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Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area
146 postings · 94 companies · 129 state pay: median $240,000, half $215,000–$270,000
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$250,000–$315,000
$180,000–$250,000
$210,000–$300,000
SalesforceLeads the deployment team
Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$196,700–$329,210
Amazon (incl AWS)Leads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Irvine, CA · +4 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +5
$184,900–$287,700
American ExpressLeads the deployment team
Vice President, Forward Deployed Engineering
Sunnyvale, CA · New York, NY · +3 moreSunnyvale, CA +4
Pay not posted
$300,000–$415,000
$320,000–$488,750
ProfoundLeads the deployment team
Manager, Forward Deployed Marketing Engineers
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$183,000–$190,500
Veeam SoftwareLeads the deployment team
Technical Lead Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Jose, CA
$169,920–$315,600
AccentureLeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Mountain View, CA · Arlington, VA · +39 moreMountain View, CA +40
$80,400–$316,300
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)Leads the deployment team
Engagement Director - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1
$170,000–$220,000
AfreshLeads the deployment team
Founding Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$203,745–$275,655
Amazon (incl AWS)Leads the deployment team
Director, Product Management — Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +1 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +2
$237,500–$350,000
AccentureIntegrates and configures it
AI Architect - FDE Associate Director
Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +40 moreMountain View, CA +41
$62,800–$218,800
$300,000–$350,000
$150,000–$195,000
OracleIntegrates and configures it
Lead Principal Application Software Engineer- Forward Deployed Engineer
Pleasanton, CA
$104,600–$264,100
Mesh PaymentsLeads the deployment team
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$600,000–$900,000
ArxlightIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Lead (Air and Missile Defense)
Oakland, CAOn-site
$146,000–$200,000
AircallLeads the deployment team
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$200,000–$299,000
DatadogLeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager - Datadog for Startups
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
Cursor (Anysphere)Leads the deployment team
Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$190,000–$250,000
Snorkel AILeads the deployment team
Director, Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a Service
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$228,000–$403,200
AircallLeads the deployment team
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering & AI GTM Lead
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
HackerRankLeads the deployment team
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
Santa Clara, CA · Mountain View, CASanta Clara, CA +1Hybrid
$300,000–$350,000 · base + variable
Snorkel AILeads the deployment team
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
Snorkel AILeads the deployment team
VP, Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$268,800–$403,000
$208,000–$260,000
AnthropicPlans what the customer deploys first
Technical Deployment Lead
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3Hybrid
$275,000–$380,000
BetterUpPlans what the customer deploys first
Staff Product Manager, Forward Deployment
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$180,000–$250,000
BetterUpPlans what the customer deploys first
Principal Product Manager, Forward Deployment
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3Hybrid
$210,000–$295,000
DiDi GlobalBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff/Principal AI Transformation Engineer
San Jose, CA
$255,000–$351,000
ZscalerBuilds for teams inside the company
Sr. Staff Applied AI Engineer, GTM
Santa Clara, CA · US remoteRemote
$180,000–$225,000
$210,000–$305,000
Bristol Myers SquibbBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Manager, Research Intelligence Engineer
Princeton, NJ · Tampa, FL · +3 morePrinceton, NJ +4
$134,980–$179,920
Western DigitalBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Full Stack Developer & Solutions Architect – AI, Data & Cloud
San Jose, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
ZooxBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead AI Engineer – Enterprise, Data & AI
Foster City, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
73 of 146 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area pay?
129 of 146 postings state a pay range. The median is $240,000, and half of them sit between $215,000 and $270,000, from 80 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area require?
Of 146 postings, 111 state a minimum number of years, from 72 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 56 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (28) or 10 or more years (27).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area?
These 146 postings come from 94 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (11), ServiceNow (6), Snorkel AI (5), Google (4) and Scale AI (4).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area remote?
14 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 46 are hybrid and 28 are on-site. The remaining 58 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 54 of the 146 postings.
Counted over the 146 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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