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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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WindBorne SystemsProduction engineering

Lead Software Engineer - Gov Platforms

Redwood City, CARemote

WindBorne Systems is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to own government implementations across multiple software platforms, acting as the technical bridge between core technology and government customers.

$150,000–$220,000

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Scale AIProduction engineering

Senior Software Engineer, Public Sector

San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreOn-site

Senior engineer leading end-to-end development of scalable backend and distributed systems for federal customers, including deployment on classified networks.

$162,400–$311,000

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LiberateProduction engineering

Staff AI Agent Engineer

Boston, MA · San Francisco, CAHybrid

Staff-level hands-on engineer owning end-to-end deployment of reasoning AI agents for insurance workflows.

Pay range unavailable

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FactoryProduction engineering

Software Engineer, Deployed

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Software Engineer, Deployed leads end-to-end implementation of Factory’s AI platform in customer engineering environments, reporting directly to the CEO and serving as the primary technical lead for high-impact engagements.

Pay range unavailable

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Applied ComputeProduction engineering

Applied Research Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Applied Research Engineers own enterprise customer engagements end-to-end, from understanding proprietary data and workflows through training, deploying, and improving AI agents.

$200,000–$320,000

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LiberateProduction engineering

Staff AI Agent Engineer

Boston, MA · San Francisco, CAHybrid

Staff-level engineer owning end-to-end deployment of reasoning AI agents for insurance workflows.

Pay range unavailable

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Cognition AIProduction engineering

Applied AI Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Applied AI Engineer responsible for deploying Cognition’s Devin across enterprise engineering organizations, embedding with teams to implement agentic workflows, drive adoption, and quantify productivity impact.

$180,000–$225,000

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Brain Co.Production engineering

AI Product Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

This AI Product Engineer role involves building and deploying AI-powered software solutions for governments and large enterprises, working directly with customers to develop product specs from scratch.

Pay range unavailable

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Fireworks AIProduction engineering

Applied Machine Learning Engineer

San Mateo, CAHybrid

This hands-on Applied Machine Learning Engineer role bridges AI research and customer-facing application delivery, covering model development, fine-tuning, deployment, and platform engineering.

$170,000–$240,000

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AccentureImplementation & delivery

AI Architect - FDE Associate Director

New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 more

Leads enterprise-grade Agentic AI architecture across public, private, and sovereign clouds, from client strategy and reference architecture through production deployment.

$62,800–$218,800

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ChalkDeployment strategy

Forward Deployed Strategist

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Strategist owns the technical direction of Chalk's customer integrations, working alongside sales, delivery, and support to advise on architecture, design solutions on Chalk, and scope POCs.

$180,000–$250,000

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Expedia GroupInternal deployment & tooling

Principal AI Forward Deployed Engineer

Seattle, WA · San Jose, CA

Principal-level forward-deployed AI engineer embedded within Expedia Group's business units to identify high-value AI opportunities, translate ambiguous business problems into measurable outcomes, and own the full lifecycle from prototyping to production and adoption.

$231,000–$398,500

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Elevance HealthInternal deployment & tooling

Principal Engineer - FDE

Walnut Creek, CAHybrid

Principal Engineer leading end-to-end application architecture and delivery for enterprise-wide technology platforms at Elevance Health.

$218,208–$272,760

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C3.aiInternal deployment & tooling

Operations Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering

Redwood City, CA

This hybrid role runs the operational backbone of C3 AI's professional services organization—staffing, forecasting, utilization, and delivery health—while also hands-on building and maintaining AI agents and internal applications that automate delivery workflows.

$128,000–$159,000

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GoogleInternal deployment & tooling

Forward Deployed Engineer, Core, DevAI

San Jose, CA

This role is a Forward Deployed Engineer on Google's DevAI team, acting as the technical bridge between Antigravity AI infrastructure and Google product areas.

$207,000–$300,000

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NotionDeployment strategy

Forward Deployed Architect

San Francisco, CA · New York, NYHybrid

Forward Deployed Architect on Notion's Services team, leading customer engagements to design and deploy AI-native workflows on the Notion platform.

$165,000–$205,000 · OTE

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Pure StorageImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineering, Portworx

Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +1 moreOn-site

Forward-deployed engineering role for Portworx focused on designing and validating high-stakes Kubernetes storage deployments in complex customer data centers.

$208,000–$305,000

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Deep InfraTechnical pre-sales

Forward Deployed Engineer

Palo Alto, CA

DeepInfra is hiring its first Forward Deployed Engineer to own the technical win for enterprise AI inference deals end-to-end, from first call to production.

$150,000–$195,000

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GoogleImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineer, Geo Auto

Mountain View, CA · Seattle, WA

This role is a forward-deployed technical consultant for Google's Geo Auto products, working directly with automotive partners to integrate Google Maps and SDKs into vehicle platforms.

$152,000–$221,000

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DossDeployment strategy

Lead Forward Deployed Product Manager (NYC)

New York, NY

Lead end-to-end post-sales ERP implementations for 1–2 upper-mid-market or enterprise customers, spanning discovery, process design, configuration, integrations, UAT, training, and go-live.

$180,000–$210,000

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ReevoImplementation & delivery

Builder - Forward Deployed Generalist

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Generalist owns end-to-end customer deployments of Reevo's AI-native revenue platform, from signed deal to a revenue team running daily on the product.

Pay range unavailable

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ArtisanDeployment strategy

Forward Deployed GTM Architect

San Francisco, CA · New York, NYOn-site

Own the end-to-end deployment and ongoing performance of an autonomous outbound GTM system for Artisan's largest enterprise customers.

$130,000–$180,000

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flexportDeployment strategy

Forward Deployed Consultant- Supply Chain Solutions

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Consultant embedded with enterprise retailers, manufacturers, and brands to audit complex logistics networks, quantify cost and inventory opportunities, and deploy supply chain optimization solutions.

$174,000–$213,000

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DossImplementation & delivery

Senior Forward Deployed Product Manager (NYC)

New York, NY

Own end-to-end ERP implementations for upper mid-market and enterprise customers, translating complex operational and financial workflows into data models, configurations, integrations, and new product capabilities.

$150,000–$180,000

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snaplogicImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Mateo, CA · San Francisco, CAHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineer owning end-to-end deployment of SnapLogic’s Jean-Paul AI agent platform for strategic enterprise accounts, from discovery and architecture through technical rollout, executive adoption, and expansion.

Pay range unavailable

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Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)Internal deployment & tooling

Forward Deployed Engineer

Chicago, IL · San Francisco, CAOn-site

This is a high-impact, rapid-prototyping engineering role embedded with product and engineering teams to solve complex data and AI problems.

$280,000–$300,000

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ZipImplementation & delivery

AI Forward Deployed Engineer - SAP Ariba

San Francisco, CAHybrid

An AI Forward Deployed Engineer who embeds inside strategic enterprise accounts to build custom AI agent solutions using Zip's AppStudio and AI infrastructure, owning end-to-end delivery across procurement, finance, legal, and risk workflows.

$130,000–$170,000 · OTE

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AbridgeDeployment strategy

Forward Deployed Product Manager

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Abridge is hiring a founding Forward Deployed Product Manager to lead on-site engagements with health system partners, scoping and owning outcomes end-to-end.

$260,000–$290,000

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