PoeticProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$160,000–$225,000
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Fundamental Research LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Full-Stack Engineer
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Pay not posted
$165,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Austin, TX
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$100,000–$120,000
$175,000–$290,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Atlanta, GA
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$153,000–$325,000
$200,000–$275,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
$200,000–$300,000
$200,000–$225,000
$185,000–$325,000
$182,000–$250,208
$200,000–$270,000
$150,000–$175,000
$140,000–$220,000
$182,000–$250,208
reflection.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Lead - LLM Post-training
New York, NYOn-site
Pay not posted
ProfoundProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$140,000–$260,000
$140,000–$225,000
$182,000–$250,208
$125,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$140,000–$200,000
$182,000–$250,208
NuvoProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$135,000–$300,000
ModalProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Systems
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$180,000–$240,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Gov
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
PicogridProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
El Segundo, CA · Fort Bragg, NCEl Segundo, CA +1
$120,000–$200,000
$175,000–$240,000 · OTE
$175,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$140,000–$200,000
$185,000–$275,000
$190,000–$280,000
Pay not posted
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Frequently asked questions
What do production engineering jobs serving external customers pay?
786 of 1,008 postings state a pay range. The median is $203,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $231,000, across 260 companies.
How much experience do production engineering jobs serving external customers require?
Of 1,008 postings, 413 state a minimum number of years, from 179 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 196 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (151), under 3 years (47) or 10 or more years (19).
Which companies are hiring for production engineering jobs serving external customers?
These 1,008 postings come from 359 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (58), Databricks (57), Accenture (39), Palantir (35) and Booz Allen (32).
Are production engineering jobs serving external customers remote?
153 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 260 are hybrid and 225 are on-site. The remaining 370 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 499 of the 1,008 postings.
Counted over the 1,008 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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