> 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=6 335 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 [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 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [Palantir Mission Integration Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8756e873fbd3ce1f) Fort Belvoir, VA · Fayetteville, NC · +3 more 3mo ago $99,000–$225,000 [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 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d8e966aeda24ed83) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 3mo ago $131,300–$177,600 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Google Agentic AI Delivery Specialist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/05234902c7615380) Arlington, VA · Albany, NY · +39 more 3mo ago $54,400–$196,000 [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 [CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting) ### [Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/08f25e2fbbedc82c) Reston, VA Hybrid 4mo ago $90,000–$200,000 [Radiance Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/radiance-technologies) ### [Palantir Foundry Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/16665fc1517ee290) Springfield, VA Hybrid 4mo ago Pay not posted [West Monroe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/west-monroe) ### [Senior Applied AI Engineer/Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8a4b60dcc900fac7) Washington, DC · Boston, MA · +7 more 4mo ago $225,000–$304,200 [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 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, WWPS ProServe](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/24506a221fdd7b9c) Arlington, VA · Jersey City, NJ · +8 more 4mo ago $131,300–$204,300 [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active TS/SCI Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75e641451f1d759c) Falls Church, VA Hybrid 4mo ago $185,000–$230,000 [Adelphi](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/adelphi) ### [Senior ML Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d0c2774fe20a5c72) Washington, DC Hybrid 4mo ago Pay not posted [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/849934b3c434470f) Arlington, VA · Albany, NY · +39 more 4mo ago $80,400–$266,300 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [Sr. AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/915e4bb42c4a9df4) Washington, DC 5mo ago $220,000–$350,000 [Lovelytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lovelytics) ### [Lead Consultant, Gen AI ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/49d6ba1b5b494dcd) Arlington, VA · Chicago, IL Remote 5mo ago $112,000–$160,000 [Peregrine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/peregrine) ### [Deployment Strategist, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6a46a96e7a6da44b) Washington, DC On-site 5mo ago $140,000–$190,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Advanced AI Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a4e1febd22fdb964) Arlington, VA · Morristown, NJ · +39 more 5mo ago $87,400–$293,800 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcc647133c0d24b0) Washington, DC 5mo ago $125,000–$220,000 [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 [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) ### [Senior Solutions Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ab90418d9dd210ca) Washington, DC Remote 7mo ago $180,000–$245,000 [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 [CoVar](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/covar) ### [Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97fb651671bae68c) Mclean, VA Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [Nominal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) ### [Software Engineer, Mission Dev - U.S. Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/25571084cdc5fffa) Washington, DC · New York, NY 8mo ago $150,000–$215,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [AI Architect ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1905c3b83c97eabc) Chantilly, VA 8mo ago $130,200–$265,300 [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 [CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cgs-federal-contact-government-services) ### [FSR Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/740b62f52808ab2e) Washington, DC On-site 8mo ago Pay not posted [West Monroe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/west-monroe) ### [Principal AI Software Engineer, TechEx (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a4fa989247e7868) Washington, DC · Boston, MA · +7 more 11mo ago $152,200–$205,900 [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 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Cleared GenAI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c6ee9d149976dd2a) Washington, DC 13mo ago $98,500–$184,900 [C3.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/c3-ai) ### [ Data Scientist (Federal) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22c6231358814fa8) Tysons, VA On-site 13mo ago $136,000–$183,000 [Canvas Medical](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/canvas-medical) ### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/53dfbacde8578f09) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA Remote 14mo ago Pay not posted [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 [Spear AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spear-ai) ### [Mission Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75e91de6ce709edf) Washington, DC On-site 18mo ago Pay not posted [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 [Fannie Mae](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fannie-mae) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Associate – Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0da5de20fa8ea5ad) Reston, VA Hybrid 4w ago $123,000–$161,000 [Realm](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/realm) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Washington, D.C](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c3e27f2a204f7780) Washington, DC Remote 3mo ago $115,000–$200,000 [Lumbra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lumbra) Leads the deployment team ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0cf8ad197920db5c) Arlington, VA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$300,000 237 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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