$150,000–$250,000
FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in SF Bay Area with hybrid work
127 postings · 71 companies · 104 state pay: median $228,000, half $195,000–$258,000
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$185,000–$300,000
$189,000–$330,000
$194,000–$266,000
$180,000–$320,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-SF
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
$194,400–$228,800
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-NYC
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$185,000–$300,000
$180,000–$300,000
$190,000–$240,000
Pay not posted
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$200,000–$400,000
Senior Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$264,000
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$185,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$125,000–$175,000
$168,000–$252,000
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
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 - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$200,000–$270,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, Command by Asana
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$248,000–$282,000
Pay not posted
$148,000–$255,000
$150,000–$300,000
$135,000–$200,000
Forward-Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$137,000–$207,000
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$280,000
$160,000–$270,000
Pay not posted
$200,000–$275,000
$185,000–$325,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, Gov
San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
$150,000–$250,000
76 of 127 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in SF Bay Area with hybrid work pay?
104 of 127 postings state a pay range. The median is $228,000, and half of them sit between $195,000 and $258,000, from 59 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in SF Bay Area with hybrid work require?
Of 127 postings, 80 state a minimum number of years, from 53 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 54 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (18), under 3 years (6) or 10 or more years (2).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in SF Bay Area with hybrid work?
These 127 postings come from 71 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (16), Anthropic (5), Distyl AI (5), Snorkel AI (5) and Voltai (5).
Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in SF Bay Area with hybrid work remote?
0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 127 are hybrid. Travel is mentioned in 50 of the 127 postings.
Counted over the 127 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