$180,000–$250,000
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area serving external customers
334 postings · 194 companies · 277 state pay: median $220,000, half $196,000–$250,000
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$185,000–$300,000
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreBerkeley, CA +2Remote
$182,000–$250,208
Staff Applied AI Engineer (Forward Deployed) [NYC or SF]
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$240,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$197,800–$271,975
Pay not posted
Senior Applied AI Engineer (Forward Deployed) [NYC or SF]
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$260,000
$240,000–$415,000
$208,600–$312,900
$200,000–$287,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Labs
Mountain View, CA · New York, NYMountain View, CA +1
$174,000–$252,000
$130,000–$210,000
$194,736.75–$265,613.9
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cleared - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$184,000–$356,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$168,349.5–$230,912.6
$185,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$270,000–$300,000 · OTE
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$168,100–$261,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | New York or San Francisco (Onsite)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$136,000–$216,000
$183,997–$257,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Senior Associate
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +57 moreSan Francisco, CA +58Hybrid
$77,000–$202,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$250,200
$184,000–$356,500
Pay not posted
$304,000–$437,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +2 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +3
$143,700–$223,600
$191,000–$289,300
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$264,000–$379,500
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$188,000–$240,000
$220,000–$270,000
$180,000–$480,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3On-site
$150,000–$220,000
Senior Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TXSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$194,000–$266,000
224 of 334 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 pay?
277 of 334 postings state a pay range. The median is $220,000, and half of them sit between $196,000 and $250,000, from 149 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area serving external customers require?
Of 334 postings, 214 state a minimum number of years, from 131 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 115 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (68), 10 or more years (16) or under 3 years (15).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area serving external customers?
These 334 postings come from 194 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (15), OpenAI (14), Accenture (13), Databricks (10) and Google (9).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area serving external customers remote?
34 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 100 are hybrid and 100 are on-site. The remaining 100 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 160 of the 334 postings.
Counted over the 334 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