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FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area
966 postings · 483 companies · 747 with pay · median $214,000 · middle half $180,000–$245,000 · read
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Ode with AnthropicPlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Product Manager (SF/NY)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$275,000
GoogleLeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager II, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
Sunnyvale, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSunnyvale, CA +2
$262,000–$364,000
NVIDIABuilds for teams inside the company
Senior AI Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Santa Clara, CA
$200,000–$322,000
HadrianLeads the deployment team
Director of Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering
SF Bay AreaOn-site
$300,000–$415,000
AtomsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CAMountain View, CA +1On-site
$176,000–$242,000
GoogleIntegrates and configures it
AI Outcome Customer Engineer III, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL · +6 moreSan Francisco, CA +7
$183,000–$265,000
$116,000–$230,000
OpenAIPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - Platform
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$207,000–$294,000
AtomsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CAMountain View, CA +1On-site
$176,000–$242,000
GoogleIntegrates and configures it
AI Outcome Customer Engineer II, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +6 moreSan Francisco, CA +7
$152,000–$221,000
$116,000–$230,000
SnowflakeLeads the deployment team
Software Engineering Manager, AI Migrations (Forward Deployed)
Menlo Park, CA
$236,000–$339,200
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, ILSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$187,100–$300,000
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
AdobeBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Marketing Intelligence & Consumer Insights
San Jose, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 moreSan Jose, CA +2
$109,000–$200,700
$102,000–$115,000
GRIDSIGHTBuilds for teams inside the company
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
Pay not posted
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$300,000
CyvlIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$120,000–$195,000
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
FluidstackBuilds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer, Business Operations
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$224,000–$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
Bunkerhill HealthIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Product Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$185,000–$245,000
Pay not posted
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
$180,000–$250,000
$210,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
SalesforceIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Data 360
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +9 moreSan Francisco, CA +10
$88,970–$316,750
566 of these 966 jobs build what the customer runs.
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SF Bay Area is the largest FDE job market of the 21 US metros listed here, with 966 postings from 483 companies read on November 8, 2026. Hiring here: OpenAI, Amazon (incl AWS), NVIDIA, Accenture, Google.
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What do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area pay?
747 of 966 postings state a pay range. The median is $214,000, and half of them sit between $180,000 and $245,000, from 356 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area require?
Of 966 postings, 539 state a minimum number of years, from 301 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 295 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (127), under 3 years (80) or 10 or more years (37).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area?
These 966 postings come from 483 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (31), Amazon (incl AWS) (27), NVIDIA (22), Accenture (20) and Google (17).
Are FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area remote?
84 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 272 are hybrid and 352 are on-site. The remaining 258 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 360 of the 966 postings.
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