> 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. # Senior FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior®ion=dmv&page=4 335 senior forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in the Washington, DC area, from 116 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $154,000 to $208,000. **335** postings · **116** companies · 293 state pay: median **$179,000**, half $154,000–$208,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Steampunk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/steampunk) ### [Senior AI Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cb8b69d1738c04e1) Mclean, VA 13d ago $140,000–$190,000 [Steampunk, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/steampunk-inc) ### [Senior AI Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/722427035bd5d16d) Mclean, VA 13d ago $140,000–$190,000 [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 [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 [OPEN Data Jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/open-data-jobs) ### [Software Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d92029b43f50d7a4) Washington, DC Remote 13d ago $92,000–$133,000 [Quvia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/quvia) ### [Principal Operations Research Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a21b18fc1038759d) Washington, DC Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [InterImage, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/interimage-inc) ### [Software Solution Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1bf192562634981c) Arlington, VA Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Culmen International](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/culmen-international) ### [Sr. Full-Stack Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4e70b6e2782849f5) Alexandria, VA On-site 13d ago Pay not posted [BRG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/brg) ### [Sr. Managing Consultant/Managing Consultant AI Architect - Financial Services Operations & Technology](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bfa5488d7c799fe0) Washington, DC · New York, NY · +3 more 13d ago $158,000–$210,000 [Planet Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/planet-labs) ### [Senior Forward Deployment Engineer, Strategic Customer Engagements U.S.](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f88375963f97c85) Arlington, VA Hybrid 13d ago $160,600–$200,800 [MongoDB](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mongodb) ### [Senior Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee18b4ffe9431fe6) Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +5 more Remote 2w ago $126,000–$248,000 [CACI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/caci) ### [Senior Embedded Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4eda094ccad6cae2) Reston, VA · Honolulu, HI · +2 more On-site 2w ago $114,600–$252,100 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee8d306129529a75) Reston, VA Remote 2w ago $160,000–$230,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [Operations Engineer (Starshield Products)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/69d3d02ace1b1a6e) Washington, DC 2w ago $100,000–$160,000 [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 [STR](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/str) ### [Lead Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bf1ffbc0e223730e) Arlington, VA 2w ago $180,000–$230,000 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Lead Software Engineer, AI Labs (Product and Customer Facing)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2d1c287890786103) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA · +1 more 2w ago $148,500–$344,700 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f95a9b59f4e3f66b) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 2w ago $131,300–$177,600 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Generative AI Applications Engineer (Agents & RAG)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a3c80fb35bd090f5) Washington, DC 3w ago $103,200–$203,400 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [Post-Sales Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bbde887c89fad555) Mclean, VA 3w ago $77,600–$176,000 [Innodata Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/innodata-inc) ### [Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/763910a63a58b8b4) Washington, DC Remote 3w ago Pay not posted [Vantor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vantor) ### [Senior Applied AI/ML Engineer (TS/SCI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/51a25d8d796e6817) Springfield, VA On-site 3w ago $140,000–$187,000 [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 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [Post-Sales Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d82f4864a9af07a2) Mclean, VA · Washington, DC 3w ago $62,000–$141,000 [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 [Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nightwing-intelligence-solutions-llc) ### [AI/ML Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4785cd9f2f75dc39) Arlington, VA On-site 4w ago $99,000–$206,000 [Enterprise Knowledge](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/enterprise-knowledge) ### [Full Stack Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ede11dfb63833962) Arlington, VA Hybrid 4w ago $95,000–$115,000 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [AI Solution Architect, Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/068318be8b35c243) Mclean, VA 3w ago $112,800–$257,000 [CACI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/caci) ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/16a4c0839b8b960b) Reston, VA · Denver, CO 4w ago $82,100–$172,400 [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 [Enterprise Knowledge](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/enterprise-knowledge) ### [Semantic Data and AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ccf5311b8887ce2) Arlington, VA Remote 4w ago $135,000–$175,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7d7c4d4a3ec04461) Arlington, VA · Jessup, MD · +2 more 5w ago $131,300–$177,600 [Axon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axon) ### [AfroTech 2026 Mission Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/88f39f2b8e9bbcfe) Washington, DC · Tampa, FL · +18 more On-site 5w ago Pay not posted [Defense Unicorns](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/defense-unicorns) ### [Senior Platform Engineer (FedD239)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2d80b4f518bdc61d) Springfield, VA Remote 5w ago $148,750–$201,250 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [Agentic AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1afd84318597c6f2) Reston, VA · Springfield, VA 6w ago $99,000–$225,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr. Delivery Consultant - AI/ML, WWPS ProServe](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bfdbb2e72b1442fa) Arlington, VA · Denver, CO · +6 more 5w ago $153,600–$228,600 [Altana](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/altana) ### [Senior Staff Implementation Delivery Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/28306742057e7321) Washington, DC On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [Defense Unicorns](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/defense-unicorns) ### [Senior Data Engineer (FedD238)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f8854465e612c6d8) Springfield, VA Hybrid 5w ago $148,750–$201,250 [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–$254,000 237 of 335 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do senior FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area pay? 293 of 335 postings state a pay range. The median is $179,000, and half of them sit between $154,000 and $208,000, from 90 companies. ### How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area require? Of 335 postings, 175 state a minimum number of years, from 91 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 98 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (54), under 3 years (19) or 10 or more years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area? These 335 postings come from 116 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (47), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (24), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (22), [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) (18) and [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (14). ### Are senior FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area remote? 31 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 70 are hybrid and 75 are on-site. The remaining 159 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 196 of the 335 postings. Counted over the 335 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. 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