$167,400–$310,900
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area
17 postings · 16 companies · 15 state pay: median $230,000, half $198,000–$250,000
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Capgemini Invent - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Consultant
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +4 moreSan Francisco, CA +5
$112,600–$212,700
$180,000–$320,000
$201,300–$352,300
Forward-Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$137,000–$207,000
$175,000–$240,000 · OTE
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
Pay not posted
$200,000–$260,000
$180,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
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
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
10 of 17 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area pay?
15 of 17 postings state a pay range. The median is $230,000, and half of them sit between $198,000 and $250,000, from 14 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area require?
Of 17 postings, 11 state a minimum number of years, from 10 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 7 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (4).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area?
These 17 postings come from 16 companies. The employers with the most postings are Snorkel AI (2), Anthropic (1), Capgemini (1), Cognition AI (1) and CoreWeave (1).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area remote?
3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 7 are hybrid and 4 are on-site. The remaining 3 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 5 of the 17 postings.
Counted over the 17 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