$184,000–$356,500
FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area
56 postings · 42 companies · 44 state pay: median $229,000, half $202,000–$260,000
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$270,000–$300,000 · OTE
Forward Deployed Engineer (U.S. Government / IL5)
San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CASan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$130,000–$170,000
Capgemini Invent, Consultant, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +4 moreSan Francisco, CA +5
$110,000–$137,500
$184,000–$356,500
$170,000–$210,000
$180,000–$220,000
$137,160–$228,480
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
Pay not posted
$215,000–$275,000
$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
$150,000–$200,000
$200,000–$400,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$150,000–$200,000
$175,000–$240,000 · OTE
$195,000–$215,000
$145,000–$160,000
$350,000–$450,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$200,000–$260,000
$170,000–$300,000
$200,000–$320,000
$180,000–$225,000
Senior Data Scientist
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$193,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
Flow EngineeringLeads the deployment team
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$240,000–$300,000
AircallLeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Team Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$200,000–$256,000
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
Veeam SoftwareLeads the deployment team
Technical Lead Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Jose, CA
$169,920–$315,600
Bolo AIPlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Product Manager
Palo Alto, CA · Houston, TXPalo Alto, CA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
AircallIntegrates and configures it
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer – Key Accounts (AI Solutions)
San Francisco, CA
$175,000–$230,000
Mesh PaymentsLeads the deployment team
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$600,000–$900,000
DatadogLeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager - Datadog for Startups
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
30 of 56 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area pay?
44 of 56 postings state a pay range. The median is $229,000, and half of them sit between $202,000 and $260,000, from 31 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area require?
Of 56 postings, 49 state a minimum number of years, from 38 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 26 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (19), under 3 years (3) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area?
These 56 postings come from 42 companies. The employers with the most postings are Aircall (4), Snorkel AI (4), NVIDIA (3), Veeam Software (3) and Anthropic (2).
Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area remote?
3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 26 are hybrid and 16 are on-site. The remaining 11 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 17 of the 56 postings.
Counted over the 56 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