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AnthropicProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
Periodic LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Physics & Simulation
Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAMenlo Park, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$275,000
Pay not posted
reflection.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - LLM Post-training
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$130,000–$275,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Beneficial Deployments (Life Sciences)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$310,000–$500,000
$180,000–$250,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise Tech
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
Parallel Web SystemsImplementation & delivery
Deployed Engineer
Palo Alto, CA · San Francisco, CAPalo Alto, CA +1On-site
$150,000–$300,000
$180,000–$300,000
Periodic LabsInternal deployment & tooling
Product Engineer
Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAMenlo Park, CA +1On-site
$250,000–$350,000
AnthropicTechnical pre-sales
Applied AI Architect, Cyber
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$240,000–$315,000
Retell AIInternal deployment & tooling
Founders Initiatives, Technical Ex-Founders
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$180,000–$300,000
$215,000–$300,000
AnthropicTechnical pre-sales
Applied AI Architect, Commercial
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$240,000–$315,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area with visa sponsorship pay?
15 of 17 postings state a pay range. The median is $258,000, and half of them sit between $231,000 and $289,000, across 7 companies.
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area with visa sponsorship?
These 17 postings come from 9 companies. The employers with the most postings are Anthropic (6), Retell AI (3), Periodic Labs (2), Cartesia (1) and Exa (formerly Metaphor) (1).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area with visa sponsorship remote?
0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 6 are hybrid and 11 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 6 of the 17 postings.
Counted over the 17 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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