$180,000–$220,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area with significant travel
54 postings · 34 companies · 44 state pay: median $189,000, half $164,000–$211,000
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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
$170,000–$225,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Washington, DCSan Francisco, CA +1
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer (Implementation Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Remote
$170,000–$200,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$143,700–$213,800
$175,000–$265,000
$175,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Washington, DCSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$167,000–$203,000
Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +39 moreMountain View, CA +40
$54,400–$235,100
$200,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-NYC
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$185,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration
San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +9 moreSan Francisco, CA +10
$88,970–$316,750
Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +39 moreMountain View, CA +40
$80,400–$316,300
$150,000–$200,000
$200,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector, Nonprofit & Education
San Francisco, CA · Mclean, VA · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Remote
$88,970–$316,750
$175,000–$210,000
$150,000–$200,000
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Remote
$88,970–$198,170
$170,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
$110,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
$185,000–$325,000
$145,000–$160,000
Enterprise AI Transformation Consultant
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +40 moreMountain View, CA +41
$54,400–$196,000
$118,000–$176,000
$180,000–$250,000
$120,000–$190,000
Snowflake Advanced AI Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreSan Francisco, CA +40
$54,400–$205,800
Solutions Architect, Business Agents
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$130,000–$185,000
Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer
Mountain View, CA · Albany, NY · +39 moreMountain View, CA +40
$80,400–$266,300
Cognition AIKeeps customers running after launch
Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$150,000–$240,000
$190,000–$230,000 · OTE
Varick-AgentsPlans what the customer deploys first
Senior Forward Deployed Strategist
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$175,000–$250,000
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
35 of 54 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 with significant travel pay?
44 of 54 postings state a pay range. The median is $189,000, and half of them sit between $164,000 and $211,000, from 27 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area with significant travel require?
Of 54 postings, 27 state a minimum number of years, from 20 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 14 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (9) or 6 to 9 years (4).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area with significant travel?
These 54 postings come from 34 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (6), Amazon (incl AWS) (5), H Company (3), Salesforce (3) and Meta (2).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area with significant travel remote?
5 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 16 are hybrid and 15 are on-site. The remaining 18 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 54 of the 54 postings.
Counted over the 54 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. Travel is the share the posting states. Postings that never mention travel are left out. · How we read postings