$185,000–$300,000
FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area at later-stage private companies
246 postings · 88 companies · 221 state pay: median $228,000, half $203,000–$262,000
Postings read on · Updated
All filters
Counts show jobs matching each option and your other filters. Select several options to match any of them.
LocationSF Bay Area
Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.
Pay
Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.
Arrangement
Type of work
Level
Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.
Background
The experience the posting asks you to arrive with, in the employer’s own words, not our reading of the job. A posting that states no experience requirement is in none of these, and neither is one asking for experience outside the five.
Experience
Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.
Posted
Travel
Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.
Individual contributor or manager
Company stageLater private
Coding work
Project stages
Implementation share
Estimated from the job description, not measured working hours.
Who you build for
Visa sponsorship
Company size
Estimated from public information about the company. Bands are approximate. Companies without a stated size are listed as not stated.
246 jobs match
SF Bay Area
Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.
246 jobs match
Pay
Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.
246 jobs match
Arrangement
246 jobs match
Type of work
246 jobs match
Level
Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.
246 jobs match
Background
The experience the posting asks you to arrive with, in the employer’s own words, not our reading of the job. A posting that states no experience requirement is in none of these, and neither is one asking for experience outside the five.
246 jobs match
Experience
Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.
246 jobs match
Posted
246 jobs match
Travel
Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.
246 jobs match
Later private
246 jobs match
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreBerkeley, CA +2Remote
$182,000–$250,208
$195,000–$225,000
$180,000–$237,000
$240,000–$415,000
$194,736.75–$265,613.9
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cleared - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$185,000–$300,000
$130,600–$147,000
$168,349.5–$230,912.6
Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Senior Associate
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +57 moreSan Francisco, CA +58Hybrid
$77,000–$202,000
$120,000–$200,000
$136,000–$155,000
$191,475–$260,830
Pay not posted
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
$190,000–$238,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cybersecurity - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (Implementation Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Remote
$170,000–$200,000
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
$200,000–$275,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, United States - BCG X
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +10 moreSan Francisco, CA +11On-site
$110,000–$190,000
$137,160–$228,480
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$220,000–$300,000
$150,000–$250,000
$182,000–$250,208
$158,520–$294,360
$206,600–$229,000
$185,000–$300,000
$182,000–$250,208
$130,000–$200,000
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-SF
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$185,000–$300,000
$182,000–$250,208
$180,000–$300,000
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Computer Use Agents
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
$182,000–$250,208
131 of 246 build what the customer runs.
Get new postings like these by email New fde and deployment jobs in sf bay area at later-stage private companies go out by email once you have an account and set an alert.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area at later-stage private companies pay?
221 of 246 postings state a pay range. The median is $228,000, and half of them sit between $203,000 and $262,000, from 76 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area at later-stage private companies require?
Of 246 postings, 151 state a minimum number of years, from 67 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 79 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (44), under 3 years (20) or 10 or more years (8).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area at later-stage private companies?
These 246 postings come from 88 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (29), Sierra (16), Scale AI (13), Databricks (12) and Snorkel AI (8).
Are FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area at later-stage private companies remote?
24 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 101 are hybrid and 61 are on-site. The remaining 60 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 82 of the 246 postings.
Counted over the 246 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. · How we read postings