Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$250,000–$300,000
Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area
142 postings · 93 companies · 127 with pay · median $238,000 · middle half $215,000–$267,000 · read
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Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
$190,900–$334,100
$195,000–$215,000
$165,604–$228,491
Staff Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)
San Jose, CA · Reston, VA · +6 moreSan Jose, CA +7Remote
$246,800–$394,300
Pay not posted
$200,000–$350,000
$166,500–$291,400
Infrastructure Engineer, Customer Delivery
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
$180,000–$270,000
Staff Applied AI Engineer - Enterprise AI Solutions
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$230,000–$360,000
$190,900–$334,100
Pay not posted
$234,000–$286,000
$180,000–$390,000
$166,500–$291,400
$250,000–$300,000
$207,000–$300,000
$200,000–$290,000
$166,500–$291,400
$215,000–$260,000
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$265,000–$331,000
$200,000–$400,000
$190,900–$334,100
$200,000–$250,000
Staff Specialist Field Engineer, Robotics
San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CASan Francisco, CA +1
$177,000–$237,000
Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$288,000–$360,000
Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$405,000–$485,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
GoogleBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead GenAI Forward Deployed Engineer, YouTube GTM Operations
Mountain View, CA · San Bruno, CA · +1 moreMountain View, CA +2
$186,000–$269,000
$230,000–$294,000
Analog DevicesBuilds for teams inside the company
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI Productivity
San Jose, CA · Dallas, TXSan Jose, CA +1
$200,000–$275,000
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2On-site
$150,000–$300,000
PrologisBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Denver, CO · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9
$200,000–$285,000
Flow EngineeringLeads the deployment team
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$240,000–$300,000
AircallLeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Team Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$200,000–$256,000
F5Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer lll
San Jose, CA · Seattle, WASan Jose, CA +1
$120,000–$180,000
$250,000–$315,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area pay?
127 of 142 postings state a pay range. The median is $238,000, and half of them sit between $215,000 and $267,000, from 81 companies.
How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area require?
Of 142 postings, 110 state a minimum number of years, from 72 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 56 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (28) or 10 or more years (26).
Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area?
These 142 postings come from 93 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (11), ServiceNow (6), Snorkel AI (5), Scale AI (4) and Snowflake (4).
Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area remote?
14 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 44 are hybrid and 28 are on-site. The remaining 56 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 54 of the 142 postings.
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