Lead Software Engineer, AI Labs (Product and Customer Facing)
San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$148,500–$344,700
374 postings · 123 companies · 336 state pay: median $196,000, half $166,000–$225,000
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San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$148,500–$344,700
Kirkland, WA · Sunnyvale, CAKirkland, WA +1
$183,000–$265,000
$119,800–$261,000
$246,800–$394,300
$150,000–$200,000
$112,800–$257,000
$166,500–$291,400
$174,000–$252,000
$195,000–$250,000
$208,000–$261,000
$76,730–$150,800
$190,900–$334,100
$195,000–$250,000
$250,000–$300,000
Irvine, CA · Herndon, VA · +1 moreIrvine, CA +2On-site
$168,100–$227,400
$166,500–$291,400
$82,100–$172,400
Pay not posted
San Francisco, CA · Bellevue, WA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$172,500–$285,800
$166,500–$291,400
$99,000–$225,000
$152,000–$287,500
$109,180–$197,175
$179,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$156,000–$224,250
Pay not posted
Jersey City, NJ · Austin, TX · +6 moreJersey City, NJ +7
$153,600–$239,000
$130,000–$203,000
$127,500–$204,000
$207,000–$300,000
$120,000–$136,000
San Francisco, CA · Bellevue, WA · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$148,500–$246,000
$165,750–$224,250
Pay not posted
$90,786–$120,673
Pay not posted
$190,900–$334,100
Pay not posted
$105,600–$199,480
196 of 374 build what the customer runs.
336 of 374 postings state a pay range. The median is $196,000, and half of them sit between $166,000 and $225,000, from 101 companies.
Of 374 postings, 261 state a minimum number of years, from 105 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 110 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (108), 10 or more years (38) or under 3 years (5).
These 374 postings come from 123 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (46), Accenture (25), NVIDIA (21), Capgemini (15) and Booz Allen (14).
53 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 80 are hybrid and 31 are on-site. The remaining 210 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 133 of the 374 postings.
Counted over the 374 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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