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# FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with visa sponsorship serving external customers

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31 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in the SF Bay Area with visa sponsorship serving external customers, from 24 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $223,000 to $300,000.

**31** postings · **24** companies · 27 state pay: median **$256,000**, half $223,000–$300,000

Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026

[jeffreym-consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/jeffreym-consulting)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/160095c9c45ee8af)

San Francisco, CA On-site New · Today

$180,000–$250,000

[FlowGen Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flowgen-labs)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9fa7ffc811510f1d)

San Francisco, CA On-site 12d ago

$200,000–$375,000

[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

[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

[ResolveAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/resolveai)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9fbf9861d61dda44)

San Francisco, CA On-site 3w ago

Pay not posted

[Dryft](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dryft)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/731b4e96e4cfa35f)

San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago

Pay not posted

[Docker, Inc](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/docker-inc)

### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b6d3e67e51b2bef4)

San Francisco, CA Remote 4w ago

$198,000–$319,000/mo

[Inferact](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/inferact)

### [Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/70641fd7886753d9)

San Francisco, CA Remote 4w ago

$200,000–$400,000

[Sim](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sim)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f40e24220cfe7740)

San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago

$190,000–$250,000

[Gray Swan](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gray-swan)

### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer – Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2f8298f975b489cb)

San Francisco, CA Remote 2mo ago

$175,000–$220,000

[Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/artificial-intelligence-underwriting-company-aiuc)

### [Forward-Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/575779887c729d4d)

San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

$200,000–$400,000

[Apollo Research](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apollo-research)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Product)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7394fd0a5648bf6e)

San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

$222,000–$290,000

[Halluminate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/halluminate)

### [Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eb88eb3f3b97061e)

San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

$215,000–$275,000

[Periodic Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/periodic-labs)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Physics & Simulation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f51097ef995e7154)

Menlo Park, CA On-site 5mo ago

$250,000–$350,000

[Profound](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/profound)

### [Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc8070eaf3deefc7)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 12mo ago

$140,000–$260,000

[Pulse](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pulse)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/90635a8118ec8c9c)

San Francisco, CA On-site 15mo ago

$140,000–$200,000

[Exa (formerly Metaphor)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exa-formerly-metaphor)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer, SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/754262bce98e3326)

San Francisco, CA On-site 16mo ago

$160,000–$300,000

[Isidor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/isidor)

### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6493c976512eaa0e)

San Francisco, CA On-site 12mo ago

Pay not posted

[Bespoke Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bespoke-labs)

### [MTS, Post-Training (Enterprise)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/96da9294487106dd)

Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CA On-site 5w ago

$300,000–$350,000

[Firecrawl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/firecrawl)

### [Implementation Specialist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6fc09f980b55256d)

San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago

$209,000–$265,000

[Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic)

### [Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b777191a511ed82d)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 6mo ago

$405,000–$485,000

[Transluce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/transluce)

### [AI Behavior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/064476c718d3c08f)

San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago

$310,000–$500,000

[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

[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

[Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic)

### [Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61bf3caa773548de)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 10mo ago

$200,000–$320,000

[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

[Parallel Web Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/parallel-web-systems) Integrates and configures it

### [Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a1b5611babbd94a3)

Palo Alto, CA · San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago

$150,000–$300,000

[Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Technical Deployment Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7443829b46ff3cd0)

San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +2 more Hybrid 11mo ago

$275,000–$380,000

[Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/artificial-intelligence-underwriting-company-aiuc) Plans what the customer deploys first

### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/905f2a10e440ea13)

San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago

$150,000–$275,000

[Firecrawl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/firecrawl) Keeps customers running after launch

### [Success Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe487ab5ae5ba055)

San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago

$209,000–$265,000

[Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) Proves it works before the sale

### [Applied AI Architect, Commercial](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3c3610a4cc4fc4d6)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago

$240,000–$315,000

25 of 31 build what the customer runs.

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## Frequently asked questions

### What do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with visa sponsorship serving external customers pay?

27 of 31 postings state a pay range. The median is $256,000, and half of them sit between $223,000 and $300,000, from 20 companies.

### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with visa sponsorship serving external customers require?

Of 31 postings, 10 state a minimum number of years, from 7 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 7 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (2) or 10 or more years (1).

### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with visa sponsorship serving external customers?

These 31 postings come from 24 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) (5), [Firecrawl](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/firecrawl) (3), [Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/artificial-intelligence-underwriting-company-aiuc) (2), [Apollo Research](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/apollo-research) (1) and [Applied Compute](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-compute) (1).

### Are FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with visa sponsorship serving external customers remote?

3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 5 are hybrid and 22 are on-site. The remaining 1 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 11 of the 31 postings.

Counted over the 31 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. Sponsorship is stated in the posting. Confirm eligibility with the employer. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)

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