Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$220,000–$300,000
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178 jobs match
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178 jobs match
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178 jobs match
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$220,000–$300,000
$150,000–$250,000
$180,000–$350,000
$130,000–$200,000
SitrepsProduction engineering
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1On-site
$167,000–$203,000
DeepgramProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$197,000–$246,000
$222,000–$290,000
Applied IntuitionProduction engineering
Sunnyvale, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$150,000–$180,000
DeepgramProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$193,000
BCGProduction engineering
Boston, MA · Chicago, IL · +10 moreBoston, MA +11On-site
$110,000–$190,000
Retell AIProduction engineering
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$180,000–$300,000
$200,000–$400,000
$200,000–$260,000
Pay not posted
Retell AIProduction engineering
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$180,000–$300,000
NeticProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$220,000–$240,000
$240,000–$300,000
$100,000–$190,000
NeticProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Periodic LabsProduction engineering
Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAMenlo Park, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$275,000
$130,000–$165,000
Inception LabsProduction engineering
San Mateo, CAOn-site
$175,000–$275,000
Avathon (formerly SparkCognition)Production engineering
Pleasanton, CAOn-site
$130,000–$180,000
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$157,000–$175,000
$150,000–$350,000
$140,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
$150,000–$300,000
Handshake (AI training)Production engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$155,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
BCGProduction engineering
Boston, MA · New York, NY · +9 moreBoston, MA +10On-site
$110,000–$190,000
$200,000–$325,000
Pay not posted
reflection.aiProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$180,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
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Employer postings · Postings read on · Sources
131 of 178 postings state a pay range. The median is $222,000, and half of them sit between $181,000 and $253,000, across 68 companies.
Of 178 postings, 51 state a minimum number of years, from 36 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 28 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (12), 6 to 9 years (9) or 10 or more years (2).
These 178 postings come from 93 companies. The employers with the most postings are Sierra (20), Retell AI (7), Decagon (6), Handshake (AI training) (5) and Doss (4).
0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 178 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 47 of the 178 postings.
Counted over the 178 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.