Forward Deployed Engineer III, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$174,000–$252,000
Senior FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area
453 postings · 288 companies · 339 state pay: median $214,000, half $180,000–$243,000
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$150,000–$200,000
$180,000–$220,000
$195,000–$225,000
$207,000–$300,000
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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Pay not posted
Senior Applied AI Engineer (Forward Deployed) [NYC or SF]
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$260,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, Generative AI, Geo
Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +2 moreMountain View, CA +3
$152,000–$221,000
$180,000–$237,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreSan Francisco, CA +5
$168,100–$261,500
$180,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$240,000–$415,000
$208,600–$312,900
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Labs
Mountain View, CA · New York, NYMountain View, CA +1
$174,000–$252,000
$130,000–$210,000
$168,349.5–$230,912.6
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cleared - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$184,000–$356,500
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$143,700–$223,600
$191,475–$260,830
$180,000–$250,000
$185,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$200,000–$375,000
$130,600–$147,000
$120,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$136,000–$155,000
$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
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | New York or San Francisco (Onsite)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$136,000–$216,000
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$168,100–$261,500
Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Senior Associate
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +57 moreSan Francisco, CA +58Hybrid
$77,000–$202,000
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
All 453 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area pay?
339 of 453 postings state a pay range. The median is $214,000, and half of them sit between $180,000 and $243,000, from 204 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area require?
Of 453 postings, 225 state a minimum number of years, from 151 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 144 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (39), 6 to 9 years (37) or 10 or more years (5).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area?
These 453 postings come from 288 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (16), Accenture (14), Amazon (incl AWS) (12), Sierra (11) and Google (10).
Are senior FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area remote?
38 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 121 are hybrid and 185 are on-site. The remaining 109 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 188 of the 453 postings.
Counted over the 453 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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