DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
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DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
$190,000–$220,000
$112,400–$171,600
BCGProduction engineering
Boston, MA · Los Angeles, CA · +10 moreBoston, MA +11
$110,000–$190,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$180,000–$225,000
$140,000–$160,000
$182,000–$250,208
$190,400–$285,600
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
$182,000–$250,208
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Mountain View, CA
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
US · city not listed
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
New York, NY
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Charlotte, NC
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Washington, DC
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
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
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Employer postings · Postings read on · Sources
156 of 166 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $193,000 and $222,000, across 25 companies.
Of 166 postings, 55 state a minimum number of years, from 19 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 31 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (21) or under 3 years (3).
These 166 postings come from 32 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (55), Anduril (37), Scale AI (18), SpaceX (6) and Relativity Space (4).
Counted over the 166 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.