DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Washington, DC
$182,000–$250,208
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DatabricksProduction engineering
Washington, DC
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$165,000–$330,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Denver, CO
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Mountain View, CA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Raleigh, NC
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
New York, NY
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Boston, MA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Chicago, ILRemote
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Dallas, TX
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Austin, TX
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Atlanta, GA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$140,000–$165,000
$156,000–$224,250
$166,500–$291,400
Pay not posted
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Jersey City, NJ · Austin, TX · +6 moreJersey City, NJ +7
$153,600–$239,000
$144,900–$302,100
$149,800–$262,200
$207,000–$300,000
$120,000–$136,000
Pay not posted
$170,000–$210,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Denver, CO · Honolulu, HI · +1 moreDenver, CO +2
$235,200–$294,000
$87,465–$117,600
$160,000–$205,000
$190,000–$230,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Denver, CO · Washington, DCDenver, CO +1
$274,400–$343,000
$165,750–$224,250
$211,000–$302,000
$225,000–$225,000
TrueFoundryProduction engineering
San Mateo, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
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Employer postings · Postings read on · Sources
686 of 838 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $164,000 and $225,000, across 281 companies.
Of 838 postings, 409 state a minimum number of years, from 223 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 179 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (170), 10 or more years (32) or under 3 years (28).
These 838 postings come from 369 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (59), Amazon (incl AWS) (26), Booz Allen (17), OpenAI (17) and Google (16).
169 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 231 are hybrid and 146 are on-site. The remaining 292 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 337 of the 838 postings.
Counted over the 838 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.