$143,200–$243,400
FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with significant travel
161 postings · 72 companies · 139 state pay: median $211,000, half $184,000–$232,000
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Enterprise AI Transformation Consultant
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +40 moreMountain View, CA +41
$54,400–$196,000
Pay not posted
Staff Applied AI Engineer - Enterprise AI Solutions
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$230,000–$360,000
Forward Deployment Engineer LMTS
San Francisco, CA · Bellevue, WA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$172,500–$285,800
Enterprise AI Transformation Manager
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +40 moreMountain View, CA +41
$80,400–$266,300
Pay not posted
$118,000–$176,000
$179,875–$203,925
Technical Commerce & AI Consultant | Agentic Commerce
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +40 moreMountain View, CA +41
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Solutions Architect, Business Agents
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$130,000–$185,000
$190,900–$334,100
Snowflake Advanced AI Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreSan Francisco, CA +40
$54,400–$205,800
Pay not posted
Senior Applied AI Engineer/Architect
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +7 moreSan Francisco, CA +8
$225,000–$304,200
$200,000–$250,000
Google Agentic AI Delivery Specialist
Mountain View, CA · Albany, NY · +39 moreMountain View, CA +40
$54,400–$196,000
Pay not posted
$120,000–$190,000
$180,000–$250,000
Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer
Mountain View, CA · Albany, NY · +39 moreMountain View, CA +40
$80,400–$266,300
$87,400–$293,800
OpenAIPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - Platform
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$207,000–$294,000
Cognition AIKeeps customers running after launch
Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$230,000–$294,000
SalesforceLeads the deployment team
Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$196,700–$329,210
Amazon (incl AWS)Leads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Irvine, CA · +4 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +5
$184,900–$287,700
$150,000–$240,000
$190,000–$230,000 · OTE
Varick-AgentsPlans what the customer deploys first
Senior Forward Deployed Strategist
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$175,000–$250,000
PwC (US)Integrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Manager
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +57 moreSan Francisco, CA +58Hybrid
$99,000–$232,000
$320,000–$488,750
$140,000–$175,000
Bolo AIPlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Product Manager
Palo Alto, CA · Houston, TXPalo Alto, CA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
AccentureLeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Mountain View, CA · Arlington, VA · +39 moreMountain View, CA +40
$80,400–$316,300
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)Leads the deployment team
Engagement Director - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1
$170,000–$220,000
Sight MachinePlans what the customer deploys first
Industrial AI Forward Deployed Strategist
San Francisco, CA · Ann Arbor, MISan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$150,000–$200,000
AfreshLeads the deployment team
Founding Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$203,745–$275,655
Amazon (incl AWS)Builds for teams inside the company
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreMountain View, CA +5
$175,100–$247,600
103 of 161 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with significant travel pay?
139 of 161 postings state a pay range. The median is $211,000, and half of them sit between $184,000 and $232,000, from 59 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with significant travel require?
Of 161 postings, 105 state a minimum number of years, from 48 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 63 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (21), under 3 years (13) or 10 or more years (8).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with significant travel?
These 161 postings come from 72 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (23), Accenture (17), OpenAI (11), Salesforce (8) and Avathon (formerly SparkCognition) (5).
Are FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with significant travel remote?
20 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 52 are hybrid and 35 are on-site. The remaining 54 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 161 of the 161 postings.
Counted over the 161 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. Travel is the share the posting states. Postings that never mention travel are left out. · How we read postings