> 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 in Washington, DC area at later-stage private companies Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?companyStage=late®ion=dmv&page=2 95 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in the Washington, DC area at later-stage private companies, from 27 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $175,000 to $231,000. **95** postings · **27** companies · 82 state pay: median **$210,000**, half $175,000–$231,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developer - Arlington (VA)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/29b76736ff4d8a87) Arlington, VA On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a6a44abf0fdde97) Reston, VA · Costa Mesa, CA · +2 more 6w ago $191,000–$254,000 [Red Cell Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-cell-partners) ### [Staff Applied ML Engineer, Federal/National Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d7dbd0967123dff7) Washington, DC Remote 6w ago $180,000–$240,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6929ebfd5ba977df) Washington, DC · Denver, CO · +1 more 1mo ago $235,200–$294,000 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [AI/ML Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c3c3e24e5b3f92a3) Arlington, VA On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3da5634c483ab359) Reston, VA · Costa Mesa, CA · +2 more 6w ago $167,000–$222,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Government ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d9287f0bb0c2c80f) Washington, DC Hybrid 1mo ago $211,000–$302,000 [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) ### [EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - AI/ML Engineer - Sr Associate/Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcf9fa8686e192dd) Mclean, VA · New York, NY · +12 more Hybrid 2mo ago $130,000–$185,000 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developers (Various Locations)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1efe5878851b5957) Falls Church, VA · Colorado Springs, CO · +7 more On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Lead Palantir AI and Data Science Engineer II](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4867fab29840d472) Rosslyn, VA 2mo ago $159,100–$265,100 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Mission Software Engineer, Senior](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/af0e86556d5bb67d) Reston, VA 2mo ago $220,000–$292,000 [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) ### [EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - Software Engineer - Sr Assoc/Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/db242f263e15ea06) Mclean, VA · New York, NY · +12 more Hybrid 2mo ago $130,000–$185,000 [Redhorse](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/redhorse) ### [Full Stack Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ffaeffcf1de7cef4) Arlington, VA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Palantir AI and Data Science Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/09325e57b2170045) Rosslyn, VA 2mo ago $131,000–$218,300 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Mission Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80e9a91a8ee506ca) Reston, VA 2mo ago $191,000–$254,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/423f9f8c01b5b901) Washington, DC · Austin, TX · +4 more Hybrid 3mo ago $186,000–$279,000 [Shield AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/shield-ai) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cffaf17fd03b9d30) Washington, DC On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [Senior Palantir AI and Data Science Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1e9c05699af49ee9) Rosslyn, VA 2mo ago $107,700–$179,500 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Ground Software Engineer, Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d2667d5f64604fa9) Chantilly, VA 3mo ago $191,000–$254,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Field Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a675461a96cb3138) Washington, DC · Honolulu, HI · +2 more 3mo ago $150,400–$226,550 [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 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Discovery](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6ba3c64ddaf07683) Reston, VA · Costa Mesa, CA · +4 more 3mo ago $191,000–$292,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Cyber, Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6eae965b2b6f816) Washington, DC On-site 6mo ago $211,000–$335,000 [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) ### [BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a4c47c8ee4f67d78) Washington, DC · Atlanta, GA · +16 more 5mo ago $150,000 [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) ### [Devops Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a74eccb7dfb40b9) Washington, DC Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Software Engineer, Front End](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d904c0d3089ee144) Reston, VA 4mo ago $167,000–$222,000 [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 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Backend Software Engineer, Gov](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/36c1a30a9341507f) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA · +1 more Hybrid 12mo ago $207,000–$385,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack), Intelligence Systems ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c69c3005b06e5ac9) Reston, VA 7mo ago $191,000–$254,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Ground Software Engineer, Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/33f26e7ec9153f1d) Washington, DC 16mo ago $191,000–$254,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Ground Software Engineer, Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a22af88501440ae) Washington, DC 16mo ago $167,000–$222,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Software Engineer, Connected Warfare](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b365e775127b47d) Washington, DC 23mo ago $129,000–$253,000 [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bb59f3278f02fb0c) Washington, DC Hybrid 9mo ago $180,000–$280,000 [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5c609381e348c6d6) Washington, DC · Chicago, IL · +57 more Hybrid 2w ago $99,000–$232,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior Salesforce Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ce778bb4c7f443e0) Rosslyn, VA 4w ago $184,100–$306,800 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Product Manager, Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9032dab744aa4439) Washington, DC 4w ago $166,000–$220,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Financial Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f7c01ea53a2d533) Washington, DC · Atlanta, GA · +3 more 6w ago $219,765–$302,220 [Fenwick & West](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fenwick-west) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Operations Intern](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a7d0824e9479bef2) Washington, DC · New York, NY · +4 more Hybrid 2mo ago $43,680–$52,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23c2051be6799ef6) Washington, DC · New York, NY 3mo ago $200,000–$345,000 73 of 95 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area at later-stage private companies pay? 82 of 95 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $175,000 and $231,000, from 22 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area at later-stage private companies require? Of 95 postings, 48 state a minimum number of years, from 22 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 25 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (16), under 3 years (5) or 10 or more years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area at later-stage private companies? These 95 postings come from 27 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (14), [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) (10), [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (7), [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) (7) and [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (6). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area at later-stage private companies remote? 10 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 26 are hybrid and 16 are on-site. The remaining 43 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 62 of the 95 postings. Counted over the 95 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. 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