AdobeProduction engineering
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Creative AI
San Jose, CA · New York, NYSan Jose, CA +1
$159,200–$301,600
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AdobeProduction engineering
San Jose, CA · New York, NYSan Jose, CA +1
$159,200–$301,600
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
$190,200–$360,500
$236,000–$339,250
Pay not posted
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$180,000–$225,000
$310,000–$350,000
$100,000–$150,000
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
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
PMGProduction engineering
Dallas, TX · New York, NY · +1 moreDallas, TX +2
Pay not posted
$150,000–$350,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2
$252,000–$315,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
OpenAIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$302,000
$152,900–$210,155
$120,000–$200,000
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
$140,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
$220,000–$239,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$220,000–$239,000
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$148,000–$255,000
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
$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
SalesforceProduction engineering
Herndon, VARemote
$148,500–$365,200
AdobeProduction engineering
San Jose, CA · Austin, TX · +3 moreSan Jose, CA +4
$159,200–$301,600
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1,479 of 1,885 postings state a pay range. The median is $196,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $228,000, across 492 companies.
Of 1,885 postings, 754 state a minimum number of years, from 368 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 349 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (261), under 3 years (94) or 10 or more years (50).
These 1,885 postings come from 657 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (69), Palantir (65), Amazon (incl AWS) (63), OpenAI (40) and Anduril (39).
349 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 497 are hybrid and 462 are on-site. The remaining 577 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 730 of the 1,885 postings.
Counted over the 1,885 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.