$185,000–$300,000
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area with hybrid work
122 postings · 79 companies · 107 state pay: median $228,000, half $189,000–$248,000
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Forward Deployed Engineer - Cleared - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Senior Associate
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +57 moreSan Francisco, CA +58Hybrid
$77,000–$202,000
$304,000–$437,000
$185,000–$300,000
$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
$188,000–$240,000
$220,000–$270,000
Senior Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TXSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$194,000–$266,000
Senior Product Manager, Forward Deployed Platform
San Francisco, CA · Denver, CO · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$190,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cybersecurity - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$180,000–$300,000
Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +7 moreSan Francisco, CA +8Hybrid
$158,900–$340,000
$137,160–$228,480
$150,000–$250,000
$185,000–$300,000
$194,000–$266,000
$158,520–$294,360
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-SF
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$185,000–$300,000
$180,000–$300,000
$200,000–$400,000
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Computer Use Agents
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$150,000–$200,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, Team Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$190,000–$270,000
$185,000–$300,000
$168,912–$253,368
Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$200,000–$270,000
$230,000–$300,000
$156,060–$211,140
$190,000–$230,000
Pay not posted
$160,000–$270,000
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$250,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov
San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
$165,000–$330,000
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
66 of 122 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 with hybrid work pay?
107 of 122 postings state a pay range. The median is $228,000, and half of them sit between $189,000 and $248,000, from 67 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area with hybrid work require?
Of 122 postings, 94 state a minimum number of years, from 62 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 49 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (31), under 3 years (7) or 10 or more years (7).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area with hybrid work?
These 122 postings come from 79 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (16), Distyl AI (4), Anthropic (3), Baseten (3) and Invisible Technologies (3).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area with hybrid work remote?
0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 122 are hybrid. Travel is mentioned in 60 of the 122 postings.
Counted over the 122 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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