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562 jobs
$166,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
$102,100–$202,200
$112,200–$196,400
$104,800–$218,500
$191,000–$253,000
$99,000–$225,000
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$191,000–$253,000
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Palantir Foundry Ontology Engineer
Arlington, VA · Mclean, VA · +1 moreArlington, VA +2
$77,600–$176,000
$150,000–$250,000
Up to $120,522
Pay not posted
$77,600–$176,000
$200,000–$240,000
$68,911–$161,544
$215,000–$260,000
$99,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
$46,700–$162,000
$118,000–$176,000
Agile DefenseProduction engineering
MSS Developers (Various Locations)
Colorado Springs, CO · Falls Church, VA · +7 moreColorado Springs, CO +8On-site
Pay not posted
$110,700–$372,900
AccentureProduction engineering
Agentic Identity Security Consultant
Irving, TX · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreIrving, TX +40
$54,400–$205,800
CapgeminiProduction engineering
AI/ML Engineer - Agentic AI & Vertex AI
Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +2 moreAtlanta, GA +3
$53,580–$122,400
EYProduction engineering
EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - Software Engineer - Sr Assoc/Consultant
New York, NY · Atlanta, GA · +12 moreNew York, NY +13Hybrid
$130,000–$185,000
BainProduction engineering
Lead, AI Engineering
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +8 moreAtlanta, GA +9Hybrid
$179,500–$203,500
$149,000–$210,000
CapgeminiProduction engineering
Capgemini Invent - AI Solutions Architecture & Engineering Senior Consultant
Chicago, IL
$105,600–$199,480
GoogleProduction engineering
Senior Agent Engineer, Google Cloud, Applied AI
Sunnyvale, CA · Kirkland, WASunnyvale, CA +1
$174,000–$252,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Snowflake Advanced AI Engineer,
San Francisco, CA · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreSan Francisco, CA +40
$54,400–$205,800
MetaProduction engineering
Solutions Architect, Business Agents
Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +1 moreSeattle, WA +2
$130,000–$185,000
CapgeminiProduction engineering
Capgemini Invent - AI Solutions Architecture & Engineering Senior Consultant
Dallas, TX
$105,600–$199,480
Pay not posted
TikTokProduction engineering
Senior Solution Engineer - Global E-commerce, Seller Business
San Jose, CA
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$80,000–$101,050
Pay not posted
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Frequently asked questions
What do production engineering jobs for individual contributors pay?
414 of 562 postings state a pay range. The median is $193,000, and half of them sit between $158,000 and $230,000, across 188 companies.
How much experience do production engineering jobs for individual contributors require?
Of 562 postings, 187 state a minimum number of years, from 113 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 96 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (49), under 3 years (39) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for production engineering jobs for individual contributors?
These 562 postings come from 266 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (32), Anduril (21), Accenture (19), Booz Allen (19) and OpenAI (14).
Are production engineering jobs for individual contributors remote?
84 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 140 are hybrid and 172 are on-site. The remaining 166 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 263 of the 562 postings.
Counted over the 562 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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