> 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. # Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&level=staff®ion=dmv 37 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in the Washington, DC area, from 14 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $198,000 to $215,000. **37** postings · **14** companies · median **$210,000**, half $198,000–$215,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Red Cell Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-cell-partners) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/531129e17d951cad) Mclean, VA · Seattle, WA Remote New · 2d ago $180,000–$240,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/146d6ad38b32164b) Arlington, VA · Denver, CO · +3 more New · 3d ago $168,100–$227,400 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) ### [Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8c6d98a56ed501dd) Mclean, VA · New York, NY · +7 more Hybrid 6w ago $158,900–$340,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d71e3d95228a376e) Arlington, VA · New York, NY · +40 more 7w ago $112,900–$302,400 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6bb0ae9f5fef1b81) Arlington, VA · Denver, CO · +3 more 10d ago $168,100–$227,400 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f5bf574259f324a9) Arlington, VA · Jessup, MD · +4 more 10d ago $168,100–$250,200 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7ff23fbf052dee22) Arlington, VA · Boston, MA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$250,200 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Sr Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/05bf5078ed5d3f1b) Arlington, VA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/01117a360ce4eb64) Arlington, VA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1132657e1724cf67) Arlington, VA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b9357990c31169e) Arlington, VA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23de35c0893990fc) Arlington, VA · Jessup, MD · +4 more 2w ago $168,100–$250,200 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e8b339d8be1a9304) Herndon, VA · Boston, MA · +4 more 3w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e25936c11460ec5d) Herndon, VA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 more 3w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3087cf6a8723dff6) Herndon, VA · Boston, MA · +4 more On-site 3w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a7d1ffed9ab9406) Herndon, VA · Boston, MA · +4 more On-site 3w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bfc6e9a8bf54ca77) Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · +1 more 4mo ago $168,100–$250,200 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [ServiceNow Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/04042fc305bb2936) Rosslyn, VA 2mo ago $189,200–$372,900 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/956ee3b9130c2d1a) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA · +1 more 8d ago $200,100–$270,600 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac75979a99501af8) Arlington, VA · Denver, CO · +2 more 2mo ago $200,100–$297,700 [Cisco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cisco) ### [Staff Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f665de6bff21392) Reston, VA · Boulder, CO · +6 more Remote New · 6d ago $246,800–$394,300 [Hitachi Energy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hitachi-energy) ### [Federal Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9798b9bebc97700) Washington, DC On-site 1mo ago $160,000–$205,000 [Capgemini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capgemini) ### [Agentic AI Architect / Lead - Snowflake Cortex](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3a45bc13f7911878) Arlington, VA Hybrid 2mo ago $90,786–$120,673 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Security Services and Observability, Amazon Web Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5703d11db556846) Herndon, VA · Irvine, CA · +1 more On-site 4w ago $168,100–$227,400 [Appian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/appian) ### [Principal Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/764c7313fac282e8) Mclean, VA On-site 3mo ago $100,000–$225,000 [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) ### [BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d4252868cd1a506) Washington, DC · Atlanta, GA · +16 more 5mo ago $190,000 [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b777191a511ed82d) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA · +1 more Hybrid 6mo ago $405,000–$485,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23dd7fc1237c48d9) Washington, DC · Denver, CO 9mo ago $274,400–$343,000 [Appian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/appian) ### [Principal Consultant (Public Sector)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8c1b5eb92e40777d) Mclean, VA On-site 6mo ago $100,000–$225,000 [The Carlyle Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/the-carlyle-group) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead Forward Deployed Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2a9965ea2afa12b) Washington, DC On-site 1mo ago $210,000–$220,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/54139ba3c218c1dc) Arlington, VA · East Palo Alto, CA · +4 more 8d ago $184,900–$287,700 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a60e7ba97aa7fff1) Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more 6w ago $80,400–$316,300 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Leads the deployment team ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cc16a9760702a10d) Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · +2 more 2mo ago $184,900–$275,200 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Architect - FDE Associate Director](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d150bad0c0de3100) Arlington, VA · New York, NY · +40 more 7w ago $62,800–$218,800 [Red Cell Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-cell-partners) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f869ffd42e3c9846) Mclean, VA · Seattle, WA Remote New · 6d ago $180,000–$240,000 [Vannevar Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vannevar-labs) Leads the deployment team ### [Enterprise Technical Lead (Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f690faf1f1a405cd) Washington, DC · San Diego, CA · +1 more Remote 19mo ago $150,000–$215,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Development Engineer, Frontier AI Tools](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/595786cb37da4bed) Arlington, VA · Austin, TX · +1 more 5w ago $168,100–$227,400 29 of 37 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dsoftware-engineering%26level%3Dstaff%26region%3Ddmv&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in washington, dc area go out by email once you have an account and set an alert. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area pay? 37 of 37 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $198,000 and $215,000, from 14 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area require? Of 37 postings, 32 state a minimum number of years, from 11 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 15 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (11) or 10 or more years (6). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area? These 37 postings come from 14 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (20), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (3), [Appian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/appian) (2), [Red Cell Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-cell-partners) (2) and [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) (1). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area remote? 4 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 3 are hybrid and 7 are on-site. The remaining 23 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 30 of the 37 postings. Counted over the 37 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. 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