$120,000–$210,000
Senior FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area
746 postings · 410 companies · 574 state pay: median $210,000, half $178,000–$240,000
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$150,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Washington, DCSan Francisco, CA +1
Pay not posted
$200,000–$400,000
$180,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
Senior Product Manager, Forward Deployed Platform
San Francisco, CA · Denver, CO · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$190,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cybersecurity - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer (Implementation Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Remote
$170,000–$200,000
$175,000–$265,000
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Manager | Sales ReInvention
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +41 moreMountain View, CA +42On-site
$80,400–$316,300
$190,000–$250,000
$200,000–$275,000
$180,000–$300,000
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Senior Manager | Sales ReInvention
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +41 moreMountain View, CA +42
$112,900–$366,300
$175,000–$250,000
$221,000–$275,000
Sr./Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Dallas, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Remote
$270,400–$401,600
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, United States - BCG X
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +10 moreSan Francisco, CA +11On-site
$110,000–$190,000
$175,000–$250,000
$137,160–$228,480
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$220,000–$300,000
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$150,000–$250,000
$182,000–$250,208
$100,000–$300,000
$206,600–$229,000
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$182,000–$250,208
$130,000–$200,000
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$120,000–$140,000
$182,000–$250,208
$115,000–$130,000
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$182,000–$250,208
Capgemini Invent - Senior Consultant, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreSan Francisco, CA +5
$112,600–$212,700
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Generative AI, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9
$174,000–$252,000
458 of 746 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area pay?
574 of 746 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 746 postings, 405 state a minimum number of years, from 252 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 258 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (77), 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 746 postings come from 410 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (26), NVIDIA (22), Google (16), Accenture (15) and Sierra (15).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area remote?
61 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 207 are hybrid and 290 are on-site. The remaining 188 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 282 of the 746 postings.
Counted over the 746 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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