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FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area

975 postings · 486 companies · 749 state pay: median $213,000, half $179,000–$245,000

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Hiring here: OpenAI, Amazon (incl AWS), Accenture, NVIDIA, Google.

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BasetenBuilds for teams inside the company

AI Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

$175,000–$190,000

NscaleBuilds for teams inside the company

Foundry Engineering Lead

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2

Pay not posted

CiridaeBuilds for teams inside the company

Staff Platform Engineer

San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site

Pay not posted

EverlawBuilds for teams inside the company

GTM AI Engineer

Oakland, CAHybrid

$154,000–$213,000

GeneraBuilds for teams inside the company

Software Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Pay not posted

PrologisBuilds for teams inside the company

Lead AI Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Denver, CO · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4On-site

$147,000–$202,000

570 of 975 build what the customer runs.

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Frequently asked questions

What do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area pay?

749 of 975 postings state a pay range. The median is $213,000, and half of them sit between $179,000 and $245,000, from 356 companies.

How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area require?

Of 975 postings, 540 state a minimum number of years, from 300 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 294 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (132), under 3 years (78) or 10 or more years (36).

Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area?

These 975 postings come from 486 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (29), Amazon (incl AWS) (24), Accenture (23), NVIDIA (21) and Google (18).

Are FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area remote?

81 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 279 are hybrid and 355 are on-site. The remaining 260 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 356 of the 975 postings.

Counted over the 975 postings in this search. Postings read on November 2, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.

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