$167,400–$310,900
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience in SF Bay Area
66 postings · 46 companies · 53 state pay: median $230,000, half $182,000–$243,000
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Technical lead
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$236,000–$289,000
$185,000–$300,000
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
$180,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-SF
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$185,000–$300,000
$159,200–$301,600
Forward-Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$137,000–$207,000
$180,000–$300,000
$185,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$175,000–$240,000 · OTE
$140,000–$200,000
$180,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$190,900–$334,100
$184,000–$287,500
$160,000–$230,000
Google Agentic AI Delivery Specialist
Mountain View, CA · Albany, NY · +39 moreMountain View, CA +40
$54,400–$196,000
$143,200–$243,400
$184,000–$287,500
Pay not posted
$266,000–$362,000
$108,000–$170,000
NCX Senior Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remoteSanta Clara, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
$200,000–$260,000
Pay not posted
$120,000–$200,000
$184,000–$287,500
Sr. Professional Services Engineer Consultant
San Francisco, CA · Raleigh, NCSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$132,200–$175,000
$180,000–$225,000
$184,000–$287,500
$224,000–$431,250
$152,000–$241,500
GoogleIntegrates and configures it
AI Outcome Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Sunnyvale, CA · New York, NY · +4 moreSunnyvale, CA +5
$152,000–$221,000
Pure StorageIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineering, Portworx
Santa Clara, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSanta Clara, CA +2On-site
$208,000–$305,000
Pay not posted
$209,000–$265,000
SalesforcePlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Consultant / Senior Consultant
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$117,200–$246,000
35 of 66 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience in SF Bay Area pay?
53 of 66 postings state a pay range. The median is $230,000, and half of them sit between $182,000 and $243,000, from 35 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience in SF Bay Area require?
Of 66 postings, 36 state a minimum number of years, from 28 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 21 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (12), under 3 years (2) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience in SF Bay Area?
These 66 postings come from 46 companies. The employers with the most postings are NVIDIA (11), OpenAI (5), Retell AI (3), Apple (2) and Cursor (Anysphere) (2).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads asking for solutions and customer engineering experience in SF Bay Area remote?
16 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 19 are hybrid and 17 are on-site. The remaining 14 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 19 of the 66 postings.
Counted over the 66 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