$191,475–$260,830
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams
46 postings · 42 companies · 40 state pay: median $212,000, half $170,000–$271,000
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$136,000–$155,000
Applied Researcher - Forward-Deployed RL
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$150,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI
San Francisco, CA · Gallup, NMSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
Pay not posted
$100,000–$180,000
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
$148,000–$255,000
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences (Level Flexible)
San Francisco, CA · Cambridge, MASan Francisco, CA +1
$192,000–$256,000
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
$150,000–$350,000
$250,000–$400,000
$150,000–$190,000
$207,000–$265,000
$350,000–$450,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - Software Engineer - Sr Assoc/Consultant
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +12 moreSan Francisco, CA +13Hybrid
$130,000–$185,000
Senior MLOps Engineer - DSX Enablement
Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remoteSanta Clara, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
Pay not posted
$200,000–$400,000
$150,000–$250,000
$170,000–$240,000
Lila SciencesBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Life Sciences
San Francisco, CA · Cambridge, MASan Francisco, CA +1
$192,000–$256,000
$190,000–$230,000 · OTE
Pay not posted
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreMountain View, CA +5
$175,100–$247,600
$140,000–$160,000
$125,000–$175,000
$140,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
ThatchIntegrates and configures it
Partner Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 more · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +2 · US remoteRemote
$160,000–$195,000
CoreWeaveIntegrates and configures it
Senior Specialist Field Engineer - SaaS
Sunnyvale, CA · San Francisco, CASunnyvale, CA +1
$182,000–$242,000
$180,000–$220,000
$150,000–$180,000
AnthropicProves it works before the sale
Applied AI, Research Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$300,000–$400,000
OpenAIBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, Safety Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$207,000–$385,000
$250,000–$400,000
Retell AIBuilds for teams inside the company
Founders Initiatives, Technical Ex-Founders
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$180,000–$300,000
$194,600–$293,900
CommureBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Operations Manager, Infrastructure
Mountain View, CAOn-site
$120,000–$160,000
22 of 46 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams pay?
40 of 46 postings state a pay range. The median is $212,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $271,000, from 36 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams require?
Of 46 postings, 26 state a minimum number of years, from 25 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 14 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (7), 6 to 9 years (4) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams?
These 46 postings come from 42 companies. The employers with the most postings are Sia (3), Lila Sciences (2), OpenAI (2), 6sense (1) and Altara (1).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams remote?
6 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 14 are hybrid and 14 are on-site. The remaining 12 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 9 of the 46 postings.
Counted over the 46 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. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings