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Individual contributor FDE jobs in SF Bay Area

Compare current US jobs, responsibilities, locations and advertised pay. Includes forward deployed engineering and related deployment roles. Locations cover the metro area, not only the city.

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Eloquent AIProduction engineering

AI Engineer, Agent

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Build, deploy, and optimize enterprise-grade AI agents for high-stakes financial workflows at a seed-stage startup.

Pay range unavailable

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Brain Co.Production engineering

Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Build and own applied ML systems end-to-end, taking ambiguous institutional problems from data and evaluation design through reliable production deployment.

Pay range unavailable

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UncountableProduction engineering

Software Engineer, Implementations

New York, NY · San Francisco, CARemote

Build production-grade integrations between Uncountable's platform and the instruments, systems, and data workflows used by enterprise R&D labs.

$90,000–$110,000

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SierraProduction engineering

Software Engineer, Agent

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Build and operate production-grade AI agents for enterprise customers across finance, healthcare, commerce, telecommunications, and media.

$180,000–$390,000

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IntercomDeployment strategy

Senior Forward Deployed Product Manager

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Senior Forward Deployed Product Manager owning outcomes for strategic enterprise customers deploying Fin, from evaluation and solution design through configuration, launch, and expansion.

$199,800–$222,000

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Goodfire AIImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Research Scientist

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Forward-deployed research scientist applying mechanistic interpretability techniques directly with customers to investigate advanced models and solve novel, high-stakes problems.

$220,000–$315,000

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AntithesisImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineer

Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Engineer at Antithesis, embedding with customers to get their systems running on the deterministic-simulation testing platform, then feeding insights back into product development.

SG$150,000–SG$225,000

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AltaraDeployment strategy

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Altara is a seed-stage AI startup building a scientific intelligence platform for physical-world industries (semiconductors, batteries, advanced materials, aerospace).

Pay range unavailable

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SitrepsDeployment strategy

Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector

Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAOn-site

Senior Forward Deployed Strategist for a venture-backed AI security company, helping public sector customers operationalize AI evaluation, guardrail, and agent governance platforms in mission-critical environments.

$147,000–$185,000

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Fenwick & WestInternal deployment & tooling

Forward Deployed Operations Intern

New York, NY · Boston, MA · +4 moreHybrid

Build and ship AI-native and agentic workflows for business development, intelligence, and legal operations at a technology law firm.

$43,680–$52,000

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EvolverImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineer

Palo Alto, CA

Forward-deployed engineer at an AI startup, working hands-on with enterprise customers to deploy, integrate, and operationalize a generative AI platform in complex environments.

Pay range unavailable

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SalesforceImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Data 360

New York, NY · Chicago, IL · +9 more

Hands-on Forward Deployed Engineer for Salesforce Data 360, building and deploying real-time data solutions directly in enterprise customer environments.

$88,970–$316,750

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UnityInternal deployment & tooling

Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Mountain View, CA · +3 more

Unity is hiring a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with internal departments (Finance, Legal, Marketing, People, Operations) and transform their workflows using AI agents and automation.

$179,500–$341,900

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GreptileTechnical pre-sales

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Engineer partnering with sales and customers to tailor Greptile across complex software stacks, lead technical pilots, and unblock security and procurement.

$140,000–$220,000

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InstrumentalImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Manufacturing Engineer

Palo Alto, CAOn-site

This is a field engineering role embedded at customer factory sites, primarily in North America, to drive manufacturing improvements using Instrumental's Solve platform.

$140,000–$200,000

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KognitosImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineer — Associate (Contract-to-Hire)

Mountain View, CAOn-site

Associate-level Forward Deployed Engineer role at an enterprise AI automation startup, designed for recent Master's graduates. 4-month contract-to-hire, on-site in Mountain View, working directly with customers to build and deploy automations on the Kognitos platform.

$5,000–$7,000/mo

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AKASAImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineers deliver and stabilize client deployments of ML models for healthcare revenue cycle products, partnering across client engagement, product, and R&D.

$150,000–$170,000

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IntercomImplementation & delivery

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer partnering with strategic customers to deploy and scale Fin, Intercom’s AI customer service agent, while translating complex customer needs into product and roadmap improvements.

$215,000–$237,000

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ReevoImplementation & delivery

Builder - Forward Deployed Generalist (Early Career)

San Francisco, CA · Santa Clara, CAOn-site

Reevo is hiring a Forward Deployed Generalist to own the end-to-end deployment of its AI-native revenue operating system for customers, from signed deal to a revenue team running daily on Reevo.

Pay range unavailable

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QuadricTechnical pre-sales

Forward Deployed Engineer

Burlingame, CARemote

Forward Deployed Engineer owning the technical path from customer evaluation to design win for Quadric's Chimera GPNPU, a novel unified architecture for neural network, DSP, and control code.

Pay range unavailable

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snaplogicImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CARemote

Forward Deployed Engineer responsible for the full deployment lifecycle of SnapLogic’s agentic AI platform across strategic enterprise accounts, from discovery and architecture through technical rollout, executive adoption, and expansion.

Pay range unavailable

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LiberateImplementation & delivery

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Boston, MA · San Francisco, CAHybrid

Liberate is hiring a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge product and customer needs, ensuring successful deployment and integration of AI-driven insurance solutions.

$120,000–$180,000

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SendbirdDeployment strategy

Forward Deployed Product Manager

San Mateo, CAHybrid

Forward Deployed PM owning the full pilot-to-production lifecycle for Delight.ai's enterprise AI agent platform, embedding with customers to deploy and iterate, then translating field insights into product direction.

$140,000–$175,000

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AntithesisImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineer

Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAOn-site

Embed with customers to help them integrate Antithesis's deterministic-simulation testing platform into their CI and development workflows, then feed insights back to the product team to shape the platform's roadmap.

£80,000–£125,000

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ElevenLabsCustomer adoption & accounts

Forward Deployed Creative

New York, NY · San Francisco, CARemote

This hands-on, forward-deployed role embeds with enterprise agencies, studios, brands, and media companies to integrate ElevenLabs' AI creative tools into production workflows.

Pay range unavailable

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AppleInternal deployment & tooling

Forward Deployed Engineer

Cupertino, CA

Apple's US Decision Intelligence team seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with Sales, translating ambiguous business problems into shippable AI prototypes and shaping the roadmap of an internal AI-driven insight platform.

Pay range unavailable

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AntithesisImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineer

Vienna, VA · San Francisco, CAOn-site

Embed with customers to get their systems running inside Antithesis, catch bugs, and integrate the platform into their CI and release processes.

$110,000–$170,000

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openrouter.aiImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineer responsible for post-sales technical implementation, adoption, and expansion of OpenRouter across customer applications and production AI systems.

$220,000–$260,000

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