ZipProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Forward Deployed (Mid - Senior Level)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$150,000–$250,000
130 postings from 59 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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ZipProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$150,000–$250,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CARemote
$182,000–$250,208
$130,000–$200,000
$200,000–$400,000
flexportProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$206,181–$252,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
$189,000–$330,000
$160,000–$180,000
$220,000–$240,000
$182,000–$250,208
$155,000–$210,000 · OTE
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
$118,400–$222,000
$182,000–$250,208
CohereProduction engineering
San Francisco, CARemote
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
GoviniProduction engineering
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$179,400–$224,250
OpenAIProduction engineering
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
$182,000–$250,208
$165,000–$330,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
US · city not listedHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Mountain View, CA
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Los Angeles, CA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Dallas, TX
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Boston, MA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Washington, DC
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
New York, NY
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Dallas, TX
$182,000–$250,208
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Employer postings · Postings read on · Sources
111 of 130 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $180,000 and $227,000, across 45 companies.
These 130 postings come from 59 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (32), Anduril (10), Scale AI (10), OpenAI (8) and Baseten (3).
27 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 34 are hybrid and 18 are on-site. The remaining 51 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 68 of the 130 postings.
Counted over the 130 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.