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$148,000–$255,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian
Washington, DCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Cloud Native Forward Deployed Senior Manager | Associate Director
Columbus, OH · Dallas, TX · +2 moreColumbus, OH +3Hybrid
$112,900–$366,300
$179,500–$224,300
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
$150,000–$180,000
Judi HealthProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Charlotte, NC · Denver, CO · +1 moreCharlotte, NC +2Hybrid
$116,400–$200,000
AmplitudeProduction engineering
Engineering: Senior Customer Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Pay not posted
$150,000–$200,000
$130,000–$170,000
SalesforceProduction engineering
Missionforce - Senior/Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Public Sector
Herndon, VARemote
$148,500–$365,200
AdobeProduction engineering
Senior AEM Forward Deployed Engineer
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
(Senior) Forward Deployed AI Engineer, United States - BCG X
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
$200,000–$325,000
WarpProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
$200,000–$250,000
SitrepsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Logistics Programs
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
$155,000–$225,000
$135,000–$200,000
Vannevar LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Oahu (TS/SCI Clearance Required)
Honolulu, HIHybrid
$135,000–$205,000
$140,000–$160,000
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, GenAI
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$179,400–$224,250
$190,400–$285,600
$140,000–$220,000
CohereProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Agentic Platform (West Coast)
San Francisco, CARemote
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
$135,000–$200,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
VercelProduction engineering
Forward-Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$137,000–$207,000
VapiProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$280,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems C2
Palo Alto, CAHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
$190,000–$210,000
$160,000–$190,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior production engineering jobs pay?
698 of 881 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $228,000, across 246 companies.
How much experience do senior production engineering jobs require?
Of 881 postings, 353 state a minimum number of years, from 165 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 179 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (125), under 3 years (44) or 10 or more years (5).
Which companies are hiring for senior production engineering jobs?
These 881 postings come from 337 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (59), Deloitte US (55), Accenture (33), Palantir (31) and Booz Allen (28).
Are senior production engineering jobs remote?
124 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 236 are hybrid and 202 are on-site. The remaining 319 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 450 of the 881 postings.
Counted over the 881 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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