Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
1,200 postings from 485 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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Scale AIProduction engineering
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
$160,000–$190,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
PalantirProduction engineering
Palo Alto, CAHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
GoviniProduction engineering
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
Los Angeles, CA
$182,000–$250,208
$135,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
ElevenLabsProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
Seattle, WA
$182,000–$250,208
PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
GoviniProduction engineering
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
Dallas, TX
$182,000–$250,208
PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
reflection.aiProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
GoviniProduction engineering
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
Boston, MA
$182,000–$250,208
PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
$150,000–$275,000
$200,000–$300,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Washington, DC
$182,000–$250,208
PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$155,000–$210,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
PalantirProduction engineering
San Diego, CAOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
$120,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
New York, NY
$182,000–$250,208
$125,000–$200,000
$200,000–$287,500
ValthosProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
Dallas, TX
$182,000–$250,208
PalantirProduction engineering
Fayetteville, NCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$180,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
Austin, TX
$182,000–$250,208
$135,000–$200,000
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Employer postings · Postings read on · Sources
920 of 1,200 postings state a pay range. The median is $188,000, and half of them sit between $157,000 and $222,000, across 353 companies.
Of 1,200 postings, 169 state a minimum number of years, from 115 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 95 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (74).
These 1,200 postings come from 485 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (55), Amazon (incl AWS) (43), Databricks (37), Deloitte US (31) and Anduril (29).
199 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 281 are hybrid and 357 are on-site. The remaining 363 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 503 of the 1,200 postings.
Counted over the 1,200 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.