$155,000–$193,000
FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area
299 postings · 153 companies · 232 state pay: median $221,000, half $193,000–$255,000
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$190,000–$240,000
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$201,300–$352,300
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$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
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$100,000–$500,000 · base + variable
$206,181–$252,000
$185,000–$300,000
$180,000–$300,000
$200,000–$400,000
Pay not posted
$125,000–$175,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer [NYC or SF]
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$260,000
Pay not posted
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
San Francisco, CA · Atherton, CA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$168,000–$252,000
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer, Command by Asana
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$248,000–$282,000
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer [NYC or SF]
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$240,000–$300,000
$170,000–$220,000
Cybersecurity AI Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Consultant
Mountain View, CA · Atlanta, GA · +41 moreMountain View, CA +42
$54,400–$235,100
Forward Deployed Engineer, Command by Asana
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$248,000–$282,000
$155,000–$190,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$100,000–$190,000
Pay not posted
$120,000–$158,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, Physics & Simulation
Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAMenlo Park, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$275,000
$130,000–$165,000
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$120,000–$158,000
$175,000–$275,000
$200,000–$270,000
All 299 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area pay?
232 of 299 postings state a pay range. The median is $221,000, and half of them sit between $193,000 and $255,000, from 116 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area require?
Of 299 postings, 109 state a minimum number of years, from 65 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 59 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (28), under 3 years (18) or 10 or more years (4).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area?
These 299 postings come from 153 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (21), OpenAI (17), Sierra (12), Databricks (9) and Scale AI (9).
Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area remote?
23 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 108 are hybrid and 104 are on-site. The remaining 64 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 119 of the 299 postings.
Counted over the 299 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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