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
$140,000–$225,000
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
Raleigh, NC
$182,000–$250,208
OpenAIProduction engineering
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
$175,000–$240,000 · OTE
$175,000–$250,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Philadelphia, PA
$182,000–$250,208
$185,000–$275,000
$190,000–$280,000
$180,000–$400,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
$130,000–$275,000
$180,000–$300,000
$165,000–$330,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
New York, NY
$182,000–$250,208
$170,000–$280,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Boston, MA
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Chicago, ILRemote
$182,000–$250,208
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
$156,000–$224,250
$150,000–$250,000
$166,000–$220,000
$149,800–$262,200
Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Jersey City, NJ · Austin, TX · +6 moreJersey City, NJ +7
$153,600–$239,000
$144,900–$302,100
$191,000–$253,000
$207,000–$300,000
$99,000–$225,000
$104,800–$218,500
$191,000–$253,000
$170,000–$210,000
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1,088 of 1,088 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $200,000 and $246,000, across 353 companies.
Of 1,088 postings, 487 state a minimum number of years, from 196 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 213 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (201), 10 or more years (47) or under 3 years (26).
These 1,088 postings come from 353 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (67), Deloitte US (61), OpenAI (40), Anduril (31) and Accenture (29).
171 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 273 are hybrid and 220 are on-site. The remaining 424 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 501 of the 1,088 postings.
Counted over the 1,088 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.