$130,000–$180,000
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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Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$180,000–$225,000
$157,000–$175,000
$236,000–$339,250
$150,000–$350,000
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
$140,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
$220,000–$239,000
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
$150,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$148,000–$255,000
$155,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$150,000–$300,000
$230,000–$300,000
$200,000–$325,000
$200,000–$250,000
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
$179,400–$224,250
$135,000–$200,000
$180,000–$233,000
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
Forward-Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$137,000–$207,000
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$280,000
$182,000–$250,208
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences (Level Flexible)
San Francisco, CA · Cambridge, MASan Francisco, CA +1
$192,000–$256,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - North America
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$155,000–$210,000
$120,000–$220,000
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$200,000–$287,500
$180,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
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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