ZipProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Forward Deployed (Mid - Senior Level)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$150,000–$250,000
113 postings from 54 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, CA
$182,000–$250,208
$140,000–$190,000
$189,000–$330,000
$145,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$185,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$250,000–$280,000
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
US · city not listedHybrid
$152,900–$210,155
$155,000–$210,000 · OTE
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$302,000
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$118,400–$222,000
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$185,000–$325,000
$165,000–$330,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Austin, TX
$182,000–$250,208
$140,000–$170,000 · total compensation
$200,000–$400,000
$165,000–$330,000
Pay not posted
$140,000–$170,000 · total compensation
$138,000–$170,000
$197,000–$280,000
Pay not posted
$140,000–$170,000 · total compensation
$125,000–$220,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$251,000–$278,000
PendoProduction engineering
Raleigh, NC · San Francisco, CARaleigh, NC +1Remote
$132,200–$175,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remoteNew York, NY +1 · US remoteRemote
$170,000–$300,000 · OTE
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93 of 113 postings state a pay range. The median is $220,000, and half of them sit between $182,000 and $257,000, across 41 companies.
Of 113 postings, 34 state a minimum number of years, from 24 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 29 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (5).
These 113 postings come from 54 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (12), Databricks (11), Anthropic (5), Scale AI (5) and Decagon (4).
32 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 41 are hybrid and 16 are on-site. The remaining 24 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 56 of the 113 postings.
Counted over the 113 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.