> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt.

# FDE jobs at Steampunk

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/steampunk

3 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Steampunk across 1 US metro. Median posted base pay $165,000. 3 new in the last 30 days.

Federal technology contractor delivering human-centered digital transformation, cloud, cybersecurity, AI, and data services to government clients.

**3 postings, 3 new in the last 30 days** 1 metro median posted base $165,000 [Careers at Steampunk ↗](https://careers-steampunk.icims.com/jobs) read Nov 6, 2026

Published Oct 25, 2026

## 3 open FDE roles at Steampunk

### [AI Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6c87ea097321a760)

Mclean, VA 2w ago

$140,000–$190,000

- [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6c87ea097321a760)

### [AI Innovation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/729f612f91d391af)

Mclean, VA 2w ago

$120,000–$180,000

- [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/729f612f91d391af)

### [Senior AI Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cb8b69d1738c04e1)

Mclean, VA 2w ago

$140,000–$190,000

- [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cb8b69d1738c04e1)

All 3 postings are hands-on engineering in the customer’s own systems.

Compare these roles with [pay ranges at other US FDE employers](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary).

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## How Steampunk describes FDE work

2 of 3 postings describe production code, versus 80% of US FDE postings. All three serve external customers, versus 86% of US FDE postings. 2 of 3 are read as senior or staff roles, versus 94% of US FDE postings.

Read from the current postings listed here, not from company-wide policy. [Compare with all US FDE postings and read the method →](https://nextmove.md/fde/research)

## Compare with similar employers

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- [FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv) · 3 Steampunk postings · 130 companies

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