Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$207,000–$300,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area
513 postings · 330 companies · 379 state pay: median $200,000, half $165,000–$231,000
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Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE
San Francisco, CA · Frisco, TX · +7 moreSan Francisco, CA +8Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
$180,000–$250,000
$185,000–$300,000
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreBerkeley, CA +2Remote
$182,000–$250,208
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$174,000–$252,000
$150,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$180,000–$220,000
$207,000–$300,000
$195,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer, Generative AI, Geo
Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +2 moreMountain View, CA +3
$152,000–$221,000
$180,000–$237,000
$180,000–$300,000
$191,475–$260,830
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$143,700–$223,600
$180,000–$250,000
$200,000–$375,000
$130,600–$147,000
$120,000–$200,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$140,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
$136,000–$155,000
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$143,700–$213,800
Pay not posted
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (U.S. Government / IL5)
San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CASan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$130,000–$170,000
Applied Researcher - Forward-Deployed RL
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$150,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI
San Francisco, CA · Gallup, NMSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Solutions Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Denver, CO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3Hybrid
$88,000–$181,000
$120,000–$200,000
$125,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
325 of 513 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 pay?
379 of 513 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $231,000, from 238 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area require?
Of 513 postings, 247 state a minimum number of years, from 189 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 154 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (62), 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 513 postings come from 330 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (14), Google (7), Salesforce (7), Sierra (7) and Accenture (6).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area remote?
35 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 139 are hybrid and 228 are on-site. The remaining 111 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 171 of the 513 postings.
Counted over the 513 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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