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
$206,600–$229,000
$189,000–$330,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
$185,000–$300,000
IntercomProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, ILSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$160,000–$200,000
$200,000–$400,000
$182,000–$250,208
AnthropicProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$189,000–$330,000
$156,060–$211,140
DatabricksProduction engineering
US · city not listedHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$179,400–$224,250
$153,000–$325,000
$168,912–$253,368
$165,000–$330,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
$185,000–$325,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
AnthropicProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$160,000–$230,000
$140,000–$170,000 · total compensation
$165,000–$330,000
$250,000–$330,000
Pay not posted
$140,000–$170,000 · total compensation
AnthropicProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$405,000–$485,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$251,000–$278,000
ION GroupProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
Pay not posted
$140,000–$170,000 · total compensation
$266,000–$362,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$211,000–$278,000
Pay not posted
$199,800–$222,000
EpicorDeployment team leadership
Lehi, UT · Austin, TX · +1 moreLehi, UT +2Hybrid
$138,000–$235,000
snaplogicImplementation & delivery
San Mateo, CA · San Francisco, CASan Mateo, CA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
DatabricksDeployment team leadership
Washington, DCHybrid
$211,800–$291,300
IntercomImplementation & delivery
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, ILSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$190,000–$237,000
$140,000–$175,000
$130,000–$170,000 · OTE
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72 of 80 postings state a pay range. The median is $217,000, and half of them sit between $186,000 and $260,000, across 32 companies.
Of 80 postings, 11 state a minimum number of years, from 8 companies. The most common requirement is under 3 years, in 6 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (5).
These 80 postings come from 40 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (15), Anthropic (7), Intercom (5), Baseten (4) and Databricks (4).
0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 80 are hybrid. Travel is mentioned in 29 of the 80 postings.
Counted over the 80 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.