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NebiusProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Physical AI
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TXSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
Pay not posted
$70,500–$203,400
GoogleProduction engineering
Partner Forward Deployed Engineer III, GenAI, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CANew York, NY +1
$174,000–$252,000
$180,000–$200,000
Kyndryl (Professional)Production engineering
Senior - Forward Deployed Engineer
West Palm Beach, FLOn-site
$115,080–$218,520
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Led Forward Deployed Engineer | Design & Digital Products
New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +26 moreNew York, NY +27
$54,400–$205,800
GoogleProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Google Cloud, Applied AI
San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +9 moreSan Francisco, CA +10
$174,000–$252,000
$192,010–$274,300
Pay not posted
ZipProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Forward Deployed (Mid - Senior Level)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$150,000–$250,000
GoogleProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Applied AI, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +9 moreSan Francisco, CA +10
$207,000–$300,000
$192,010–$274,300
Pay not posted
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Agentic Forward Deployed Engineer
Mclean, VA · Arlington, VAMclean, VA +1
$99,000–$225,000
$207,000–$300,000
$206,600–$229,000
$200,000–$400,000
Kyndryl (Professional)Production engineering
Senior Lead, Full-stack Forward Deployed Engineer
West Palm Beach, FLOn-site
$115,080–$218,520
$207,000–$300,000
IntercomProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Chicago, ILSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$160,000–$200,000
$200,000–$400,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CARemote
$182,000–$250,208
GoogleProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Higher Education, Google Public Sector
Sunnyvale, CA
$207,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$200,000–$400,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CARemote
$182,000–$250,208
$207,000–$300,000
$200,000–$280,000
$200,000–$400,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
GoogleProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, State and Local Government, Google Public Sector
New York, NY
$207,000–$300,000
$180,000–$230,000
$120,000–$150,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
$150,000–$250,000
$180,000–$350,000
$185,000–$300,000
$237,150–$320,850
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Agentic AI Forward-Deployed Engineer
Mclean, VA · Arlington, VAMclean, VA +1
$99,000–$225,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do senior production engineering jobs pay?
689 of 871 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $166,000 and $229,000, across 244 companies.
How much experience do senior production engineering jobs require?
Of 871 postings, 345 state a minimum number of years, from 161 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 174 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (123), under 3 years (43) or 10 or more years (5).
Which companies are hiring for senior production engineering jobs?
These 871 postings come from 334 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (59), Deloitte US (55), Accenture (32), Palantir (31) and Booz Allen (27).
Are senior production engineering jobs remote?
122 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 235 are hybrid and 199 are on-site. The remaining 315 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 446 of the 871 postings.
Counted over the 871 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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