OpenAI Deployment CompanyProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$170,000–$400,000
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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
$130,000–$165,000
H CompanyProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
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
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$180,000–$225,000
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$157,000–$175,000
$190,200–$360,500
$236,000–$339,250
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
$220,000–$239,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$300,000
$148,000–$255,000
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
BCGProduction engineering
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +9 moreBoston, MA +10On-site
$110,000–$190,000
$230,000–$300,000
$200,000–$325,000
WarpProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
$200,000–$250,000
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$179,400–$224,250
PalantirProduction engineering
Palo Alto, CAHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
Tessera LabsProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
$180,000–$233,000
CohereProduction engineering
San Francisco, CARemote
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
VercelProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
$137,000–$207,000
VapiProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$280,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
ElevenLabsProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
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478 of 606 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $185,000 and $250,000, across 202 companies.
Of 606 postings, 242 state a minimum number of years, from 138 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 125 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (68), under 3 years (32) or 10 or more years (17).
These 606 postings come from 261 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (26), NVIDIA (24), Sierra (21), Google (16) and Scale AI (15).
67 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 206 are hybrid and 188 are on-site. The remaining 145 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 190 of the 606 postings.
Counted over the 606 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.