$184,000–$356,500
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area
25 postings · 20 companies · 22 state pay: median $226,000, half $206,000–$250,000
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$270,000–$300,000 · OTE
$170,000–$210,000
$180,000–$220,000
$184,000–$356,500
$137,160–$228,480
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$175,000–$240,000 · OTE
$158,520–$294,360
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Computer Use Agents
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$195,000–$215,000
Pay not posted
$200,000–$260,000
$170,000–$300,000
$180,000–$225,000
Senior Data Scientist
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$193,000–$250,000
AircallLeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Team Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$200,000–$256,000
Bolo AIPlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Product Manager
Palo Alto, CA · Houston, TXPalo Alto, CA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
PoeticPlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Strategist
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$160,000–$275,000
AircallIntegrates and configures it
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer – Key Accounts (AI Solutions)
San Francisco, CA
$175,000–$230,000
$200,000–$250,000
NVIDIAIntegrates and configures it
Senior Solutions Architect, AI Inference
Santa Clara, CA · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
Pay not posted
ColumnPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist (Travel Heavy)
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$150,000–$275,000
BetterUpPlans what the customer deploys first
Principal Product Manager, Forward Deployment
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3Hybrid
$210,000–$295,000
16 of 25 build what the customer runs.
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What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area pay?
22 of 25 postings state a pay range. The median is $226,000, and half of them sit between $206,000 and $250,000, from 17 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area require?
Of 25 postings, 22 state a minimum number of years, from 19 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 12 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (10).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area?
These 25 postings come from 20 companies. The employers with the most postings are NVIDIA (3), Aircall (2), Snorkel AI (2), Veeam Software (2) and Ascend (1).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area remote?
1 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 10 are hybrid and 8 are on-site. The remaining 6 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 7 of the 25 postings.
Counted over the 25 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 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