$156,000–$224,200
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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Distyl AILeads the deployment team
AI Engineer, Enterprise Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$127,400–$182,000
$148,700–$298,800
DatabricksBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications
Mountain View, CA
$192,000–$260,000
$143,000–$210,000
$347,000–$445,000
$185,000–$315,000 · OTE
Handshake (AI training)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Software Engineer, Operator Experience
San Francisco, CA
$225,000–$250,000
Scale AIBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$188,800–$362,000
Pay not posted
Redwood MaterialsBuilds for teams inside the company
Staff Software Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Mccarran, NVSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$217,500–$287,500
$225,000–$250,000
$265,000–$331,000
Mariana MineralsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$150,000–$220,000
BenbaseBuilds for teams inside the company
Founding Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
Pay not posted
ClayKeeps customers running after launch
Growth Strategist, Key (Deployment Strategist) - SF
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$210,000–$240,000
243 of 420 build what the customer runs.
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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