> 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 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 [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 [CrossCountry Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crosscountry-consulting) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Recent Graduate) - DC Metro](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d90bc54a20cb2e75) Mclean, VA Hybrid 9d ago $95,000–$125,000 [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cc9a1edf72389424) Washington, DC 13d ago $145,000–$250,000 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/202e5a48c009cc01) Washington, DC · New York, NY · +7 more Hybrid 13d ago $130,600–$147,000 [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Senior Associate](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f2f106eae6e8759) Washington, DC · Chicago, IL · +57 more Hybrid 2w ago $77,000–$202,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Strategic Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/496735084229ffc9) Washington, DC · Costa Mesa, CA 5w ago $191,000–$254,000 [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Clearance Required](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/068870f28c40572a) Washington, DC 13d ago $145,000–$250,000 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/119cfd8fc34ca0bd) Washington, DC · Charlotte, NC · +6 more Hybrid 13d ago $117,000–$132,000 [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer, United States - BCG X](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf94a12d13c41b68) Washington, DC · Boston, MA · +10 more On-site 6w ago $110,000–$190,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7b7c44b4abaf3f48) Washington, DC Hybrid 1mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Clearance Required](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fb2abc8cb6bb62e4) Washington, DC Hybrid 13d ago $145,000–$210,000 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61c1777a32f46521) Washington, DC · New York, NY · +8 more Hybrid 13d ago $150,000–$180,000 [Govini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/govini) ### [Forward Deployed Data Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0e0946c30c6a0e2) Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PA Remote 9mo ago Pay not posted [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [AI Engineer – Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE), U.S. Public Sector (Federal Focus)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9f2d056549050321) Washington, DC Remote 2mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Clearance Required](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b574821bd9397e37) Arlington, VA On-site 13d ago $145,000–$250,000 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/183bfa468750c967) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA · +8 more Hybrid 13d ago $150,000–$180,000 [Govini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/govini) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f342478d5f8e8533) Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PA Remote 11mo ago Pay not posted [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7dc9350c0cfc8694) Washington, DC 4mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer/Solution Architect - Clearance Required](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/efe4092f9087ff38) Washington, DC 13d ago $145,000–$250,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b932491c6942bae3) Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 more Hybrid 14mo ago $145,800–$280,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8aaf633606393a76) Washington, DC · Austin, TX · +4 more Hybrid 25mo ago $138,000–$292,560 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b5feba8d4ec0d59) Washington, DC 7mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [ServiceNow Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f8f7b3024805d093) Rosslyn, VA 2mo ago $134,500–$265,100 [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 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [ServiceNow Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9469007d547233ec) Rosslyn, VA 2mo ago $155,600–$306,800 [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) ### [Senior Engineer, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/185ac0e4c847ab6b) Washington, DC · Chicago, IL · +62 more New · 3d ago $77,000–$202,000 [Virtru](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/virtru) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/11f4ac2fb7e424ab) Washington, DC Hybrid New · 3d ago $190,000–$250,000 [Red Cell Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-cell-partners) ### [Senior/Staff Full Stack Software Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2b085ebb8b7bbc3) Mclean, VA · Seattle, WA Remote New · 6d ago $180,000–$240,000 [One Brief](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/one-brief) ### [Customer Success Engineer, AtomEngine](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e334cb38d3da0467) Fort Belvoir, VA On-site 7d ago $135,000–$180,000 [Credence Management Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/credence-management-solutions) ### [AI Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fa4a8406d1cb7d50) Tysons, VA 13d ago $120,000–$150,000 [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) ### [M&S Software Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/af4f05fd06077223) Washington, DC Remote 13d ago $111,426.84–$192,890.16 [Peraton](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/peraton) ### [Senior AI Integration Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a1f0dc00fc4169c5) Red Bank, NJ · Basking Ridge, NJ · +1 more On-site 13d ago $112,000–$179,000 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developer - DC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b7b5b4df6ccb3034) Washington, DC On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Credence Management Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/credence-management-solutions) ### [Senior AI Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55eab9f133b0cbaa) Mclean, VA 13d ago $155,000–$200,000 [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) ### [Senior Data Scientist (Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e27f382ea6146070) Washington, DC · Tysons, VA Hybrid 13d ago $113,560–$192,050 [ASI Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/asi-government) ### [Agentic AI Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cc32b57599a5f372) Washington, DC 2w ago Pay not posted [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developer - Falls Church](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8fd51a8c9b027c65) Falls Church, VA On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Anthropic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anthropic) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Public Sector ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/71513f5a11931534) Washington, DC On-site 4w ago $280,000–$320,000 [Two Six Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/two-six-technologies) ### [Senior Data Scientist (Onsite)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/326561de34f2aa71) Arlington, VA · Laurel, MD On-site 4w ago $150,000–$200,000 [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) ### [Government and Infrastructure - AI and Data - AI Automation Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d77d484ff64fdbef) Mclean, VA 4w ago $128,400–$192,500 73 of 95 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3FcompanyStage%3Dlate%26region%3Ddmv&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs in washington, dc area at later-stage private companies 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 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. 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