$167,400–$310,900
FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for technical leads in SF Bay Area
136 postings · 78 companies · 118 state pay: median $229,000, half $202,000–$253,000
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GenAI Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenMedia, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · San Diego, CA · +4 moreSan Francisco, CA +5
$207,000–$300,000
$220,000–$300,000
$221,200–$387,100
$150,000–$250,000
Partner Forward Deployed Engineer III, GenAI, Google Cloud
Sunnyvale, CA · New York, NYSunnyvale, CA +1
$174,000–$252,000
$182,000–$250,208
$180,000–$350,000
$236,000–$289,000
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Google Cloud, Applied AI
San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +10 moreSan Francisco, CA +11
$174,000–$252,000
$182,000–$250,208
$185,000–$300,000
$130,000–$200,000
Partner Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
Sunnyvale, CA · New York, NYSunnyvale, CA +1
$207,000–$300,000
$182,000–$250,208
$138,100–$256,000
Capgemini Invent - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Consultant
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +4 moreSan Francisco, CA +5
$112,600–$212,700
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Applied AI, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9
$207,000–$300,000
$194,000–$266,000
Pay not posted
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$197,000–$246,000
$222,000–$290,000
$180,000–$320,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-SF
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$185,000–$300,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +6 moreMountain View, CA +7
$168,100–$261,500
$180,000–$300,000
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$182,000–$250,208
$201,300–$352,300
$200,000–$400,000
Senior Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$264,000
$180,000–$300,000
$206,181–$252,000
$185,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer [NYC or SF]
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$260,000
$180,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer [NYC or SF]
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$240,000–$300,000
All 136 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for technical leads in SF Bay Area pay?
118 of 136 postings state a pay range. The median is $229,000, and half of them sit between $202,000 and $253,000, from 63 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for technical leads in SF Bay Area require?
Of 136 postings, 64 state a minimum number of years, from 45 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 33 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (20), under 3 years (8) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for technical leads in SF Bay Area?
These 136 postings come from 78 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (8), NVIDIA (8), OpenAI (8), Google (7) and Scale AI (7).
Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for technical leads in SF Bay Area remote?
19 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 48 are hybrid and 30 are on-site. The remaining 39 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 50 of the 136 postings.
Counted over the 136 postings in this search. Postings read on September 21, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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