ZipProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Forward Deployed (Mid - Senior Level)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$150,000–$250,000
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ZipProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$150,000–$250,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
$140,000–$190,000
$189,000–$330,000
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$185,000–$300,000
BCGProduction engineering
Boston, MA · Chicago, IL · +10 moreBoston, MA +11On-site
$110,000–$190,000
$250,000–$280,000
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$264,000
$185,000–$300,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
US · city not listedHybrid
$152,900–$210,155
$155,000–$210,000 · OTE
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
$185,000–$300,000
$182,000–$250,208
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
$118,400–$222,000
$185,000–$300,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
$250,000–$300,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
$165,000–$330,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$302,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Chicago, IL
$182,000–$250,208
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
$185,000–$325,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Boston, MA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Chicago, ILRemote
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Austin, TX
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Atlanta, GA
$182,000–$250,208
$165,000–$330,000
$200,000–$400,000
$197,000–$280,000
$125,000–$220,000
BCGProduction engineering
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$190,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$251,000–$278,000
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remoteNew York, NY +1 · US remoteRemote
$170,000–$300,000 · OTE
Scale AIProduction engineering
Colorado Springs, CO · Omaha, NE · +2 moreColorado Springs, CO +3
$140,000–$290,000
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105 of 105 postings state a pay range. The median is $237,000, and half of them sit between $210,000 and $265,000, across 43 companies.
Of 105 postings, 52 state a minimum number of years, from 28 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 24 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (20), 10 or more years (5) or under 3 years (3).
These 105 postings come from 43 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (15), OpenAI (15), Anthropic (7), Scale AI (7) and Decagon (5).
17 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 46 are hybrid and 14 are on-site. The remaining 28 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 53 of the 105 postings.
Counted over the 105 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.