STRProduction engineering
Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack
San Diego, CA · Denver, CO · +2 moreSan Diego, CA +3
$175,000–$240,000
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$184,000–$287,500
$197,000–$280,000
$100,000–$225,000
STRProduction engineering
Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack
Denver, CO · San Diego, CA · +2 moreDenver, CO +3
$175,000–$240,000
$191,000–$253,000
$184,000–$287,500
$100,000–$200,000
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Palantir Mission Integration Lead
Fayetteville, NC · Fort Belvoir, VA · +3 moreFayetteville, NC +4
$99,000–$225,000
$191,000–$253,000
$224,000–$431,250
$100,000–$200,000
$197,000–$280,000
$180,000–$200,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Google Agentic AI Delivery Specialist
Albany, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreAlbany, NY +40
$54,400–$196,000
$100,000–$200,000
TitanProduction engineering
Solutions Architect
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
Pay not posted
Obin AIProduction engineering
Principal Solution Architect (Multi-Cloud, Data & Agentic AI)
New York, NY
$220,000–$300,000
$191,000–$253,000
$208,000–$261,000
$61,900–$141,000
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Richmond, VAHybrid
$90,000–$200,000
Fidelity National Information ServicesProduction engineering
Forward Deployment Engineer Principal
Jacksonville, FLRemote
Pay not posted
GenesysProduction engineering
Senior Principal, AI Software Engineer– Agentic & Industry Solutions
TX, NC
$205,200–$360,800
$140,000–$170,000 · total compensation
CapTech ConsultingProduction engineering
Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer
Reston, VAHybrid
$90,000–$200,000
Cadence Design SystemsProduction engineering
Principal AI Forward Deployment Engineer
Portland, OR · Cary, NCPortland, OR +1On-site
Pay not posted
$77,600–$176,000
CoreWeaveProduction engineering
Staff Specialist Field Engineer, Autonomous Vehicles
San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CASan Francisco, CA +1
$177,000–$237,000
$90,000–$200,000
$266,000–$362,000
Distyl AIProduction engineering
AI Engineer, Lead
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$250,000
CoreWeaveProduction engineering
Staff Specialist Field Engineer, Robotics
San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CASan Francisco, CA +1
$177,000–$237,000
$90,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
AccentureProduction engineering
AI Native Transformation Manager
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$80,400–$266,300
$108,000–$170,000
$200,000–$260,000
$77,600–$176,000
$150,000–$190,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do production engineering jobs for technical leads pay?
435 of 515 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $177,000 and $231,000, across 153 companies.
How much experience do production engineering jobs for technical leads require?
Of 515 postings, 264 state a minimum number of years, from 117 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 119 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (111), 10 or more years (19) or under 3 years (15).
Which companies are hiring for production engineering jobs for technical leads?
These 515 postings come from 204 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (53), Deloitte US (53), Accenture (20), Booz Allen (13) and OpenAI (11).
Are production engineering jobs for technical leads remote?
86 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 142 are hybrid and 64 are on-site. The remaining 223 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 262 of the 515 postings.
Counted over the 515 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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