DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Los Angeles, CA
$182,000–$250,208
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DatabricksProduction engineering
Los Angeles, CA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Seattle, WA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Dallas, TX
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Chicago, IL
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Boston, MA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
New York, NY
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Washington, DC
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Denver, CO
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Mountain View, CA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Raleigh, NC
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
New York, NY
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Boston, MA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Chicago, ILRemote
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Dallas, TX
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Austin, TX
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Atlanta, GA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$166,000–$220,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Denver, CO · Honolulu, HI · +1 moreDenver, CO +2
$235,200–$294,000
Pay not posted
$215,000–$260,000
$191,000–$253,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Denver, CO · Washington, DCDenver, CO +1
$274,400–$343,000
$211,000–$302,000
Agile DefenseProduction engineering
Colorado Springs, CO · Falls Church, VA · +7 moreColorado Springs, CO +8On-site
Pay not posted
$191,000–$253,000
TikTokProduction engineering
San Jose, CA
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$191,000–$253,000
$347,000–$385,000
$180,000–$210,000
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429 of 508 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $187,000 and $240,000, across 109 companies.
Of 508 postings, 216 state a minimum number of years, from 93 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 99 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (89), under 3 years (18) or 10 or more years (10).
These 508 postings come from 142 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (70), OpenAI (40), Anduril (39), Scale AI (27) and SpaceX (16).
113 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 132 are hybrid and 97 are on-site. The remaining 166 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 233 of the 508 postings.
Counted over the 508 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.