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.

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

AI Deployment Engineer, Enterprise

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$197K – $278KMid23h ago

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AI Deployment Engineer, Digital Natives

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$197K – $278KMid23h ago

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Staff Software Engineer, Labs: Applied AI

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

Salary not disclosedLead1d ago

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Strategy & Operations, Applied AI - AMER

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

Salary not disclosed1d ago

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Applied AI Architect, Partnerships

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

Salary not disclosedMid2d ago

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Manager, AI Deployment Engineering — Enterprise

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$251K – $335KLead3d ago

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Manager, Applied AI Engineering

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

Salary not disclosedLead1w ago

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

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

Salary not disclosedLead2w ago

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AI Deployment Engineer, Cyber

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$234K – $278KMid2w ago

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Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering

OpenAI·San Francisco

$280K – $335KLead2w ago

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AI Deployment Engineer, Messenger Integrations

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$197K – $292KMid2w ago

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Manager, AI Deployment Engineering - Digital Natives

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$251K – $335KLead1mo ago

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AI Deployment Engineer, Startups

OpenAI·San Francisco

$198K – $280KMid1mo ago

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Manager of Applied AI Architecture, Startups

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA

Salary not disclosedLead1mo ago

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AI Deployment Strategist, Enterprise

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

Salary not disclosedMid1mo ago

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AI Deployment Engineering Manager, Startups

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$251K – $335KLead1mo ago

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Manager of Applied AI Architecture, Enterprise Tech

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

Salary not disclosedLead1mo ago

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Engineering Manager - Forward Deployed Engineering (LLM)

Baseten·San FranciscoHybrid

$260K – $380KLead2mo ago

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Design Verification, Forward Deployed Engineering

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$162K – $302KMid2mo ago

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Senior Staff Applied AI Engineer - Context Retrieval

Databricks·Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California

Salary not disclosedLead2mo 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 disclosedLead2mo ago

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Applied AI Architect, Commercial

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

Salary not disclosedMid2mo ago

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Head of Applied AI Architecture, Beneficial Deployments

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

Salary not disclosedLead2mo ago

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Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Digital Native Business

Databricks·San Francisco, California

Salary not disclosedSenior3mo ago

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Manager of Applied AI Architecture, Partnerships

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

Salary not disclosedLead3mo ago

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Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering

Intercom·San Francisco, California

Salary not disclosedLead3mo ago

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Applied AI Engineer, Codex Core Agent

OpenAI·San Francisco

$230K – $385KMid3mo ago

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

Databricks·San Francisco, California

Salary not disclosedSenior3mo ago

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Technical Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - SF

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$198K – $294KLead4mo ago

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Technical Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)- Platform

OpenAI·San Francisco

$198K – $335KLead4mo ago

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Platform Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$302K – $335KLead4mo ago

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Platform Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) -SF

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$230K – $385KMid4mo ago

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Applied AI Claude Evangelist, Startups

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA

Salary not disclosed4mo ago

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Applied AI Architect, Enterprise Tech

Anthropic·Boston, MA; New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY; Seattle, WA; Washington, DC

Salary not disclosedMid5mo ago

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Forward Deployed Engineer, Agentic Platform (West Coast)

Cohere·San FranciscoRemote

Salary not disclosedMid6mo ago

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AI Deployment Engineer- Codex

OpenAI·San Francisco

$197K – $278KMid7mo ago

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Forward Deployed Software Engineer - SF

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$185K – $325KMid7mo ago

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Software Engineer, AI Forward Deployed

Ramp·San Francisco, CAHybrid

$189K – $330KMid8mo ago

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Partner AI Deployment Engineer

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$197K – $278KMid10mo ago

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Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - SF

OpenAI·San FranciscoHybrid

$162K – $280KMid11mo ago

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Forward Deployed Engineer, GenAI

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

Salary not disclosedMid11mo ago

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Deployment Engineering Manager, Enterprise

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

Salary not disclosedLead12mo ago

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Applied AI Architect, Industries

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

Salary not disclosedMid18mo ago

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Applied AI Inference - Forward Deployed Engineer

Baseten·San FranciscoHybrid

$165K – $330KMid27mo ago

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