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Solutions & Forward Deployed Engineer in San Francisco Salary at AI Startups

Base pay from 112 open roles at 53 AI companies that list a salary range. Annual USD.

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25th percentile

$195K

Median

$222K

75th percentile

$251K

Percentiles use the midpoint of each posted range. Lowest posted $83K, highest $485K.

Pay by role

RoleCompanySalary range
Head of Solutions Architecture, StartupsHybrid - San Francisco, New York City, AustinVercel$382K–$485K
Forward Deployed Engineer (Training)San FranciscoBaseten$200K–$400K
Forward Deployed EngineerSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United StatesFigma$153K–$376K
Solutions Architect - Salesforce San FranciscoDecagon$300K–$375K
Pre-Sales Program Lead, Forward Deployed EngineeringSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$270K–$365K
Senior Solution EngineerSan Francisco Office (Second St)Lambda$226K–$355K
Director, solutions architecture San Francisco, CAWriter$300K–$353K
Solutions Architect - Infrastructure San FranciscoDecagon$220K–$350K
Solutions Architect Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City, AustinVercel$190K–$340K
Software Engineer, Forward DeployedSan Francisco, CARamp$189K–$330K
Forward Deployed EngineerSan FranciscoBaseten$165K–$330K
Solutions ArchitectSan FranciscoBaseten$165K–$330K
Forward Deployed EngineerSan Francisco, CAGoodfire$200K–$325K
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - SFSan FranciscoOpenAI$185K–$325K
Sales Engineer - EnterpriseSan Francisco HQPlaid$197K–$323K
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)San Francisco, CA; New York, NYScale AI$252K–$315K
Forward Deployed Research ScientistSan Francisco, CAGoodfire$220K–$315K
Forward Deployed Research Scientist, Life SciencesSan Francisco, CAGoodfire$220K–$315K
Sales Engineer (Bay Area)San Francisco, CALangChain$185K–$315K
Director, Account Solutions ArchitectureSan Francisco, CACoreWeave$227K–$303K
Sr. Solutions Architect - Digital Native Business (Strategic Accounts)Remote - California; San Francisco, CaliforniaDatabricks$219K–$301K
Forward Deployed Engineer (Inference & Post-Training)San FranciscoTogether AI$270K–$300K
Solutions Architect San FranciscoTogether AI$250K–$300K
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Healthcare - SFSan FranciscoOpenAI$185K–$300K
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - SFSan FranciscoOpenAI$185K–$300K
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AISan Francisco, CAHandshake$220K–$300K
AppSec Sales Engineer San Francisco, California, United States; U.S. (Remote)Harness$220K–$290K
Sales Engineer - San FranciscoSan Francisco, California, United StatesHarness$220K–$290K
Director, Sales Solutions EngineeringNew York, NY; Salt Lake City, UT; San Francisco, CAFlex (Financial Services)$230K–$290K
Forward Deployed Engineer, Command by AsanaSan FranciscoAsana$248K–$282K
Senior Manager, Product Solutions ArchitectureBoston, Massachusetts, USA; Denver, Colorado, USA; New York, New York, USA; San Francisco, California, USADatadog$211K–$281K
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed EngineeringSan Francisco, CaliforniaIntercom$252K–$280K
Senior Solutions EngineerSan FranciscoDecagon$200K–$280K
Senior Solutions EngineerSan Francisco, CaliforniaIntercom$231K–$276K
Senior Solutions Engineer- LATAMNYC, Remote; San Francisco, CaliforniaIntercom$231K–$276K
Sales EngineerNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CAFaire$200K–$275K
Senior Manager, Account Solutions Architecture EngagedSan Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WACoreWeave$207K–$275K
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Okta for AI AgentsBellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOkta$200K–$275K
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)San Francisco, CA; New York, NYScale AI$216K–$270K
Enterprise Sales EngineerSan Francisco, CASierra$160K–$270K
Enterprise Sales Engineer, RetailSan Francisco, CASierra$160K–$270K
Enterprise Sales Engineer, HealthcareSan Francisco, CASierra$160K–$270K
Enterprise Sales Engineer (Spanish speaking)San Francisco, CASierra$160K–$270K
Enterprise Sales Engineer (Brazilian Portuguese speaking)San Francisco, CASierra$160K–$270K
Enterprise Sales Engineer, Consumer Business ServicesSan Francisco, CASierra$160K–$270K
Enterprise Sales Engineer, Public SectorSan Francisco, CASierra$160K–$270K
Solutions Engineer, Okta (Enterprise)San Francisco, CaliforniaOkta$179K–$269K
Solutions Architect, EnterpriseSan Francisco, CA; New York, NYScale AI$212K–$265K
Staff Solutions Architect, EnterpriseNew York, NY; San Francisco, CAScale AI$212K–$265K
Senior Sales Engineer, EnterpriseSan Francisco, California, United StatesAxon$165K–$264K
