$190,000–$220,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience in SF Bay Area
27 postings · 18 companies · 22 state pay: median $165,000, half $156,000–$213,000
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AnthropicBuilds what the customer runs
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$230,000–$300,000
MetaBuilds what the customer runs
Solutions Architect, Business Agents
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$130,000–$185,000
WriterBuilds what the customer runs
AI deployment engineer (West)
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4Hybrid
$131,800–$185,000
WriterBuilds what the customer runs
AI deployment engineer (UK)
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4Hybrid
Pay not posted
WriterBuilds what the customer runs
AI deployment engineer (East)
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4Hybrid
$146,400–$185,000
WriterBuilds what the customer runs
AI deployment engineer (Central)
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4Hybrid
$131,800–$166,000
SitrepsPlans what the customer deploys first
Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Washington, DCSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$147,000–$185,000
LiberateIntegrates and configures it
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$140,000–$180,000
$230,000–$300,000
$150,000–$180,000
LiberateIntegrates and configures it
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$120,000–$180,000
$120,000–$150,000
$105,000–$170,000
Pay not posted
Tessera LabsPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployed Strategist
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$210,000
LiberateIntegrates and configures it
Senior AI Agent Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$120,000–$210,000
$140,000–$220,000
$150,000–$280,000
$211,000–$278,000
LiberateIntegrates and configures it
AI Agent Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$120,000–$190,000
Hippocratic AIPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist (Life Sciences)
Palo Alto, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
ContextPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$180,000–$350,000
LiberatePlans what the customer deploys first
Founding Deployment Strategist
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$185,000–$260,000
CommureBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Operations Manager, Infrastructure
Mountain View, CAOn-site
$120,000–$160,000
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience in SF Bay Area pay?
22 of 27 postings state a pay range. The median is $165,000, and half of them sit between $156,000 and $213,000, from 14 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience in SF Bay Area require?
Of 27 postings, 10 state a minimum number of years, from 8 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 8 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (2).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience in SF Bay Area?
These 27 postings come from 18 companies. The employers with the most postings are Liberate (5), Writer (4), Doss (2), Serval (2) and Adyen (1).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for consulting experience in SF Bay Area remote?
1 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 15 are hybrid and 8 are on-site. The remaining 3 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 10 of the 27 postings.
Counted over the 27 postings in this search. Postings read on September 21, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. Postings that state no experience requirement, or ask for experience outside the five we list, are left out. · How we read postings