Senior Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TXSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$194,000–$266,000
FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area
982 postings · 489 companies · 756 state pay: median $213,000, half $180,000–$244,000
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Hiring here: OpenAI, Amazon (incl AWS), Accenture, NVIDIA, Google.
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$201,300–$352,300
$152,000–$221,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Pay not posted
$170,000–$210,000
$130,000–$250,000
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$160,000–$240,000
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$150,000–$170,000
$160,000–$265,000
$120,000–$210,000
$232,900–$291,100
$198,000–$319,000/mo
$150,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Washington, DCSan Francisco, CA +1
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$200,000–$400,000
$180,000–$220,000
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$150,000–$250,000
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
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Forward Deployed Engineer (Implementation Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Remote
$170,000–$200,000
$175,000–$265,000
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Manager | Sales ReInvention
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +41 moreMountain View, CA +42On-site
$80,400–$316,300
$190,000–$250,000
$200,000–$275,000
$180,000–$300,000
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Senior Manager | Sales ReInvention
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +41 moreMountain View, CA +42
$112,900–$366,300
$175,000–$250,000
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$215,000–$275,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
$221,000–$275,000
Sr./Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Dallas, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Remote
$270,400–$401,600
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, United States - BCG X
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +10 moreSan Francisco, CA +11On-site
$110,000–$190,000
$175,000–$250,000
Partner Forward Deployed Engineer V, GenAI, Google Cloud
Sunnyvale, CA · New York, NYSunnyvale, CA +1
$262,000–$364,000
575 of 982 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area pay?
756 of 982 postings state a pay range. The median is $213,000, and half of them sit between $180,000 and $244,000, from 359 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area require?
Of 982 postings, 540 state a minimum number of years, from 301 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 295 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (132), under 3 years (78) or 10 or more years (35).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area?
These 982 postings come from 489 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 280 are hybrid and 361 are on-site. The remaining 260 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 359 of the 982 postings.
Counted over the 982 postings in this search. Postings read on November 1, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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