Read the Bay Area postings
The salary view uses a San Francisco Bay Area grouping, so it should not be read as a San Francisco city-only figure. The disclosed Bay Area postings show the locations, employers, and ranges behind the live view.
11x lists a Forward Deployed Engineer in San Francisco at $180,000–$200,000. The role is remote across the US and Canada, with an in-office option in San Francisco, and asks for at least three years in product-oriented software engineering. Its work includes full-stack systems for AI voice agents, agent orchestration, APIs, data flows, and production operation. Read the Nextmove listing and 11x's original posting.
Handshake lists a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI, in San Francisco at $220,000–$300,000. That role is on-site and asks for five or more years of full-stack engineering, production AI applications, enterprise customer work, agent evaluations, and reusable deployment practices. Read the Nextmove listing and Handshake's original posting.
Compare the work you would ship and operate, the experience requirement, customer contact, office schedule, and travel before comparing ranges.
