Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$220,000–$300,000
80 postings from 54 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$220,000–$300,000
$192,010–$274,300
$130,000–$200,000
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
TenstorrentProduction engineering
Austin, TX · Santa Clara, CAAustin, TX +1Remote
$100,000–$500,000 · base + variable
$192,010–$274,300
$230,000–$275,000
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$168,912–$253,368
$192,010–$274,300
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
Pay not posted
reflection.aiProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
Pay not posted
$215,000–$260,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Denver, CO · Washington, DCDenver, CO +1
$274,400–$343,000
$180,000–$210,000
Pay not posted
$200,000–$400,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$180,000–$225,000
StripeProduction engineering
Chicago, IL · US remoteRemote
$204,200–$306,400
Pay not posted
Red Cell PartnersProduction engineering
Seattle, WA · Mclean, VASeattle, WA +1Remote
$180,000–$240,000
GenesysProduction engineering
TX, NC
$205,200–$360,800
$200,000–$400,000
BCGProduction engineering
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$190,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$288,000–$360,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$405,000–$485,000
MolocoProduction engineering
Menlo Park, CA
$220,000–$275,000
Pay not posted
DatabricksDeployment team leadership
US · city not listed
$232,900–$320,200
$138,000–$230,000
ID.meDeployment team leadership
Mclean, VA · Mountain View, CA · +2 moreMclean, VA +3On-site
$154,000–$275,000
Scale AIDeployment team leadership
New York, NY
$285,200–$356,500
$217,000–$248,000
Form EnergyInternal deployment & tooling
Somerville, MA · Weirton, WVSomerville, MA +1Hybrid
$128,660–$194,218
VercelDeployment team leadership
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$240,000–$300,000
DatabricksDeployment team leadership
Washington, DCHybrid
$211,800–$291,300
Cursor (Anysphere)Deployment team leadership
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
GoviniDeployment team leadership
Pittsburgh, PA · Arlington, VAPittsburgh, PA +1On-site
Pay not posted
$190,000–$250,000
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70 of 80 postings state a pay range. The median is $243,000, and half of them sit between $210,000 and $281,000, across 46 companies.
Of 80 postings, 44 state a minimum number of years, from 37 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 21 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (17), 10 or more years (5) or under 3 years (1).
These 80 postings come from 54 companies. The employers with the most postings are Scale AI (7), Snorkel AI (5), Databricks (4), Applied Intuition (3) and Kong (3).
17 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 28 are hybrid and 18 are on-site. The remaining 17 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 17 of the 80 postings.
Counted over the 80 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.