Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$250,200
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with significant travel
32 postings · 17 companies · 31 state pay: median $225,000, half $215,000–$252,000
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$191,000–$289,300
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$220,000–$270,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Sr Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$198,000–$319,000/mo
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
$97,860–$316,750
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +40 moreMountain View, CA +41
$112,900–$302,400
$185,000–$300,000
$220,000–$239,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$168,100–$261,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Bellevue, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
Pay not posted
Staff Applied AI Engineer - Enterprise AI Solutions
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$230,000–$360,000
$190,900–$334,100
$230,000–$294,000
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
$320,000–$488,750
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
AccentureIntegrates and configures it
AI Architect - FDE Associate Director
Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +40 moreMountain View, CA +41
$62,800–$218,800
$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
Distyl AILeads the deployment team
AI Engineer, Enterprise Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
21 of 32 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with significant travel pay?
31 of 32 postings state a pay range. The median is $225,000, and half of them sit between $215,000 and $252,000, from 16 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with significant travel require?
Of 32 postings, 25 state a minimum number of years, from 13 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 12 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (7) or 6 to 9 years (6).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with significant travel?
These 32 postings come from 17 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (10), Accenture (3), Anthropic (2), Avathon (formerly SparkCognition) (2) and OpenAI (2).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with significant travel remote?
4 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 9 are hybrid and 4 are on-site. The remaining 15 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 32 of the 32 postings.
Counted over the 32 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. Travel is the share the posting states. Postings that never mention travel are left out. · How we read postings