$167,400–$310,900
Senior FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area
35 postings · 28 companies · 27 state pay: median $225,000, half $185,000–$264,000
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Forward Deployed Engineer - Physical AI
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TXSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
Pay not posted
Capgemini Invent - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Consultant
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +4 moreSan Francisco, CA +5
$112,600–$212,700
Pay not posted
$201,300–$352,300
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$200,000–$400,000
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer, Command by Asana
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$248,000–$282,000
Forward-Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$137,000–$207,000
$175,000–$240,000 · OTE
$175,000–$250,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, Command by Asana
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$248,000–$282,000
Pay not posted
$200,000–$260,000
Pay not posted
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise Tech
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
$180,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Snorkel AIIntegrates and configures it
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Data as a Service
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$133,100–$176,400
PoeticPlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Strategist
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$160,000–$225,000
$200,000–$250,000
NVIDIAIntegrates and configures it
Senior Solutions Architect, AI Inference
Santa Clara, CA · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
Tessera LabsPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployed Strategist
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$210,000
TitanIntegrates and configures it
Agent Product Manger
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$185,000–$250,000
$105,000–$170,000
$150,000–$225,000
$165,000–$200,000
$175,000–$350,000
Distyl AIProves it works before the sale
Enterprise AI Architect
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$275,000
AnthropicProves it works before the sale
Applied AI, Research Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$300,000–$400,000
$143,000–$210,000
18 of 35 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area pay?
27 of 35 postings state a pay range. The median is $225,000, and half of them sit between $185,000 and $264,000, from 21 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area require?
Of 35 postings, 17 state a minimum number of years, from 15 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 10 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (7).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area?
These 35 postings come from 28 companies. The employers with the most postings are Titan (4), Anthropic (3), Asana (2), Fireworks AI (2) and Alchemy (1).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area remote?
5 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 16 are hybrid and 9 are on-site. The remaining 5 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 12 of the 35 postings.
Counted over the 35 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. Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. 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