> 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 with hybrid work Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area&role=strategist&work=hybrid 42 forward deployed engineer jobs that plan what the customer deploys first in the SF Bay Area with hybrid work, from 34 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $179,000 to $226,000. **42** postings · **34** companies · 32 state pay: median **$200,000**, half $179,000–$226,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - Platform](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d9231e5d0ab9372b) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2w ago $207,000–$294,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Deployment Lead, FDE - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b6529416243e8a5) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4w ago $230,000–$294,000 [Method Financial](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/method-financial) ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c7fbc8558816e0da) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +2 more Hybrid New · 3d ago $180,000–$220,000 [Infinitus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/infinitus) ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/de590d542183a071) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2w ago Pay not posted [Provectus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/provectus) ### [Senior Product Owner | Forward Deployed AI Delivery (SF and NYC)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b16f757cfe829232) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2w ago $140,000–$180,000 [Onos Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/onos-health) ### [Forward-Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1cbb5ba03c1837ba) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4w ago $180,000–$220,000 [Sight Machine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sight-machine) ### [Industrial AI Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9dbf01327952c23d) San Francisco, CA · Ann Arbor, MI Hybrid 4w ago $150,000–$200,000 [Appen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/appen) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7627c9c421407563) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4w ago Pay not posted [Bolo AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bolo-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cc92741333c33cfa) Palo Alto, CA · Houston, TX Hybrid 5w ago Pay not posted [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) ### [Forward Deployed Design Lead — Product Lifecycle Management ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/87eb7c87577eea63) Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TX Hybrid 6w ago $170,000–$200,000 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) ### [Senior Solutions Manager, Tax & Audit AI FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6acafc2ec22e682f) San Francisco, CA · Frisco, TX · +7 more Hybrid 7w ago $100,100–$214,100 [Sela AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sela-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6e1459222f479138) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7w ago $150,000–$250,000 [Ode with Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ode-with-anthropic) ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager (SF/NY)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c483283b6dde3af8) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $200,000–$275,000 [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) ### [Forward Deployed Design Lead — Asset Performance Management ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a5700c0c4f1a33c5) Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TX Hybrid 6w ago $130,000–$155,000 [Notion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/notion) ### [Forward Deployed Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4b85ebe94bc00f48) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago $165,000–$205,000 · OTE [Hubs.is](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hubs-is) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Strategist (French fluent)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7047c5fbf8abdcf7) SF Bay Area Hybrid 3mo ago $105,000–$135,000 [Abridge](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/abridge) ### [Member of Product Staff, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c46356cffd2a0d07) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $260,000–$290,000 [Gigs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gigs) ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6928bd6130b2729f) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $200,000–$250,000 [Hubs.is](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hubs-is) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Strategist (Spanish or Portuguese fluent)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d30d60c07e0fe81a) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $105,000–$135,000 [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) ### [Deployment Strategist - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/505c60db81fbe5f6) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 4w ago Pay not posted [Serval](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/serval) ### [Deployment Strategist, Flagship Account](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fdf9cb94545435b8) Santa Clara, CA · San Francisco, CA Hybrid 7w ago $150,000–$280,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Deployment Lead, Semiconductors- SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/482c316966a717c1) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $200,000–$295,000 [Valon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/valon) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7cc05397d71d2c90) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 5mo ago $140,000–$240,000 [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) ### [Deployment Strategist - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/164df6750dfc857c) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 4w ago Pay not posted [Luminai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/luminai) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c30ff33c06ec581) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 9mo ago $150,000–$220,000 [Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai) ### [AI Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/059ec0ea6f862c41) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 9mo ago $180,000–$275,000 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Technical Deployment Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7443829b46ff3cd0) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +2 more Hybrid 11mo ago $275,000–$380,000 [Didero](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/didero) ### [Senior AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/658021d394958d3b) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 10d ago Pay not posted [Lightfield](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lightfield) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/99e691095b205253) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2w ago $170,000–$250,000 [BetterUp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/betterup) ### [Staff Product Manager, Forward Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5fba1ee621bbcb82) San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 more Hybrid 2w ago $180,000–$250,000 [Persona](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/persona) ### [Product Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4826db2a1ad629f7) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2w ago $90,000–$100,000 [Didero](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/didero) ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe2a33ef6e989df6) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 10d ago Pay not posted [Promise](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/promise) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7f32fde709eff4d0) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 6w ago $150,000–$210,000 [BetterUp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/betterup) ### [Principal Product Manager, Forward Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8783764172616cf6) San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +2 more Hybrid 2mo ago $210,000–$295,000 [Forerunner](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/forerunner) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6291fd67760193d9) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 2mo ago $120,000–$165,000 [Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai) ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80114d7fe0ad330e) San Mateo, CA Hybrid 2mo ago $165,000–$220,000 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Deployment Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/105d5ad33f153b39) Menlo Park, CA · Austin, TX · +1 more Hybrid 2mo ago $180,000–$235,000 [Liberate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/liberate) ### [Founding Deployment Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b2e16f199cb02c1) San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA Hybrid 3mo ago $185,000–$260,000 [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 All 42 plan what the customer deploys first. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fregion%3Dsf-bay-area%26role%3Dstrategist%26work%3Dhybrid&placement=alert) New fde jobs that plan what the customer deploys first in sf bay area with hybrid work 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 plan what the customer deploys first in SF Bay Area with hybrid work pay? 32 of 42 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $179,000 and $226,000, from 27 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first in SF Bay Area with hybrid work require? Of 42 postings, 30 state a minimum number of years, from 26 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 20 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (8) or under 3 years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first in SF Bay Area with hybrid work? These 42 postings come from 34 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), [Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avathon-formerly-sparkcognition) (2), [BetterUp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/betterup) (2) and [Didero](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/didero) (2). ### Are FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first in SF Bay Area with hybrid work remote? 0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 42 are hybrid. Travel is mentioned in 24 of the 42 postings. Counted over the 42 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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