DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
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DatabricksProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA
$182,000–$250,208
Lila SciencesProduction engineering
Cambridge, MA
$192,000–$256,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Los Angeles, CA
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Seattle, WA
$182,000–$250,208
ElevenLabsProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
Pay not posted
reflection.aiProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
San Diego, CAOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Dallas, TX
$182,000–$250,208
$150,000–$275,000
webAIProduction engineering
Austin, TX · Washington, DCAustin, TX +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
$125,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Chicago, IL
$182,000–$250,208
$200,000–$300,000
$155,000–$210,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Fayetteville, NCHybrid
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Boston, MA
$182,000–$250,208
$120,000–$220,000
Pay not posted
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
New York, NY
$182,000–$250,208
$200,000–$287,500
ValthosProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
Pay not posted
$135,000–$200,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
Washington, DC
$182,000–$250,208
$180,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYOn-site
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
Denver, CO
$182,000–$250,208
$150,000–$200,000
$150,000–$275,000
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
Mountain View, CA
$182,000–$250,208
$150,000–$200,000
$240,000–$290,000
Pay not posted
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1,432 of 1,841 postings state a pay range. The median is $195,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $226,000, across 510 companies.
Of 1,841 postings, 720 state a minimum number of years, from 377 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 342 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (260), under 3 years (89) or 10 or more years (29).
These 1,841 postings come from 686 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (67), Amazon (incl AWS) (57), Booz Allen (39), Palantir (36) and Anduril (30).
320 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 472 are hybrid and 456 are on-site. The remaining 593 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 561 of the 1,841 postings.
Counted over the 1,841 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.