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FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with production coding
741 postings · 398 companies · 582 state pay: median $215,000, half $185,000–$250,000
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$270,000–$300,000 · OTE
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$143,700–$213,800
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | New York or San Francisco (Onsite)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$136,000–$216,000
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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$168,100–$261,500
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
$183,997–$257,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Senior Associate
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +57 moreSan Francisco, CA +58Hybrid
$77,000–$202,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$250,200
Applied Researcher - Forward-Deployed RL
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$150,000–$300,000
$184,000–$356,500
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Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +2 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +3
$143,700–$223,600
Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI
San Francisco, CA · Gallup, NMSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
Pay not posted
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$304,000–$437,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Sr Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$191,000–$289,300
Forward Deployed Solutions Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Denver, CO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3Hybrid
$88,000–$181,000
$120,000–$200,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$264,000–$379,500
$125,000–$200,000
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Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
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$220,000–$270,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$180,000–$480,000
Pay not posted
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Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$110,000–$140,000
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3On-site
$150,000–$220,000
$180,000–$250,000
$168,100–$261,500
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537 of 741 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with production coding pay?
582 of 741 postings state a pay range. The median is $215,000, and half of them sit between $185,000 and $250,000, from 292 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with production coding require?
Of 741 postings, 414 state a minimum number of years, from 237 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 226 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (101), under 3 years (57) or 10 or more years (30).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with production coding?
These 741 postings come from 398 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (24), OpenAI (23), Accenture (19), Google (18) and NVIDIA (17).
Are FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with production coding remote?
62 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 195 are hybrid and 273 are on-site. The remaining 211 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 268 of the 741 postings.
Counted over the 741 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. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings