> 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 involving proof of concept Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior®ion=dmv&stage=poc 153 senior forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in the Washington, DC area involving proof of concept, from 67 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $162,000 to $212,000. **153** postings · **67** companies · 134 state pay: median **$184,000**, half $162,000–$212,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) ### [Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4062210d6364bfec) Washington, DC · Frisco, TX · +7 more Hybrid New · Today $118,400–$253,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9f1c2b67db2daf1a) Arlington, VA · Denver, CO · +4 more New · Yesterday $168,100–$250,200 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, State and Local Government, Google Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/07920020d186fcb3) Reston, VA · New York, NY New · 6d ago $207,000–$300,000 [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 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f7f7ea70cdde41e8) Arlington, VA · Denver, CO · +4 more New · Yesterday $168,100–$250,200 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/17359f93114e0a71) Laurel, MD On-site 3w ago $135,000–$200,000 [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 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/46808066546c242c) Reston, VA · Austin, TX · +1 more Hybrid 4w ago $170,000–$225,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ebf30b12510c57d) Arlington, VA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 more New · 3d ago $168,100–$261,500 [Idea Entity](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/idea-entity) ### [Senior Software Developer - Forward Deployed Model](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/53dd7cceb55e0bd3) Herndon, VA Hybrid 4w ago $110,000–$170,000 [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 [Dynamo AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dynamo-ai) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8ccde3e4186d1e0f) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA 4w ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/11d3959b74fe7867) Arlington, VA · Boston, MA · +4 more 7d ago $168,100–$261,500 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [AI Forward Deployed Engineering Manager | Sales ReInvention](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0894ccabb46b62eb) Arlington, VA · Chicago, IL · +41 more On-site 6w ago $80,400–$316,300 [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 [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 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/110f7227e28583f5) Arlington, VA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 more 10d ago $168,100–$261,500 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [AI Forward Deployed Engineering Senior Manager | Sales ReInvention](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/16bca3048d7b55d6) Arlington, VA · Chicago, IL · +41 more 6w ago $112,900–$366,300 [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 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer III, Generative AI, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e6ee1ac89337dd30) Reston, VA · New York, NY · +8 more 2mo ago $174,000–$252,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/780f6825731d9f9e) Herndon, VA · Boston, MA · +4 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Palantir Foundry](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dec238714c13ce19) Washington, DC 7w ago $70,500–$203,400 [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6c5d5100c300639f) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $167,000–$203,000 [TRM Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/trm-labs) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - US National Security](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b8827d8cb1fc94df) Washington, DC Hybrid 2mo ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/799ec8c403091b46) Arlington, VA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 more 2w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineering Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22c678035fc1bf46) Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +35 more 2mo ago $80,400–$316,300 [AvePoint](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avepoint) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a7d948b7c8924017) Arlington, VA 3mo ago $180,000–$230,000 [Legion Intelligence](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/legion-intelligence) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (D.C Area)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8c1e0164683d1629) Washington, DC 3mo ago $160,000–$200,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b62c0b50244e3d3f) Arlington, VA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 more 3w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dd44387855581718) Arlington, VA · Washington, DC 2mo ago $70,500–$203,400 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a5e1855e6916121) Mclean, VA · San Francisco, CA · +8 more Remote 4mo ago $88,970–$198,170 [Cape](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cape) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/728a84b27825028c) Arlington, VA · New York, NY · +1 more Hybrid 4mo ago $175,000–$235,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/492c0e6ed2f8baeb) Arlington, VA · Boston, MA · +6 more 2mo ago $168,100–$261,500 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Forward Deployed AI Engineer Sr Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2ef22c72ece768b6) Arlington, VA · Chicago, IL · +38 more 2mo ago $112,900–$366,300 [C3.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/c3-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a248738321410e0b) Tysons, VA 5mo ago $120,000–$158,000 [Neuroscale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/neuroscale-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/96062865293dcd19) Reston, VA On-site 5mo ago $125,000–$180,000 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79719a1a4cb8d68b) Reston, VA · Austin, TX · +1 more Hybrid 6mo ago $170,000–$225,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/603238d92737226e) Arlington, VA · Chicago, IL · +39 more 2mo ago $54,400–$235,100 [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) ### [Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/92abff21b2d86629) Washington, DC Remote 8mo ago $180,000–$245,000 119 of 153 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 involving proof of concept pay? 134 of 153 postings state a pay range. The median is $184,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $212,000, from 52 companies. ### How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area involving proof of concept require? Of 153 postings, 86 state a minimum number of years, from 52 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 47 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (28), under 3 years (8) or 10 or more years (3). ### Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area involving proof of concept? These 153 postings come from 67 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (19), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (17), [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) (8), [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) (5) and [Rivet Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rivet-industries) (5). ### Are senior FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area involving proof of concept remote? 20 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 26 are hybrid and 27 are on-site. The remaining 80 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 93 of the 153 postings. Counted over the 153 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. Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. 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