$194,000–$266,000
FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area
569 postings · 329 companies · 433 state pay: median $215,000, half $184,000–$245,000
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$175,000–$220,000
Forward Deployed AI Engineer Sr Manager
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +38 moreMountain View, CA +39
$112,900–$366,300
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$197,000–$246,000
$200,000–$300,000
Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC)
Forward-Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$200,000–$400,000
Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +39 moreMountain View, CA +40
$54,400–$235,100
$222,000–$290,000
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-SF
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$185,000–$300,000
Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +39 moreMountain View, CA +40
$80,400–$316,300
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +6 moreMountain View, CA +7
$168,100–$261,500
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Computer Use Agents
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-NYC
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$185,000–$300,000
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
$153,000–$376,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration
San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +9 moreSan Francisco, CA +10
$88,970–$316,750
$180,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$100,000–$160,000
Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$155,000–$193,000
$182,000–$250,208
$190,000–$240,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$230,000–$316,250
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$200,000–$400,000
$215,000–$275,000
$140,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$200,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, Team Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$190,000–$270,000
$200,000–$300,000
$185,000–$230,000
$150,000–$200,000
$185,000–$300,000
$200,000–$400,000
Pay not posted
All 569 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area pay?
433 of 569 postings state a pay range. The median is $215,000, and half of them sit between $184,000 and $245,000, from 234 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area require?
Of 569 postings, 300 state a minimum number of years, from 180 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 173 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (62), under 3 years (48) or 10 or more years (17).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area?
These 569 postings come from 329 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (21), OpenAI (18), Accenture (16), Google (15) and Sierra (12).
Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area remote?
48 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 155 are hybrid and 215 are on-site. The remaining 151 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 240 of the 569 postings.
Counted over the 569 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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