NeticProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - New Grad - 2026-2027
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
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NeticProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
AsanaProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$248,000–$282,000
$220,000–$240,000
$168,912–$253,368
$240,000–$300,000
$248,000–$282,000
$170,000–$220,000
SalesforceProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Remote
$88,970–$198,170
$159,200–$301,600
$155,000–$190,000
OpenAI Deployment CompanyProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
$100,000–$190,000
Pay not posted
$120,000–$158,000
Periodic LabsProduction engineering
Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAMenlo Park, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$275,000
$130,000–$165,000
H CompanyProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
C3.aiProduction engineering
Redwood City, CA · Tysons, VARedwood City, CA +1
$120,000–$158,000
Inception LabsProduction engineering
San Mateo, CAOn-site
$175,000–$275,000
AdobeProduction engineering
San Jose, CA · New York, NYSan Jose, CA +1
$159,200–$301,600
SnowflakeProduction engineering
Menlo Park, CAHybrid
$200,000–$270,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)Production engineering
Pleasanton, CAOn-site
$130,000–$180,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$180,000–$225,000
$190,200–$360,500
$236,000–$339,250
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$157,000–$175,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
$150,000–$350,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$302,000
$140,000–$225,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
Pay not posted
$220,000–$239,000
$150,000–$300,000
$148,000–$255,000
Pay not posted
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
AmplitudeProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
Pay not posted
AdobeProduction engineering
San Jose, CA · Austin, TX · +3 moreSan Jose, CA +4
$159,200–$301,600
Pay not posted
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535 of 670 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $187,000 and $254,000, across 228 companies.
Of 670 postings, 261 state a minimum number of years, from 150 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 135 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (74), under 3 years (32) or 10 or more years (20).
These 670 postings come from 289 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (26), NVIDIA (24), Sierra (21), Google (18) and Scale AI (15).
72 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 222 are hybrid and 218 are on-site. The remaining 158 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 210 of the 670 postings.
Counted over the 670 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.