving external customers and internal teams require? Of 20 postings, 10 state a minimum number of years, from 10 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 6 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (3) or 6 to 9 years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area on-site serving external customers and internal teams? These 20 postings come from 19 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) (2), [Altara](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/altara) (1), [ChipAgents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chipagents) (1), [Ciridae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ciridae) (1) and [Commure](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/commure) (1). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area on-site serving external customers and internal teams remote? 0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 20 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 2 of the 20 postings. Counted over the 20 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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