> 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 and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering®ion=dmv&page=7 242 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in the Washington, DC area, from 96 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $162,000 to $215,000. **242** postings · **96** companies · **210** with pay · median **$190,000** · middle half $162,000–$215,000 · read Nov 9, 2026 [X-energy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/x-energy) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Engineer IV, AI & Digital Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/164f027b20ddaee5) Rockville, MD · Gaithersburg, MD Hybrid 2mo ago $180,000–$205,000 [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 Since 2025 $150,000–$215,000 189 of these 242 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dsoftware-engineering%26region%3Ddmv%26page%3D7&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dsoftware-engineering%26region%3Ddmv%26page%3D7&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area” go out once you have an account. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area pay? 210 of 242 postings state a pay range. The median is $190,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $215,000, from 76 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area require? Of 242 postings, 181 state a minimum number of years, from 85 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 101 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (54), under 3 years (15) or 10 or more years (11). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area? These 242 postings come from 96 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (51), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (19), [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (10), [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) (10) and [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (5). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area remote? 34 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 39 are hybrid and 39 are on-site. The remaining 130 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 150 of the 242 postings. Counted over the 242 postings in this search. Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. Postings that state no experience requirement, or ask for experience outside the five we list, are left out. · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) ## Related pages - [FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering) · 1,712 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering®ion=sf-bay-area) · 488 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in New York metro](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering®ion=nyc-metro) · 431 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Seattle area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering®ion=puget-sound) · 156 jobs - [Every FDE job search](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse)