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Technical lead FDE jobs in SF Bay Area

Compare current US jobs, responsibilities, locations and advertised pay. Includes forward deployed engineering and related deployment roles. Locations cover the metro area, not only the city.

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ServiceNowProduction engineering

Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Santa Clara, CA

Staff-level ML engineer owning the AI layer of ServiceNow's CPQ platform: building and evolving production agent architectures (LangGraph, custom Harness runtime, MCP, A2A) that let users configure and quote via natural language.

$176,100–$308,200

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NVIDIAProduction engineering

NCX Senior Engineer

Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remoteRemote

NVIDIA is hiring a senior engineer to lead Day 2 operational readiness for NVIDIA Cloud Partners, ensuring large-scale accelerated infrastructure runs reliably in production.

$184,000–$356,500

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Applied IntuitionProduction engineering

Robotics Integration Engineer (TL)

Sunnyvale, CAOn-site

This is a tech lead role on Applied Intuition's Industrials team, owning the full hardware/software platform for autonomous heavy machinery in construction, mining, and agriculture.

$180,000–$210,000

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TatariProduction engineering

Senior Solutions Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Senior Solutions Engineer at Tatari, an AI-powered TV/CTV advertising platform, owning complex B2B client integrations end-to-end, mentoring junior engineers, and shaping the technical direction of the solutions practice.

$140,000–$170,000 · total compensation

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BasetenProduction engineering

AI Inference Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineer who partners directly with customers to architect, build, and deploy high-scale production AI applications on Baseten’s platform.

$165,000–$330,000

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Scale AIProduction engineering

Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NYOn-site

Frontier Agent Engineers design, evaluate, and deploy production AI agents for enterprise customers, combining frontier models with retrieval, memory, structured knowledge, traditional ML, and enterprise software.

$180,000–$225,000

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SierraProduction engineering

Healthcare Integrations Architect

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Design and deliver healthcare integrations for Sierra’s AI agents, translating customer requirements into EHR interfaces, data flows, configuration, and go-live plans.

$150,000–$290,000

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StripeProduction engineering

Integration Engineer, Professional Services

Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · +1 more

Integration Engineer on Stripe’s new Forward Deployed Engineering team within Professional Services, building scalable Stripe integrations, standalone applications, and priority ecosystem features for strategic users.

Pay range unavailable

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Early Access Deployment Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

This role leads technical engagements with strategic customers during the earliest alpha stages of frontier AI capabilities, translating ambiguous model capabilities into scoped use cases and working prototypes.

$250,000–$330,000

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NVIDIAProduction engineering

NCX Senior Engineer

Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remoteRemote

This role is a senior customer-facing engineer on NVIDIA's AI Accelerator team, responsible for deploying and optimizing AI workloads on NVIDIA Cloud Platforms (NCP, Neo, DGX Cloud) for strategic partners.

$184,000–$356,500

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TitanProduction engineering

Solutions Architect

New York, NY · San Francisco, CAOn-site

Titan is seeking a Solutions Architect to own the technical design of client engagements for enterprise customers, bridging IT operations and the Titan AI platform.

Pay range unavailable

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Applied AI Engineer, Agent Enablement

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Applied AI Engineer building and operating secure agent-enablement integrations for strategic partners across web applications, connectors, APIs, CLIs, MCP servers, and developer tools.

$197,000–$280,000

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Distyl AIProduction engineering

AI Engineer, Lead

San Francisco, CA · New York, NYHybrid

Leads architecture, delivery, and continuous improvement of production AI systems for large enterprise customers, combining models, agents, retrieval, evaluation, and execution.

$200,000–$250,000

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Applied AI Engineer, Plugins

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Applied AI Engineer responsible for taking strategic B2B plugins from concept through architecture, implementation, evaluation, launch, and ongoing maintenance across ChatGPT and Codex.

