Inception LabsProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed AI Engineer
San Mateo, CAOn-site
$175,000–$275,000
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Inception LabsProduction engineering
San Mateo, CAOn-site
$175,000–$275,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Washington, DC
$182,000–$250,208
AdobeProduction engineering
San Jose, CA · New York, NYSan Jose, CA +1
$159,200–$301,600
The Job SauceProduction engineering
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$160,000–$220,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$180,000–$225,000
$100,000–$150,000
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$157,000–$175,000
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
PMGProduction engineering
Dallas, TX · New York, NY · +1 moreDallas, TX +2
Pay not posted
$150,000–$350,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
$152,900–$210,155
$120,000–$200,000
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
$140,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$150,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$148,000–$255,000
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$150,000–$180,000
Judi HealthProduction engineering
Charlotte, NC · Denver, CO · +1 moreCharlotte, NC +2Hybrid
$116,400–$200,000
AmplitudeProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
Pay not posted
$150,000–$200,000
$130,000–$170,000
AdobeProduction engineering
San Jose, CA · Austin, TX · +3 moreSan Jose, CA +4
$159,200–$301,600
$150,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$160,000–$210,000
BCGProduction engineering
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +9 moreBoston, MA +10On-site
$110,000–$190,000
$150,000–$300,000
$135,000–$200,000
$230,000–$300,000
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1,111 of 1,414 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $224,000, across 444 companies.
Of 1,414 postings, 573 state a minimum number of years, from 318 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 273 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (198), under 3 years (74) or 10 or more years (28).
These 1,414 postings come from 592 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (62), Amazon (incl AWS) (49), Booz Allen (34), Palantir (31) and Anduril (28).
246 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 346 are hybrid and 348 are on-site. The remaining 474 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 420 of the 1,414 postings.
Counted over the 1,414 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.