Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)Production engineering
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Pleasanton, CAOn-site
$130,000–$180,000
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Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)Production engineering
Pleasanton, CAOn-site
$130,000–$180,000
The Job SauceProduction engineering
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$160,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
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
$220,000–$239,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$150,000–$300,000
$220,000–$239,000
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
SalesforceProduction engineering
Herndon, VARemote
$148,500–$365,200
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
$118,400–$222,000
BCGProduction engineering
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +9 moreBoston, MA +10On-site
$110,000–$190,000
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1,258 of 1,586 postings state a pay range. The median is $196,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $225,000, across 473 companies.
Of 1,586 postings, 663 state a minimum number of years, from 345 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 329 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (223), under 3 years (81) or 10 or more years (30).
These 1,586 postings come from 631 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (62), Amazon (incl AWS) (51), Deloitte US (49), Palantir (43) and Anduril (35).
282 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 394 are hybrid and 376 are on-site. The remaining 534 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 592 of the 1,586 postings.
Counted over the 1,586 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.