H CompanyProduction engineering
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +1 moreSan Francisco, CA +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
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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
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
$179,500–$224,300
PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
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
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1,487 of 1,905 postings state a pay range. The median is $199,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $229,000, across 497 companies.
Of 1,905 postings, 771 state a minimum number of years, from 379 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 360 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (268), under 3 years (92) or 10 or more years (51).
These 1,905 postings come from 670 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (70), Amazon (incl AWS) (63), Palantir (48), OpenAI (40) and Booz Allen (39).
357 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 495 are hybrid and 456 are on-site. The remaining 597 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 704 of the 1,905 postings.
Counted over the 1,905 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.