Handshake (AI training)Internal deployment & tooling
Senior Software Engineer, Operator Tooling
San Francisco, CA
$225,000–$250,000
136 postings from 90 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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Handshake (AI training)Internal deployment & tooling
San Francisco, CA
$225,000–$250,000
GustoInternal deployment & tooling
San Francisco, CA · San Jose, CA · +3 moreSan Francisco, CA +4Hybrid
$185,000–$250,000
Scale AIInternal deployment & tooling
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3Hybrid
$138,000–$259,440
OpenAIInternal deployment & tooling
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$266,000–$405,000
FigmaInternal deployment & tooling
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$169,000–$245,000
$250,000–$500,000
Scale AIInternal deployment & tooling
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$135,200–$259,000
$170,000–$250,000
MercorInternal deployment & tooling
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$160,000–$500,000
Generalist AIInternal deployment & tooling
San Mateo, CA · Somerville, MASan Mateo, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$350,000
Scale AIInternal deployment & tooling
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3
$188,800–$362,000
$347,000–$445,000
Periodic LabsInternal deployment & tooling
Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAMenlo Park, CA +1On-site
$250,000–$350,000
NotionInternal deployment & tooling
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$152,000–$250,000
$266,000–$445,000
$153,000–$385,000
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136 of 136 postings state a pay range. The median is $231,000, and half of them sit between $211,000 and $262,000, across 90 companies.
Of 136 postings, 65 state a minimum number of years, from 54 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 31 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (25), 10 or more years (5) or under 3 years (4).
These 136 postings come from 90 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (7), Anduril (5), Fluidstack (5), NVIDIA (5) and Amazon (incl AWS) (4).
16 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 37 are hybrid and 30 are on-site. The remaining 53 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 20 of the 136 postings.
Counted over the 136 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.