> 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 prove the product works before the sale in SF Bay Area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area&role=presales 13 forward deployed engineer jobs that prove the product works before the sale in the SF Bay Area, from 11 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $177,000 to $224,000. **13** postings · **11** companies · median **$198,000**, half $177,000–$224,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [IFS](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ifs) ### [Pre-Sales Forward Deployed Engineer - IFS Loops](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/299d0f4d19ba24b2) Palo Alto, CA 9d ago $190,000–$230,000 · OTE [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Forward Deployed Creative, Google Flow](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/270d5c4ee351e43b) Mountain View, CA · New York, NY 4w ago $183,000–$265,000 [HackerRank](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hackerrank) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4dae1501bc8f76a6) Santa Clara, CA · Mountain View, CA Hybrid 6w ago $160,000–$185,000 [Greptile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/greptile) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9ea315669e7fc622) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $140,000–$220,000 [Deep Infra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deep-infra) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1aec0681eb976cc3) Palo Alto, CA 2mo ago $150,000–$195,000 [Hightouch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hightouch) ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/582d222c53e6731f) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Remote 5mo ago $175,000–$230,000 [Arcade.dev](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arcade-dev) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/32d820f2cb811407) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 5mo ago From $180,000 [StackAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stackai) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5225873c20a5c99f) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6mo ago $153,000–$200,000 [Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1af269a9dbe0e40) San Francisco, CA On-site 8mo ago $165,000–$230,000 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Applied AI, Research Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ad03554ab362a16c) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $300,000–$400,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Engineer (Bay Area)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a596ddfc7a1ad70) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $185,000–$315,000 · OTE [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Applied AI Architect, Commercial](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3c3610a4cc4fc4d6) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 6mo ago $240,000–$315,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Engineer (Early Career- SF)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf677e9e9ca98360) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $160,000–$185,000 · OTE All 13 prove the product works before the sale. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fregion%3Dsf-bay-area%26role%3Dpresales&placement=alert) New fde jobs that prove the product works before the sale in sf bay area 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 jobs that prove the product works before the sale in SF Bay Area pay? 13 of 13 postings state a pay range. The median is $198,000, and half of them sit between $177,000 and $224,000, from 11 companies. ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that prove the product works before the sale in SF Bay Area? These 13 postings come from 11 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) (2), [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) (2), [Arcade.dev](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/arcade-dev) (1), [Deep Infra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deep-infra) (1) and [Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) (1). ### Are FDE jobs that prove the product works before the sale in SF Bay Area remote? 1 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 5 are hybrid and 4 are on-site. The remaining 3 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 6 of the 13 postings. Counted over the 13 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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