OpenAIProduction engineering
Physical Design Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$302,000
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OpenAIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$302,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
$182,000–$250,208
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Judi HealthProduction engineering
Charlotte, NC · Denver, CO · +1 moreCharlotte, NC +2Hybrid
$116,400–$200,000
$182,000–$250,208
$118,400–$222,000
BCGProduction engineering
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +9 moreBoston, MA +10On-site
$110,000–$190,000
$140,000–$160,000
$182,000–$250,208
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$179,400–$224,250
$190,400–$285,600
$182,000–$250,208
CohereProduction engineering
San Francisco, CARemote
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
VercelProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$137,000–$207,000
$182,000–$250,208
$160,000–$270,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
$250,000–$300,000
GoviniProduction engineering
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
ElevenLabsProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
Pay not posted
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
GoviniProduction engineering
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
US · city not listed
$182,000–$250,208
reflection.aiProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
$180,000–$264,000
GoviniProduction engineering
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
$153,000–$325,000
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
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Employer postings · Postings read on · Sources
449 of 533 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $185,000 and $243,000, across 121 companies.
Of 533 postings, 226 state a minimum number of years, from 99 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 105 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (91), under 3 years (19) or 10 or more years (11).
These 533 postings come from 157 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (69), OpenAI (40), Anduril (39), Scale AI (27) and SpaceX (16).
113 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 153 are hybrid and 102 are on-site. The remaining 165 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 248 of the 533 postings.
Counted over the 533 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.