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FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area

420 postings · 236 companies · 345 state pay: median $220,000, half $193,000–$249,000

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Technical lead

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CroweBuilds for teams inside the company

AI Technical Lead

San Jose, CA · Chicago, IL · +35 moreSan Jose, CA +36Hybrid

$102,400–$204,100

NscaleBuilds for teams inside the company

Foundry Engineering Lead

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2

Pay not posted

CiridaeBuilds for teams inside the company

Staff Platform Engineer

San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site

Pay not posted

EverlawBuilds for teams inside the company

GTM AI Engineer

Oakland, CAHybrid

$154,000–$213,000

PrologisBuilds for teams inside the company

Lead AI Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Denver, CO · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4On-site

$147,000–$202,000

WaymoBuilds for teams inside the company

AI Enablement Lead

Mountain View, CAHybrid

$200,000–$247,000

243 of 420 build what the customer runs.

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Frequently asked questions

What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area pay?

345 of 420 postings state a pay range. The median is $220,000, and half of them sit between $193,000 and $249,000, from 179 companies.

How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area require?

Of 420 postings, 279 state a minimum number of years, from 161 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 142 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (94), 10 or more years (24) or under 3 years (19).

Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area?

These 420 postings come from 236 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (19), NVIDIA (17), OpenAI (16), Accenture (14) and Google (13).

Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area remote?

43 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 123 are hybrid and 113 are on-site. The remaining 141 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 176 of the 420 postings.

Counted over the 420 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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