Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)Production engineering
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Pleasanton, CAOn-site
$130,000–$180,000
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Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)Production engineering
Pleasanton, CAOn-site
$130,000–$180,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
$190,200–$360,500
$236,000–$339,250
$112,700–$183,900
AccentureProduction engineering
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$220,400
The Job SauceProduction engineering
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$160,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$180,000–$225,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$261,500
$310,000–$350,000
$100,000–$150,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$220,400
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$157,000–$175,000
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$80,400–$293,800
PMGProduction engineering
Dallas, TX · New York, NY · +1 moreDallas, TX +2
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
$150,000–$350,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$302,000
$152,900–$210,155
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
$120,000–$200,000
$140,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$220,000–$239,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$220,000–$239,000
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$148,000–$255,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Columbus, OH · Dallas, TX · +2 moreColumbus, OH +3Hybrid
$112,900–$366,300
PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
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Employer postings · Postings read on · Sources
1,366 of 1,699 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $230,000, across 477 companies.
Of 1,699 postings, 730 state a minimum number of years, from 341 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 336 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (267), under 3 years (80) or 10 or more years (47).
These 1,699 postings come from 631 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (71), Databricks (62), Amazon (incl AWS) (49), Palantir (48) and Accenture (44).
289 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 437 are hybrid and 368 are on-site. The remaining 605 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 690 of the 1,699 postings.
Counted over the 1,699 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.