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$80,000–$96,000
AMDProduction engineering
Sr. Manager Agentic AI / Data Software Development - DC GPU
San Jose, CAHybrid
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$150,000–$180,000
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$90,786–$107,298
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Agentic AI and LLM Applications Software Development Engineer, Senior
Washington, DC
$86,800–$198,000
$150,000–$215,000
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StriveworksProduction engineering
Machine Learning Engineer (Active TS/SCI Clearance)
Fort Belvoir, VAHybrid
$140,000–$190,000
$150,000–$215,000
$142,800–$203,200
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StriveworksProduction engineering
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active TS/SCI Clearance)
Fort Belvoir, VAHybrid
$185,000–$230,000
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Palantir Foundry Ontology Engineer
San Diego, CA · Mclean, VASan Diego, CA +1
$77,600–$176,000
$120,000–$200,000
$200,000–$275,000
$87,100–$157,450
AnthropicProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer, Beneficial Deployments (Life Sciences)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$280,000–$320,000
$85,000–$141,000
Chatham FinancialProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer
New York, NY · Kennett Square, PANew York, NY +1
$100,000–$140,000
$107,900–$195,050
$112,200–$196,400
Pay not posted
$165,000–$225,000
$180,000–$390,000
Booz AllenProduction engineering
AWS Agentic AI Platform Engineer
San Antonio, TX · Austin, TXSan Antonio, TX +1
$99,000–$225,000
NVIDIAProduction engineering
Senior MLOps Engineer - DSX Enablement
Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remoteSanta Clara, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
$184,000–$356,500
$183,000–$276,000
Pay not posted
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Agentic Systems Full-Stack Software Engineer, Senior
Fayetteville, NC
$86,800–$198,000
Accrete AIProduction engineering
AI Engineer, TS//SCI with Counterintelligence Polygraph Required
Alexandria, VAOn-site
$170,000–$220,000
Dark Wolf SolutionsProduction engineering
AI Software Engineer
Chantilly, VA · Herndon, VAChantilly, VA +1On-site
$120,000–$160,000
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$191,000–$253,000
$200,000–$275,000
$150,000–$225,000
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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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