PoeticProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$160,000–$225,000
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PoeticProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$160,000–$225,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Boston, MA
$182,000–$250,208
Fundamental Research LabsProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$165,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
Chicago, ILRemote
$182,000–$250,208
$100,000–$120,000
$175,000–$290,000
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
Dallas, TX
$182,000–$250,208
$153,000–$325,000
$200,000–$275,000
$200,000–$300,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Austin, TX
$182,000–$250,208
$150,000–$175,000
$185,000–$325,000
$200,000–$270,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Atlanta, GA
$182,000–$250,208
$140,000–$220,000
ProfoundProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$140,000–$260,000
$140,000–$225,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
$125,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$140,000–$200,000
$182,000–$250,208
NuvoProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$135,000–$300,000
ModalProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$180,000–$240,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
$182,000–$250,208
PicogridProduction engineering
El Segundo, CA · Fort Bragg, NCEl Segundo, CA +1
$120,000–$200,000
$175,000–$240,000 · OTE
$175,000–$250,000
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$140,000–$200,000
$185,000–$275,000
$182,000–$250,208
$190,000–$280,000
Pay not posted
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1,253 of 1,601 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $225,000, across 453 companies.
Of 1,601 postings, 610 state a minimum number of years, from 324 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 338 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (190), under 3 years (70) or 10 or more years (12).
These 1,601 postings come from 609 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (65), Deloitte US (62), Amazon (incl AWS) (47), Palantir (38) and OpenAI (36).
282 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 406 are hybrid and 403 are on-site. The remaining 510 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 659 of the 1,601 postings.
Counted over the 1,601 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.