> 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=9 333 senior forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in the Washington, DC area, from 115 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $154,000 to $208,000. **333** postings · **115** companies · 291 state pay: median **$179,000**, half $154,000–$208,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 7, 2026 [Psomagen, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/psomagen-inc) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Agent Engineer, AI Transformation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5b3b2c7a100abbc6) Rockville, MD New · 3d ago $70,000–$140,000 [General Dynamics Mission Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/general-dynamics-mission-systems) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior AI Platform & Applications Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7773f6fd05514465) Chantilly, VA Hybrid 13d ago $132,930–$143,835 [Crowe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crowe) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Technical Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/09376e25483dddb4) Washington, DC · Chicago, IL · +35 more Hybrid 2w ago $102,400–$204,100 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Product Engineer, Data](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bc51c0c72ca2b2eb) Washington, DC · Ashville, OH · +3 more 4w ago $183,000–$243,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr. Systems Development Engineer, AFSS Compliance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/489a8003cb3d64b7) Arlington, VA 6w ago $151,200–$204,600 [Micron Technology](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/micron-technology) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba7111444b190548) Manassas, VA 7w ago Pay not posted [The Carlyle Group](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/the-carlyle-group) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Engineer, AI & Process Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b7b9aaff57e1f740) Washington, DC Remote 2mo ago $160,000–$180,000 [Antithesis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/antithesis) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Applied AI Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/82c7576e3ad4cabe) Vienna, VA On-site 2mo ago $155,000–$185,000 [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Tax Innovation - AI Engineer - Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/49bfe340b2d7ec88) Washington, DC · Dallas, TX · +2 more 2mo ago $99,000–$266,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr System Development Engineer, Amazon Leo](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9feea6d83a66666d) Arlington, VA · Bellevue, WA · +1 more 2mo ago $151,200–$204,600 [Legence](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/legence) Builds for teams inside the company ### [I&M Segment Applied AI Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8b0719a3b5b22e20) San Jose, CA · Beltsville, MD Remote 2mo ago $145,000–$180,000 [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 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer, ARC Team](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a6a93858892ae877) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA · +2 more Hybrid 7mo ago $138,000–$259,440 236 of 333 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? 291 of 333 postings state a pay range. The median is $179,000, and half of them sit between $154,000 and $208,000, from 89 companies. ### How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area require? Of 333 postings, 174 state a minimum number of years, from 90 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 (18) or 10 or more years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area? These 333 postings come from 115 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) (21), [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 69 are hybrid and 74 are on-site. The remaining 159 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 194 of the 333 postings. Counted over the 333 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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