ZipProduction engineering
Software Engineer, Forward Deployed (Mid - Senior Level)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$150,000–$250,000
167 postings from 90 employers, read for the kind of work, pay and travel each one describes.
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ZipProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$150,000–$250,000
$189,000–$330,000
$156,400–$342,000
Pay not posted
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
$180,000–$240,000
$185,000–$300,000
$190,000–$240,000
Snorkel AIProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$320,000
Pay not posted
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$180,000–$264,000
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
US · city not listedHybrid
$152,900–$210,155
Pay not posted
$185,000–$300,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$210,000–$300,000
PalantirProduction engineering
Chicago, ILHybrid
$135,000–$145,000
CapeProduction engineering
Arlington, VA · New York, NY · +1 moreArlington, VA +2Hybrid
$175,000–$235,000
$185,000–$300,000
SnowflakeProduction engineering
Menlo Park, CAHybrid
$200,000–$270,000
PalantirProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
$135,000–$145,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$220,400
$310,000–$350,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$302,000
$150,000–$300,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$261,500
Vannevar LabsProduction engineering
Honolulu, HIHybrid
$135,000–$205,000
Invisible TechnologiesProduction engineering
New York, NYHybrid
$209,000–$300,000
$200,000–$300,000
AccentureProduction engineering
Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreDallas, TX +4Hybrid
$80,400–$293,800
$155,000–$210,000
$160,000–$270,000
Pay not posted
AccentureProduction engineering
Columbus, OH · Dallas, TX · +2 moreColumbus, OH +3Hybrid
$112,900–$366,300
$100,000–$120,000
$185,000–$325,000
$190,000–$280,000
Pay not posted
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130 of 167 postings state a pay range. The median is $214,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $248,000, across 68 companies.
Of 167 postings, 66 state a minimum number of years, from 45 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 41 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (21) or under 3 years (4).
These 167 postings come from 90 companies. The employers with the most postings are OpenAI (13), CapTech Consulting (10), Anthropic (6), Palantir (6) and Fireworks AI (5).
0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 167 are hybrid. Travel is mentioned in 71 of the 167 postings.
Counted over the 167 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.