$180,000–$230,000 · total compensation
Senior FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area
748 postings · 410 companies · 572 state pay: median $210,000, half $178,000–$240,000
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Principal AI Software Engineer, TechEx (US)
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +7 moreSan Francisco, CA +8
$152,200–$205,900
$200,000–$320,000
$180,000–$225,000
Backend Software Engineer, Gov
San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$207,000–$385,000
Pay not posted
$180,000–$210,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$190,000–$325,000
Pay not posted
Software Engineer, Implementations
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$90,000–$110,000
$170,000–$240,000
$180,000–$325,000
$180,000–$390,000
$175,000–$225,000
$100,000–$300,000
$120,000–$190,000
Pay not posted
GoogleLeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager II, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
Sunnyvale, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSunnyvale, CA +2
$262,000–$364,000
NVIDIABuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Santa Clara, CA
$200,000–$322,000
HadrianLeads the deployment team
Director of Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
SF Bay AreaOn-site
$300,000–$415,000
AtomsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CAMountain View, CA +1On-site
$176,000–$242,000
GoogleIntegrates and configures it
AI Outcome Customer Engineer III, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +6 moreSan Francisco, CA +7
$183,000–$265,000
$116,000–$230,000
OpenAIPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - Platform
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$207,000–$294,000
AtomsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CAMountain View, CA +1On-site
$176,000–$242,000
GoogleIntegrates and configures it
AI Outcome Customer Engineer II, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +6 moreSan Francisco, CA +7
$152,000–$221,000
$116,000–$230,000
SnowflakeLeads the deployment team
Software Engineering Manager, AI Migrations (Forward Deployed)
Menlo Park, CA
$236,000–$339,200
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, ILSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$187,100–$300,000
AdobeBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Marketing Intelligence & Consumer Insights
San Jose, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 moreSan Jose, CA +2
$109,000–$200,700
GRIDSIGHTBuilds for teams inside the company
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
Pay not posted
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
CyvlIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$120,000–$195,000
Bunkerhill HealthIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Product Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$185,000–$245,000
Pay not posted
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, Business Operations
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
460 of 748 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area pay?
572 of 748 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $178,000 and $240,000, from 301 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area require?
Of 748 postings, 406 state a minimum number of years, from 252 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 260 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (76), under 3 years (59) or 10 or more years (11).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area?
These 748 postings come from 410 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (26), NVIDIA (21), Accenture (16), Google (16) and Sierra (15).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area remote?
61 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 210 are hybrid and 291 are on-site. The remaining 186 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 281 of the 748 postings.
Counted over the 748 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. Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. · How we read postings