Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Mountain View, CA · Arlington, VA · +35 moreMountain View, CA +36
$80,400–$316,300
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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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Washington, DCSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$167,000–$203,000
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +9 moreSan Francisco, CA +10
$207,000–$300,000
$175,000–$220,000
Forward Deployed AI Engineer Sr Manager
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +38 moreMountain View, CA +39
$112,900–$366,300
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$197,000–$246,000
$200,000–$300,000
Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC)
Forward-Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$200,000–$400,000
Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +39 moreMountain View, CA +40
$54,400–$235,100
$222,000–$290,000
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-SF
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$185,000–$300,000
Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +39 moreMountain View, CA +40
$80,400–$316,300
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +6 moreMountain View, CA +7
$168,100–$261,500
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-NYC
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$185,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration
San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +9 moreSan Francisco, CA +10
$88,970–$316,750
$180,000–$300,000
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$190,000–$240,000
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$230,000–$316,250
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
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$200,000–$400,000
$215,000–$275,000
$140,000–$300,000
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$185,000–$230,000
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$125,000–$175,000
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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