$200,000–$300,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area
511 postings · 331 companies · 374 state pay: median $200,000, half $165,000–$230,000
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Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC)
Forward-Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$200,000–$400,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-NYC
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
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$153,000–$376,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration
San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +9 moreSan Francisco, CA +10
$88,970–$316,750
Pay not posted
$100,000–$160,000
Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$155,000–$193,000
$190,000–$240,000
Pay not posted
$230,000–$316,250
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$215,000–$275,000
$140,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$200,000–$300,000
$150,000–$200,000
$200,000–$400,000
Pay not posted
$125,000–$175,000
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$90,000–$140,000
Pay not posted
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector, Nonprofit & Education
San Francisco, CA · Mclean, VA · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Remote
$88,970–$316,750
$120,000–$160,000
$100,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$120,000–$220,000
$200,000–$300,000
$200,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Remote
$88,970–$198,170
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$100,000–$190,000
Pay not posted
322 of 511 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area pay?
374 of 511 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $230,000, from 237 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area require?
Of 511 postings, 243 state a minimum number of years, from 188 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 151 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (61), 6 to 9 years (25) or 10 or more years (6).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area?
These 511 postings come from 331 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (13), Google (7), Salesforce (7), Sierra (7) and Accenture (6).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area remote?
34 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 139 are hybrid and 227 are on-site. The remaining 111 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 171 of the 511 postings.
Counted over the 511 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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