Forward Deployed Engineer - Physical AI
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TXSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
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FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in SF Bay Area
174 postings · 107 companies · 136 state pay: median $207,000, half $183,000–$243,000
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$207,000–$300,000
$182,000–$250,208
$189,000–$330,000
$190,000–$220,000
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +22 moreSan Francisco, CA +23
$207,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-NYC
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$185,000–$300,000
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$153,000–$376,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration
San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +9 moreSan Francisco, CA +10
$88,970–$316,750
$194,400–$228,800
$100,000–$160,000
$190,000–$240,000
Pay not posted
$230,000–$316,250
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
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
$125,000–$175,000
$168,000–$252,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector, Nonprofit & Education
San Francisco, CA · Mclean, VA · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Remote
$88,970–$316,750
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer, Command by Asana
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$248,000–$282,000
Cybersecurity AI Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Consultant
Mountain View, CA · Atlanta, GA · +41 moreMountain View, CA +42
$54,400–$235,100
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Remote
$88,970–$198,170
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer, Command by Asana
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$248,000–$282,000
$120,000–$158,000
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$157,000–$175,000
$140,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$135,000–$200,000
$180,000–$233,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$180,000–$300,000
96 of 174 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in SF Bay Area pay?
136 of 174 postings state a pay range. The median is $207,000, and half of them sit between $183,000 and $243,000, from 81 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in SF Bay Area require?
Of 174 postings, 93 state a minimum number of years, from 66 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 62 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (15), 6 to 9 years (13) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in SF Bay Area?
These 174 postings come from 107 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (10), Amazon (incl AWS) (6), NVIDIA (6), Accenture (5) and Voltai (5).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in SF Bay Area remote?
17 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 64 are hybrid and 42 are on-site. The remaining 51 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 68 of the 174 postings.
Counted over the 174 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