H CompanyProduction engineering
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
730 postings from 333 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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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
SnowflakeProduction engineering
Menlo Park, CAHybrid
$200,000–$270,000
$112,700–$183,900
The Job SauceProduction engineering
New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$160,000–$220,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$180,000–$225,000
$100,000–$150,000
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$157,000–$175,000
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$216,000–$270,000
PMGProduction engineering
Dallas, TX · New York, NY · +1 moreDallas, TX +2
Pay not posted
$150,000–$350,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$302,000
$152,900–$210,155
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
$120,000–$200,000
$140,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$150,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$148,000–$255,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$179,500–$224,300
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
$150,000–$180,000
Judi HealthProduction engineering
Charlotte, NC · Denver, CO · +1 moreCharlotte, NC +2Hybrid
$116,400–$200,000
AmplitudeProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
Pay not posted
$150,000–$200,000
$130,000–$170,000
AdobeProduction engineering
San Jose, CA · Austin, TX · +3 moreSan Jose, CA +4
$159,200–$301,600
$150,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$160,000–$210,000
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534 of 730 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $236,000, across 240 companies.
Of 730 postings, 277 state a minimum number of years, from 155 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 136 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (90), under 3 years (35) or 10 or more years (16).
These 730 postings come from 333 companies. The employers with the most postings are Booz Allen (32), Google (17), Capgemini (16), Palantir (15) and OpenAI (14).
108 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 206 are hybrid and 203 are on-site. The remaining 213 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 168 of the 730 postings.
Counted over the 730 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.