Inception LabsProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed AI Engineer
San Mateo, CAOn-site
$175,000–$275,000
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Inception LabsProduction engineering
San Mateo, CAOn-site
$175,000–$275,000
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$145,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)Production engineering
Pleasanton, CAOn-site
$130,000–$180,000
$112,700–$183,900
The Job SauceProduction engineering
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$160,000–$220,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$145,000
$100,000–$150,000
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$157,000–$175,000
PMGProduction engineering
Dallas, TX · New York, NY · +1 moreDallas, TX +2
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
$135,000–$145,000
$150,000–$350,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$302,000
$152,900–$210,155
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
$120,000–$200,000
$140,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
Pay not posted
$220,000–$239,000
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
Pay not posted
$220,000–$239,000
$179,500–$224,300
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
$150,000–$180,000
AmplitudeProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
Pay not posted
$150,000–$200,000
$130,000–$170,000
AdobeProduction engineering
San Jose, CA · Austin, TX · +3 moreSan Jose, CA +4
$159,200–$301,600
$150,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
BCGProduction engineering
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +9 moreBoston, MA +10On-site
$110,000–$190,000
$135,000–$200,000
$230,000–$300,000
$200,000–$325,000
SitrepsProduction engineering
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
$155,000–$225,000
$135,000–$200,000
Vannevar LabsProduction engineering
Honolulu, HIHybrid
$135,000–$205,000
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790 of 1,053 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $225,000, across 353 companies.
Of 1,053 postings, 358 state a minimum number of years, from 229 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 201 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (82), under 3 years (69) or 10 or more years (6).
These 1,053 postings come from 491 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (43), Amazon (incl AWS) (30), Anduril (24), OpenAI (22) and Booz Allen (21).
184 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 259 are hybrid and 316 are on-site. The remaining 294 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 371 of the 1,053 postings.
Counted over the 1,053 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.