Staff Applied AI Engineer (Forward Deployed) [NYC or SF]
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$240,000–$300,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area
108 postings · 76 companies · 96 with pay · median $230,000 · middle half $215,000–$262,000 · read
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Technical lead
108 jobs match
$197,800–$271,975
$200,000–$287,500
$194,736.75–$265,613.9
$183,997–$257,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$168,100–$250,200
$304,000–$437,000
$191,000–$289,300
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Sr Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$264,000–$379,500
$220,000–$270,000
$232,900–$291,100
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$198,000–$319,000/mo
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$215,000–$275,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)
Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering
Pleasanton, CA · Austin, TXPleasanton, CA +1On-site
$170,000–$220,000
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +7 moreSan Francisco, CA +8Hybrid
$158,900–$340,000
$158,520–$294,360
$97,860–$316,750
Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +40 moreMountain View, CA +41
$112,900–$302,400
$185,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$168,100–$261,500
$194,000–$266,000
Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data Generation
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, Team Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$190,000–$270,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$168,100–$261,500
$168,912–$253,368
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer [NYC or SF]
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$240,000–$300,000
$200,000–$270,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
$220,000–$239,000
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$250,000–$300,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Bellevue, WA · +4 moreBoston, MA +5On-site
$168,100–$261,500
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
$195,000–$215,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area pay?
96 of 108 postings state a pay range. The median is $230,000, and half of them sit between $215,000 and $262,000, from 65 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area require?
Of 108 postings, 84 state a minimum number of years, from 58 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 43 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (24) or 10 or more years (17).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area?
These 108 postings come from 76 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (9), ServiceNow (5), Snowflake (4), Accenture (3) and OpenAI (3).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in SF Bay Area remote?
10 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 35 are hybrid and 18 are on-site. The remaining 45 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 43 of the 108 postings.
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