DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Mountain View, CA
$182,000–$250,208
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DatabricksProduction engineering
Mountain View, CA
$182,000–$250,208
$185,000–$325,000
$200,000–$270,000
$150,000–$175,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Raleigh, NC
$182,000–$250,208
$140,000–$220,000
$140,000–$225,000
$125,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
$140,000–$200,000
NuvoProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1
$135,000–$300,000
ModalProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$180,000–$240,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
OpenAIProduction engineering
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
PicogridProduction engineering
El Segundo, CA · Fort Bragg, NCEl Segundo, CA +1
$120,000–$200,000
$175,000–$240,000 · OTE
DatabricksProduction engineering
New York, NY
$182,000–$250,208
$175,000–$250,000
$185,000–$275,000
$190,000–$280,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Boston, MA
$182,000–$250,208
$180,000–$400,000
$120,000–$200,000
$165,000–$330,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Chicago, ILRemote
$182,000–$250,208
$170,000–$280,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Dallas, TX
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Austin, TX
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Atlanta, GA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
Booz AllenProduction engineering
Wahiawa, HI
$99,000–$225,000
$140,000–$165,000
$156,000–$224,250
$166,500–$291,400
$150,000–$250,000
$166,000–$220,000
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1,435 of 1,436 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $168,000 and $230,000, across 482 companies.
Of 1,436 postings, 621 state a minimum number of years, from 288 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 288 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (226), under 3 years (63) or 10 or more years (44).
These 1,436 postings come from 483 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (70), Amazon (incl AWS) (63), OpenAI (40), Anduril (39) and Booz Allen (37).
250 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 371 are hybrid and 296 are on-site. The remaining 519 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 563 of the 1,436 postings.
Counted over the 1,436 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.