Senior Solution Architect (Presales)San Francisco, CAStarburst Data$230K–$260K
Senior Solution Architect (Presales)San Francisco, CAStarburst$230K–$260K
Solutions Engineer, Ads Solutions - San FranciscoSan FranciscoOpenAI$234K–$260K
Partner Solutions Engineer, Ads Solutions - San FranciscoSan FranciscoOpenAI$234K–$260K
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Life SciencesCambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USALila Sciences$192K–$256K
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences (Level Flexible)Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USALila Sciences$192K–$256K
Forward Deployed Engineer - Supply Chain SolutionsSan Francisco, California, United StatesFlexport$206K–$252K
Sr. Forward Deployed EngineerSan Francisco, CaliforniaDatabricks$182K–$250K
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & GamesSan Francisco, CaliforniaDatabricks$182K–$250K
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business San Francisco, CaliforniaDatabricks$182K–$250K
Partner Solutions EngineerSan Francisco, CAGlean$200K–$250K
Software Engineer, Forward Deployed (Mid - Senior Level)San FranciscoZip$150K–$250K
Staff Solutions Architect, Business SystemsSan Francisco, CATonal$200K–$250K
Datadog for Startups - Forward Deployed Engineering LeadSan Francisco, California, USADatadog$200K–$250K
Solution Architect, Datadog for StartupsSan Francisco, California, USADatadog$200K–$250K
Solutions Architect - Digital Native Business (Healthtech)Remote - California; San Francisco, CaliforniaDatabricks$180K–$248K
Solutions Architect - Strategic High TechRemote - California; San Francisco, CaliforniaDatabricks$180K–$248K
Engineering: Senior Customer Forward Deployed EngineerSan Francisco Amplitude$165K–$247K
Pre-Sales Solutions Engineer (San Francisco, CA)San Francisco, CADeepgram$197K–$246K
Solutions Architect (San Francisco, CA)San Francisco, CADeepgram$197K–$246K
Senior Product Solutions Architect (Cloud Cost Management)Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Denver, Colorado, USA; New York, New York, USA; San Francisco, California, USADatadog$185K–$246K
Account Solutions Architect - GreenfieldSan Francisco, CA / Atlanta, GACoreWeave$182K–$242K
Senior Account Solutions ArchitectSan Francisco, CACoreWeave$182K–$242K
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AI AgentsSunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CACoreWeave$182K–$242K
Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Agent BuilderSan Francisco, California, United StatesBrex$152K–$240K
Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMERSan Francisco, CaliforniaNotion$175K–$240K
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, AI/MLSan FranciscoDigitalOcean$220K–$239K
Senior Forward Deployed EngineerChicago, Illinois; San Francisco, CaliforniaIntercom$215K–$237K
Sr. Lead MarTech & AI Solutions ArchitectSan Francisco, CAKlaviyo$156K–$234K
Forward Deployed Data ScientistSan Francisco, CaliforniaIntercom$207K–$229K
Solutions Architect -Spanish SpeakingNYC, Remote; San Francisco, CaliforniaIntercom$191K–$228K
Partner Solutions EngineerHybrid - San FranciscoVercel$176K–$225K
Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)San Francisco, CA; New York, NYScale AI$180K–$225K
Senior Forward Deployed Product Manager San Francisco, CaliforniaIntercom$200K–$222K
Staff Solutions Architect, Majors (West)San Francisco, CaliforniaTemporal$168K–$221K
Senior Solutions Architect II, AI/MLSan FranciscoDigitalOcean$150K–$215K
Forward Deployed Consultant- Supply Chain SolutionsSan Francisco, California, United StatesFlexport$174K–$213K
Account Solution ArchitectSan Francisco, CA CoreWeave$143K–$210K
EPM Solution Architect, Sales Performance Management - San Francisco Bay AreaSan FranciscoPigment$140K–$210K
Senior Solutions Architect (Pre-Sales)San FranciscoMongoDB$104K–$204K
Forward Deployed EngineerChicago, Illinois; San Francisco, CaliforniaIntercom$180K–$200K
Forward Deployed Engineer (Implementation Engineering)Chicago, Illinois, United States; New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United StatesHarness$170K–$200K
Agent Solutions EngineerSan FranciscoBland AI$120K–$200K
Forward Deployed GTM EngineerSan FranciscoAttio$150K–$200K
Solutions Engineer [Pre and Post-Sales] - Mid-MarketSan FranciscoAttio$160K–$200K
Manager, Commercial Solution EngineeringSan FranciscoSigma Computing$170K–$195K
Forward Deployed AI Engineer, WestRemote (San Francisco)Arize AI$155K–$190K
Sales Engineer, San Francisco (Strategic)Remote - San Francisco, CaliforniaCribl$150K–$190K
Senior Solutions Engineer San Francisco, CaliforniaSentry$170K–$190K
Lead Solutions Architect, AnaplanChicago; Irvine; Los Angeles; New York; San Francisco; San Jose; Seattle; VenturaThe Trade Desk$103K–$189K
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