$197,000–$280,000

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NVIDIAProduction engineering

Senior Solutions Architect, Agentic AI

Santa Clara, CA · US remoteRemote

Senior Solutions Architect driving production-grade Agentic AI adoption at leading Enterprise ISVs on NVIDIA's accelerated computing platform.

$184,000–$287,500

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CoreWeaveProduction engineering

Staff Specialist Field Engineer, Robotics

San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CA

Staff Specialist Field Engineer leading CoreWeave’s robotics Field Engineering vertical, from customer scoping through embedded deployment and expansion.

$177,000–$237,000

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AccentureProduction engineering

AI Native Transformation Manager

Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more

Manager-level role in Accenture's Cloud Advisory Practice, leading the design and build of AI-native, multi-agent systems for enterprise clients across financial services, healthcare, procurement, retail, and logistics.

$80,400–$266,300

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Applied AI Engineer, Cyber

San Francisco, CAHybrid

This customer-facing Applied AI Engineering role helps strategic enterprises deploy OpenAI models, Codex, and agentic workflows across cybersecurity use cases, from secure code review and vulnerability triage to SOC operations, cloud security, and GRC automation.

$266,000–$362,000

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NVIDIAProduction engineering

Engagement Tech Lead, Agentic AI

Santa Clara, CA · US remoteRemote

NVIDIA seeks an Engagement Tech Lead to drive integration of Generative and Agentic AI software with top Enterprise ISV partners.

$224,000–$431,250

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Observe.AIProduction engineering

AI Agent Engineer, Client Facing

Redwood City, CAHybrid

Build and deploy enterprise-grade Voice AI agents, Chat AI agents, and AI Copilot solutions from prompt and workflow design through integrations, production deployment, and performance optimization.

$108,000–$170,000

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Fireworks AIProduction engineering

AI Field Engineer - Strategic Partnerships

San Mateo, CAHybrid

AI Field Engineer owning the technical relationship between Fireworks and strategic partner ecosystems, with responsibility for co-sell architectures, production deployments, customer POCs, and partner enablement.

$200,000–$260,000

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PhysicsXProduction engineering

Machine Learning Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Machine Learning Engineer in the Delivery team, building and deploying production ML systems that address engineering and physics problems for industrial customers.

$150,000–$190,000

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AlterionProduction engineering

Forward Deployment Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Forward Deployment Engineer leading enterprise production deployments of Alterion, including integrations, policy configuration, troubleshooting, and rollout across customer environments.

Pay range unavailable

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Bland AIProduction engineering

Agent Solutions Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

The Agent Solutions Engineer owns end-to-end delivery of production-ready AI agents, translating ambiguous customer workflows into integrated solutions and driving deployment, adoption, and expansion.

$120,000–$200,000

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PendoProduction engineering

Sr. Professional Services Engineer Consultant

Raleigh, NC · San Francisco, CARemote

This Sr. Professional Services Engineer Consultant role owns the design and delivery of complex technical engagements at Pendo, spanning custom integrations, data pipelines, APIs, and technical solutions that connect Pendo to customers' broader ecosystems.

$132,200–$175,000

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Scale AIProduction engineering

Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 more

Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer who serves as the hands-on technical bridge between Scale AI’s frontier AI capabilities and strategic enterprise customers.

$288,000–$360,000

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AccentureProduction engineering

Advanced AI Architect

Morristown, NJ · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more

Accenture is seeking an Advanced AI Architect to design and deliver full-stack AI architecture for enterprise platforms and products on public, private, or sovereign clouds.

$87,400–$293,800

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AnthropicProduction engineering

Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreHybrid

Staff-level engineer building and scaling Claude products for U.S. government and allied-democracy customers across regulated and constrained environments.

$405,000–$485,000

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PeregrineProduction engineering

Deployment Strategist

San Francisco, CA

The Deployment Strategist owns enterprise product deployment and customer impact delivery for government and other mission-critical customers.

$120,000–$190,000

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