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FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area with significant travel
101 postings · 46 companies · 90 state pay: median $215,000, half $195,000–$243,000
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Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreBerkeley, CA +2Remote
$182,000–$250,208
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$130,000–$210,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cleared - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$185,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreSan Francisco, CA +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
Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Senior Associate
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +57 moreSan Francisco, CA +58Hybrid
$77,000–$202,000
$191,000–$289,300
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$220,000–$270,000
$201,300–$352,300
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$168,100–$261,500
Pay not posted
$198,000–$319,000/mo
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cybersecurity - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$250,200
$180,000–$300,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
$97,860–$316,750
Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +2 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +3
$143,700–$223,600
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +40 moreMountain View, CA +41
$112,900–$302,400
$185,000–$300,000
$165,000–$220,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Sr Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Mountain View, CA · Arlington, VA · +35 moreMountain View, CA +36
$80,400–$316,300
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-SF
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$185,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Forward Deployed AI Engineer Sr Manager
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +38 moreMountain View, CA +39
$112,900–$366,300
$185,000–$300,000
$200,000–$400,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$180,000–$250,000
$220,000–$239,000
$180,000–$233,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$160,000–$270,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area with significant travel pay?
90 of 101 postings state a pay range. The median is $215,000, and half of them sit between $195,000 and $243,000, from 40 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area with significant travel require?
Of 101 postings, 74 state a minimum number of years, from 33 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 48 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (17), 10 or more years (5) or under 3 years (4).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area with significant travel?
These 101 postings come from 46 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (17), Accenture (11), OpenAI (9), Luminary (5) and Salesforce (5).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area with significant travel remote?
14 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 34 are hybrid and 20 are on-site. The remaining 33 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 101 of the 101 postings.
Counted over the 101 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. Travel is the share the posting states. Postings that never mention travel are left out. · How we read postings