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$148,000–$255,000
$179,500–$224,300
$150,000–$180,000
$130,000–$170,000
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$135,000–$200,000
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
$160,000–$270,000
VapiProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$200,000–$280,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$250,000–$300,000
CohereProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Agentic Platform (West Coast)
San Francisco, CARemote
CA$175,000–CA$385,000
GoviniProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Data Scientist
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
reflection.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - LLM Post-training
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
$150,000–$275,000
GoviniProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Senior Data Scientist
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$180,000–$264,000
$155,000–$210,000
$120,000–$220,000
$180,000–$300,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
$150,000–$200,000
$180,000–$245,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$275,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$200,000
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$160,000–$270,000
Pay not posted
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$100,000–$120,000
reflection.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Lead - LLM Post-training
New York, NYOn-site
Pay not posted
OpenAIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Gov
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
$185,000–$275,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
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Frequently asked questions
What do these 402 jobs pay?
319 of 402 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $235,000, across 129 companies.
How much experience do these 402 jobs require?
Of 402 postings, 197 state a minimum number of years, from 99 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 105 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (64), under 3 years (18) or 10 or more years (10).
Which companies posted these 402 jobs?
These 402 postings come from 174 companies. The employers with the most postings are Deloitte US (32), Booz Allen (19), Accenture (18), CapTech Consulting (9) and NVIDIA (9).
Are these 402 jobs remote?
68 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 120 are hybrid and 72 are on-site. The remaining 142 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 179 of the 402 postings.
Counted over the 402 postings in this search. Postings read on September 21, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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