> 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. # Forward Deployed Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5e4b3736d20917a6 Bobyard posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in San Francisco, CA, at $130,000–$165,000 base, below the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. A customer-embedded full-stack engineer who solves high-priority problems for general contractors, shipping prototypes and production solutions directly in customer environments. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Bobyard](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bobyard) Posted May 31, 2026 by Bobyard · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$130,000–$165,000** San Francisco, CA On-site Full-time A customer-embedded full-stack engineer who solves high-priority problems for general contractors, shipping prototypes and production solutions directly in customer environments. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F5e4b3736d20917a6&placement=top) - [View posting at Bobyard](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/bobyard/39196a79-10f7-4c8e-9b40-d77134734e87/application) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay $130K–$165K Below the median Midpoint $148K · median $190K This job $130K to $165K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Builds what the customer runs Balance **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept 3. Implementation 4. Operations - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Individual contributor ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in San Francisco, CA. Could you work there? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: San Francisco, CA - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Pay**: ## More like this [Simple AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/simple-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/048b7691c8a2aa85) San Francisco, CA On-site 2w ago $120,000–$200,000 [Blue Matter](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/blue-matter) ### [AI Engineer / Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3b3fb597face2eac) South San Francisco, CA 2w ago $120,000–$170,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [Operations Engineer (Starshield Products)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/37db35ee2b38bbf5) Palo Alto, CA 2w ago $110,000–$175,000 ## The job description from Bobyard Posted by Bobyard on May 31, 2026 ### Position Overview Forward Deployed Engineers at Bobyard work directly with our most strategic customers — general contractors — to solve critical problems end-to-end. You’ll embed with customer teams, understand their workflows, and ship solutions directly in their environment. From prototype to production in days. The patterns you establish become core product features. This role combines software engineering, product thinking, and customer partnership. High autonomy, high impact. ### What You’ll Do - **Embed & ship**: Work directly in customer instances. Identify high-leverage problems. Build full-stack: React, Django, PostgreSQL. Ship in weeks, not quarters. - **Own outcomes**: Define ambiguous problems and deliver scalable solutions. Design systems that handle 10x usage. - **Bridge product ↔ customer**: Your field work informs roadmap. Convert one-off solutions into platform capabilities. - **Full lifecycle**: Discovery, system design, data modeling, infra, frontend, deployment, monitoring. You build it, run it, and scale it. - **Ensure reliability**: AWS / GCP. Deploy, monitor, debug. Ensure reliability. - **Validate and scale**: Prototype with real users. Measure impact. Invest in what works. ### You Are - **High-ownership**: Comfortable with ambiguity. Create clarity and deliver. - **Product-minded**: Understand why we build. Strong product judgment. Partner effectively with design. - **Technically strong**: System design, performance, architecture. Experience scaling systems or learn quickly. - **Full-stack**: Frontend through infra. No handoffs. Accountable for outcomes. - **Fast learner**: Adopt new tools and ship. - **Startup-focused**: Prefer impact and speed over process. Comfortable with customer-facing work. - **Reliable under pressure**: Manage parallel priorities. Sequence work and deliver. ### A note on pace We ship weekly, and priorities move as we learn from customers. Requirements are often incomplete when work starts, and you'll be expected to shape them. If that pace excites you, you'll fit in well. ### Benefits - Competitive salary plus equity options - Health, dental, and vision coverage - Catered lunch in the office - $70 a month toward your commute - Team happy hours and events - Build a category-defining company with a small, driven team Come build with us! [View posting at Bobyard](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/bobyard/39196a79-10f7-4c8e-9b40-d77134734e87/application) ## About Bobyard AI-powered takeoff and estimating software for contractors, turning construction plan sets into faster, more accurate bids with trade-specific computer vision. Series A · 50–100 people ## Similar jobs [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/603238d92737226e) Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more 2mo ago $54,400–$235,100 [Sift](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sift) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ad72b237f4fa55ef) San Francisco, CA · Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $125,000–$175,000 [Tread](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tread) ### [AI-Native Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b6274401bfc0df20) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $120,000–$160,000 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/202e5a48c009cc01) New York, NY · Charlotte, NC · +7 more Hybrid 2w ago $130,600–$147,000 [AiPrise](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aiprise) ### [Bilingual Forward Deployed Engineer (English/Spanish)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7ea1eef0aa28380f) San Jose, CA On-site 1mo ago $115,000–$130,000 - [Compare senior FDE salary ranges](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/senior) - [Similar jobs in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area) - [Similar jobs that build what the customer runs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=builds-for-customers) Hiring at Bobyard and want this page changed or removed? 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