$185,000–$300,000
FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area with significant travel
103 postings · 47 companies · 92 state pay: median $215,000, half $185,000–$240,000
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Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 moreBerkeley, CA +2Remote
$182,000–$250,208
$180,000–$220,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$130,000–$210,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cleared - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$185,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreSan Francisco, CA +5
$168,100–$261,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | New York or San Francisco (Onsite)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$136,000–$216,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Senior Associate
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +57 moreSan Francisco, CA +58Hybrid
$77,000–$202,000
$191,000–$289,300
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$143,700–$223,600
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$220,000–$270,000
$170,000–$225,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$201,300–$352,300
Pay not posted
$198,000–$319,000/mo
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$143,700–$213,800
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Washington, DCSan Francisco, CA +1
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer - Cybersecurity - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (Implementation Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Remote
$170,000–$200,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$168,100–$261,500
$175,000–$265,000
$180,000–$300,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$250,200
$175,000–$250,000
$97,860–$316,750
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +40 moreMountain View, CA +41
$112,900–$302,400
Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +2 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +3
$143,700–$223,600
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Mountain View, CA · Arlington, VA · +35 moreMountain View, CA +36
$80,400–$316,300
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Sr Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Washington, DCSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$167,000–$203,000
$200,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed AI Engineer Sr Manager
Mountain View, CA · Chicago, IL · +38 moreMountain View, CA +39
$112,900–$366,300
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
All 103 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area with significant travel pay?
92 of 103 postings state a pay range. The median is $215,000, and half of them sit between $185,000 and $240,000, from 41 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area with significant travel require?
Of 103 postings, 72 state a minimum number of years, from 31 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 48 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (12), under 3 years (9) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area with significant travel?
These 103 postings come from 47 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (19), Accenture (14), OpenAI (8), Luminary (5) and Salesforce (5).
Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area with significant travel remote?
13 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 28 are hybrid and 21 are on-site. The remaining 41 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 103 of the 103 postings.
Counted over the 103 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