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Production engineering jobs in SF Bay Area

Compare current US jobs, responsibilities, locations and advertised pay. Includes forward deployed engineering and related deployment roles. Locations cover the metro area, not only the city.

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ServiceNowProduction engineering

Principal AI Forward Deployed Engineer

Santa Clara, CA

Principal customer-facing engineer leading the technical direction of ServiceNow’s CRM & Industry Forward Deployed Engineering group, designing and deploying agentic AI solutions for sales automation, CPQ, customer service, and field service.

$221,200–$387,100

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IntercomProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Data Scientist

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Forward Deploy Data Scientists embed with strategic customers to design, implement, and scale enterprise Fin deployments that automate support and deliver measurable outcomes.

$206,600–$229,000

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IntercomProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineer working at the intersection of applied AI, customer engineering, and product strategy for Fin’s most strategic customers.

$180,000–$200,000

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Retell AIProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer, New Grad

Redwood City, CAOn-site

Build and launch production voice AI solutions for enterprise customers while splitting time roughly evenly between coding and direct customer work.

$150,000–$250,000

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Wispr FlowProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Engineers own customer deployments from discovery through launch and adoption, partnering with engineering, IT, security, and business teams.

$180,000–$350,000

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RenderProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CARemote

Render's first Forward Deployed Engineer will provide hands-on technical partnership to strategic accounts and run onboarding intensives for high-growth AI startups.

$236,000–$289,000

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - SF

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineers lead end-to-end production deployments of frontier models for strategic customers, owning discovery, system design, implementation, and rollout.

$185,000–$300,000

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Applied IntuitionProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Sunnyvale, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Software Engineers own end-to-end delivery of high-stakes customer projects, integrating vehicle intelligence platforms into real-world operational environments.

$130,000–$200,000

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RampProduction engineering

Software Engineer, Forward Deployed

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Forward Deployed Software Engineer at Ramp, embedded in a customer-facing, agent-first team that solves complex problems for large enterprises.

$189,000–$330,000

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CloudflareProduction engineering

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Cloudflare seeks a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to embed within a strategic global customer, writing production code and shaping architecture on the Cloudflare platform.

$194,000–$266,000

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SitrepsProduction engineering

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector

Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAOn-site

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer for a venture-backed AI security company, helping public sector customers deploy AI evaluation, guardrail, and agent governance platforms in mission-critical environments.

$167,000–$203,000

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AMDProduction engineering

Sr. Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Santa Clara, CAHybrid

This is a forward-deployed AI engineering role at AMD, focused on building and deploying production-grade AI systems for enterprise customers.

Pay range unavailable

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AccentureProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer Manager

Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 more

Forward Deployed Engineer Manager at Accenture: a customer-embedded engineering role designing, prototyping, deploying, and scaling production-grade AI solutions on platforms like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, SAP, and ServiceNow.

$80,400–$316,300

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NuvoProduction engineering

New Grad Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY

This new grad Forward Deployed Engineer role combines software development with direct customer engagement to build, integrate, and optimize systems for wholesale commerce.

Pay range unavailable

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DeepgramProduction engineering

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts

New York, NY · San Francisco, CAOn-site

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer embedding with enterprise restaurant brands and technology partners to own end-to-end technical implementation of Deepgram's voice AI platform, from discovery through go-live and optimization.

$197,000–$246,000

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AccentureProduction engineering

Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 more

Forward-deployed AI engineer role at Accenture, embedded with enterprise clients to design, prototype, and scale production-grade AI workflows using LLMs and enterprise platforms.

$112,900–$366,300

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Apollo ResearchProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer (Product)

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Own end-to-end deployment, integration, evaluation, and support for Watcher, a production coding-agent security product monitoring billions of agent tokens per month.

$222,000–$290,000

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Snorkel AIProduction engineering

Senior/Staff FDE - CUA

New York, NY · San Francisco, CAHybrid

Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer focused on computer-use agents, partnering with AI labs and enterprises to deliver agentic-AI task environments, datasets, evaluators, and production solutions.

$180,000–$320,000

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-SF

New York, NYHybrid

OpenAI is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to build and deploy AI systems for legal work, embedding with law firms and legal teams to identify high-value use cases, prototype solutions, and drive production adoption.

$185,000–$300,000

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AccentureProduction engineering

Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer

Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more

Forward Deployed Engineer role within Accenture's Palantir Business Group, deploying Palantir Foundry/AIP solutions for government, healthcare, energy, financial services, and manufacturing clients.

$54,400–$235,100

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AlexProduction engineering

Forward-Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Forward-Deployed Engineer owning the full lifecycle of customer deployments for an AI recruiting platform: designing workflows, building integrations with ATS and third-party systems, onboarding, and production support.

$150,000–$180,000

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