NscaleBuilds for teams inside the company
Foundry Engineering Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
Pay not posted
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area
144 postings · 92 companies · 129 state pay: median $240,000, half $215,000–$270,000
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$200,000–$300,000
CrusoeBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer, Internal Tools & Automation
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$215,000–$260,000
CiridaeBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Platform Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
Pay not posted
Block (Square)Builds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer, Go-to-Market Systems & AI
SF Bay Area
$263,600–$395,400
$154,000–$213,000
ALSOBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Staff Deployment Strategist, Operations
Palo Alto, CAOn-site
$170,000–$225,000
Lyra HealthBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer - Internal Efficiency
South San Francisco, CARemote
Pay not posted
$146,370–$246,000
Interface AIBuilds for teams inside the company
Applied AI Engineer, Business Automation
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$220,000–$260,000
PrologisBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead AI Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Denver, CO · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4On-site
$147,000–$202,000
$145,400–$257,600
Sprinter HealthBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Enablement Engineer (Senior / Staff)
San Francisco, CA · Menlo Park, CASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$260,000
$200,000–$247,000
Distyl AILeads the deployment team
AI Engineer, Enterprise Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
DatabricksBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications
Mountain View, CA
$192,000–$260,000
$250,000–$400,000
$347,000–$445,000
$194,600–$293,900
Scale AIBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$188,800–$362,000
Redwood MaterialsBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Mccarran, NVSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$217,500–$287,500
$225,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
72 of 144 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area pay?
129 of 144 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 144 postings, 109 state a minimum number of years, from 70 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 56 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (27) or 10 or more years (26).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area?
These 144 postings come from 92 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 45 are hybrid and 28 are on-site. The remaining 57 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 54 of the 144 postings.
Counted over the 144 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