Forward Deployed Engineer Jobs in San Francisco

San Francisco is the highest-paying market for Forward Deployed Engineers in the world. OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks, Scale AI, and most AI-native companies run their largest FDE teams from the Bay Area, with total compensation for senior roles regularly exceeding $400K. Expect hybrid arrangements — most SF FDE roles combine office time with travel to customer sites.

50 open roles in San Francisco right now, sourced directly from company career pages.

Applied AI, Research Engineer

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

Salary not disclosedMid10h ago

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Applied AI Architect, Cyber

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

Salary not disclosedMid2d ago

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Forward Deployed Engineer, Agentic Platform (West Coast)

Cohere·San FranciscoRemote

A$175K – A$385KMid3d ago

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Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Startups)

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$302K – $335KLead4d ago

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Applied AI Architect, Startups

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

Salary not disclosedMid1w ago

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Applied AI Architect, Strategic Enterprise Tech

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA

Salary not disclosedMid1w ago

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Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Codex)

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$302K – $335KLead1w ago

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Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Digital Natives)

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$302K – $335KLead1w ago

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Manager, Applied AI Architect, Enterprise Tech

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

Salary not disclosedLead1w ago

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Applied AI Engineer, Beneficial Deployments (Life Sciences)

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

Salary not disclosedMid1w ago

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Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer

Databricks·San Francisco, California

Salary not disclosedSenior2w ago

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Applied AI Architect - EDU

OpenAI·San Francisco

$234K – $260KMid2w ago

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Manager Applied AI Architecture, Financial Services

Anthropic·New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

Salary not disclosedLead2w ago

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Manager Applied AI Architecture, Healthcare & Life Sciences

Anthropic·New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

Salary not disclosedLead2w ago

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Manager of Applied AI Architecture, Commercial

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

Salary not disclosedLead2w ago

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Pre-Sales Program Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

Salary not disclosedLead2w ago

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Forward Deployed Engineer (Training)

Baseten·San FranciscoHybrid

$200K – $400KMid2w ago

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Forward Deployed Engineer

Anthropic·New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA

Salary not disclosedMid3w ago

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Applied AI Architect, Enterprise Tech

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA

Salary not disclosedMid0mo ago

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Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Healthcare - SF

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$185K – $300KMid1mo ago

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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Intercom·San Francisco, California

$215K – $235KSenior1mo ago

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Early Access Deployment Engineer

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$250K – $330KMid1mo ago

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Applied AI Engineer, Agent Enablement

OpenAI·San Francisco

$197K – $280KMid1mo ago

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Applied AI Engineer, Plugins

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$197K – $280KMid1mo ago

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Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$251K – $278KMid1mo ago

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Applied AI Engineer, Digital Natives

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$251K – $278KMid1mo ago

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Strategy & Operations, Applied AI - AMER

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

Salary not disclosed1mo ago

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Applied AI Architect, Partnerships

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

Salary not disclosedMid1mo ago

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Manager, Applied AI Engineering, Beneficial Deployments (Life Sciences)

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

Salary not disclosedLead2mo ago

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Applied AI Engineer, Cyber

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$266K – $362KMid2mo ago

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Applied AI Engineer, Startups

OpenAI·San Francisco

$211K – $278KMid3mo ago

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Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)

Scale AI·San Francisco, CA; New York, NY

Salary not disclosedLead3mo ago

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Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)

Scale AI·San Francisco, CA; New York, NY

Salary not disclosedSenior3mo ago

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Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)

Scale AI·San Francisco, CA; New York, NY

Salary not disclosedMid3mo ago

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Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (LLM)

Baseten·San FranciscoHybrid

$260K – $380KLead3mo ago

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Senior Staff Applied AI Engineer - Context Retrieval

Databricks·Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California

Salary not disclosedLead4mo ago

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Manager of Applied AI Architecture, Enterprise Tech (Cyber)

Anthropic·New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY; Seattle, WA

Salary not disclosedLead4mo ago

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Applied AI Architect, Commercial

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

Salary not disclosedMid4mo ago

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Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business

Databricks·Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California

Salary not disclosedSenior5mo ago

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Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering

Intercom·San Francisco, California

$252K – $280KLead5mo ago

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Applied AI Engineer, Codex Core Agent

OpenAI·San Francisco

$230K – $385KMid5mo ago

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Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games

Databricks·San Francisco, California

Salary not disclosedSenior5mo ago

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Applied AI Technical Evangelist, Startup Ecosystem

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA

Salary not disclosed6mo ago

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Applied AI Architect, Enterprise

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$221K – $276KMid7mo ago

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Applied AI Architect, Digital Natives

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$221K – $278KMid7mo ago

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Applied AI Architect, Digital Natives (Strategics)

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$218K – $278KMid7mo ago

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Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise Tech

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA

Salary not disclosedMid7mo ago

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Codex Deployment Engineer

OpenAI·San Francisco

$211K – $278KMid9mo ago

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Forward Deployed Software Engineer - SF

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$185K – $325KMid9mo ago

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Applied AI Architect

OpenAI·San Francisco

$245KMid12mo ago

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