$200,000–$350,000
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area
421 postings · 237 companies · 346 state pay: median $218,000, half $193,000–$248,000
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AI Customer and Partner Solutions Engineer, Cloud Applied AI
Sunnyvale, CA · Kirkland, WASunnyvale, CA +1
$183,000–$265,000
Lead Software Engineer, AI Labs (Product and Customer Facing)
San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$148,500–$344,700
$166,500–$291,400
Pay not posted
$174,000–$252,000
Infrastructure Engineer, Customer Delivery
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Engineering Lead, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Pleasanton, CAOn-site
$160,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
$180,000–$270,000
$180,000–$390,000
$190,900–$334,100
Pay not posted
Staff Applied AI Engineer - Enterprise AI Solutions
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$230,000–$360,000
$150,000–$300,000
$166,500–$291,400
Pay not posted
$234,000–$286,000
$200,000–$350,000
$166,500–$291,400
Forward Deployment Engineer LMTS
San Francisco, CA · Bellevue, WA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$172,500–$285,800
Pay not posted
$180,000–$390,000
$250,000–$300,000
$152,000–$287,500
$179,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
Sr. Delivery Consultant - AI/ML, WWPS ProServe
San Francisco, CA · Jersey City, NJ · +6 moreSan Francisco, CA +7
$153,600–$239,000
$207,000–$300,000
$200,000–$290,000
$180,000–$390,000
Software Engineering, AI Systems (SMTS)
San Francisco, CA · Bellevue, WA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$148,500–$246,000
Pay not posted
EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - AI/ML Engineer - Sr Associate/Consultant
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +12 moreSan Francisco, CA +13Hybrid
$130,000–$185,000
$180,000–$390,000
$179,875–$203,925
Pay not posted
$190,900–$334,100
$190,000–$212,000
244 of 421 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area pay?
346 of 421 postings state a pay range. The median is $218,000, and half of them sit between $193,000 and $248,000, from 180 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area require?
Of 421 postings, 281 state a minimum number of years, from 162 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 143 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (95), 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 421 postings come from 237 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?
44 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 421 postings.
Counted over the 421 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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