Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreSan Francisco, CA +5
$168,100–$261,500
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams
34 postings · 23 companies · 27 state pay: median $215,000, half $186,000–$239,000
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$152,000–$221,000
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Computer Use Agents
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$250,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Sr Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Senior Data Scientist (Forward Deployed)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$193,000–$250,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$168,100–$261,500
$195,000–$215,000
$150,000–$185,000
$120,000–$170,000
Infrastructure Engineer, Customer Delivery
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$152,000–$287,500
$207,000–$300,000
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
$179,875–$203,925
Senior Applied AI Engineer/Architect
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +7 moreSan Francisco, CA +8
$225,000–$304,200
$152,000–$241,500
Senior Data Scientist (US)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
OpenAIPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - Platform
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$207,000–$294,000
AircallLeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Team Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$200,000–$256,000
SalesforceLeads the deployment team
Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$196,700–$329,210
Pay not posted
SalesforcePlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Process Senior/Principal Process Consultant
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$117,200–$246,000
AircallIntegrates and configures it
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer – Key Accounts (AI Solutions)
San Francisco, CA
$175,000–$230,000
AircallIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Solutions) - NA West Market
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$120,000–$190,000
AircallIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Solutions Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
NVIDIAIntegrates and configures it
Senior Solutions Architect, AI Inference
Santa Clara, CA · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
RecidivizPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist
Oakland, CA · New York, NYOakland, CA +1Remote
$99,750–$117,600
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
Mariana MineralsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$150,000–$220,000
21 of 34 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 serving external customers and internal teams pay?
27 of 34 postings state a pay range. The median is $215,000, and half of them sit between $186,000 and $239,000, from 17 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams require?
Of 34 postings, 26 state a minimum number of years, from 18 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 12 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (8), under 3 years (4) or 10 or more years (2).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams?
These 34 postings come from 23 companies. The employers with the most postings are Aircall (4), Amazon (incl AWS) (4), NVIDIA (3), Google (2) and Invisible Technologies (2).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area serving external customers and internal teams remote?
3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 10 are hybrid and 4 are on-site. The remaining 17 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 12 of the 34 postings.
Counted over the 34 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings