$150,000–$200,000
FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with ongoing operations
721 postings · 394 companies · 567 state pay: median $210,000, half $178,000–$243,000
Postings read on · Updated
All filters
Counts show jobs matching each option and your other filters. Select several options to match any of them.
LocationSF Bay Area
Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.
Pay
Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.
Arrangement
Type of work
Level
Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.
Background
The experience the posting asks you to arrive with, in the employer’s own words, not our reading of the job. A posting that states no experience requirement is in none of these, and neither is one asking for experience outside the five.
Experience
Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.
Posted
Travel
Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.
Individual contributor or manager
Company stage
Coding work
Project stagesOngoing operations
Implementation share
Estimated from the job description, not measured working hours.
Who you build for
Visa sponsorship
Company size
Estimated from public information about the company. Bands are approximate. Companies without a stated size are listed as not stated.
721 jobs match
SF Bay Area
Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.
721 jobs match
Pay
Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.
721 jobs match
Arrangement
721 jobs match
Type of work
721 jobs match
Level
Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.
721 jobs match
Background
The experience the posting asks you to arrive with, in the employer’s own words, not our reading of the job. A posting that states no experience requirement is in none of these, and neither is one asking for experience outside the five.
721 jobs match
Experience
Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.
721 jobs match
Posted
721 jobs match
Travel
Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.
721 jobs match
Ongoing operations
721 jobs match
$180,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
Staff Applied AI Engineer (Forward Deployed) [NYC or SF]
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$240,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer, Generative AI, Geo
Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +2 moreMountain View, CA +3
$152,000–$221,000
Senior Applied AI Engineer (Forward Deployed) [NYC or SF]
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$260,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreSan Francisco, CA +5
$168,100–$261,500
Pay not posted
$240,000–$415,000
$208,600–$312,900
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Labs
Mountain View, CA · New York, NYMountain View, CA +1
$174,000–$252,000
$130,000–$210,000
$194,736.75–$265,613.9
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
$185,000–$300,000
$200,000–$375,000
$168,349.5–$230,912.6
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$130,600–$147,000
$120,000–$200,000
$191,475–$260,830
Forward Deployed Software Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$140,000–$180,000
$136,000–$155,000
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$143,700–$213,800
Pay not posted
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
$183,997–$257,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5
$168,100–$261,500
Forward Deployed Engineer (U.S. Government / IL5)
San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CASan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$130,000–$170,000
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
Applied Researcher - Forward-Deployed RL
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$150,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$250,200
Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI
San Francisco, CA · Gallup, NMSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$191,000–$289,300
Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +2 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +3
$143,700–$223,600
$120,000–$200,000
405 of 721 build what the customer runs.
Get new postings like these by email New fde and deployment jobs in sf bay area with ongoing operations go out by email once you have an account and set an alert.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with ongoing operations pay?
567 of 721 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $178,000 and $243,000, from 295 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with ongoing operations require?
Of 721 postings, 419 state a minimum number of years, from 259 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 225 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (106), under 3 years (61) or 10 or more years (27).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with ongoing operations?
These 721 postings come from 394 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (26), OpenAI (23), NVIDIA (18), Sierra (15) and Accenture (14).
Are FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with ongoing operations remote?
60 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 208 are hybrid and 270 are on-site. The remaining 183 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 258 of the 721 postings.
Counted over the 721 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. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings