> 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. # Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff®ion=dmv&page=2 50 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in the Washington, DC area, from 23 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $198,000 to $220,000. **50** postings · **23** companies · 49 state pay: median **$210,000**, half $198,000–$220,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Integrates and configures it ### [AI Architect - FDE Associate Director](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d150bad0c0de3100) Arlington, VA · New York, NY · +40 more 7w ago $62,800–$218,800 [Red Cell Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-cell-partners) Integrates and configures it ### [Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f869ffd42e3c9846) Mclean, VA · Seattle, WA Remote New · 6d ago $180,000–$240,000 [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) Integrates and configures it ### [Director Of Technical Operations ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/57b6f7800943ba3a) Washington, DC · Los Angeles, CA Hybrid 3mo ago $180,000–$220,000 [BetterUp](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/betterup) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Principal Product Manager, Forward Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8783764172616cf6) Arlington, VA · Austin, TX · +2 more Hybrid 2mo ago $210,000–$295,000 [Virtru](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/virtru) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d39a13bf908d2f24) Washington, DC Remote 9d ago $190,000–$250,000 [TNS](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tns) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Sr AI Architect/Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6dcd136de8e30f4a) Reston, VA Remote 3w ago $150,000–$250,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Software Development Engineer, Frontier AI Tools](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/595786cb37da4bed) Arlington, VA · Austin, TX · +1 more 5w ago $168,100–$227,400 [Applied Intuition](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/applied-intuition) Leads the deployment team ### [Software Engineering Manager (Defense/PhysicalAI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/54e611b0f8201f20) Arlington, VA On-site 2mo ago $250,000–$300,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/037814d943f2f163) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA · +2 more 7mo ago $188,800–$362,000 [Vannevar Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vannevar-labs) Leads the deployment team ### [Enterprise Technical Lead (Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f690faf1f1a405cd) Washington, DC · San Diego, CA · +1 more Remote 19mo ago $150,000–$215,000 34 of 50 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area pay? 49 of 50 postings state a pay range. The median is $210,000, and half of them sit between $198,000 and $220,000, from 22 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area require? Of 50 postings, 38 state a minimum number of years, from 15 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 17 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (15) or 10 or more years (6). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area? These 50 postings come from 23 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (20), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (3), [Red Cell Partners](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/red-cell-partners) (3), [Appian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/appian) (2) and [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) (2). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area remote? 8 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 9 are hybrid and 9 are on-site. The remaining 24 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 33 of the 50 postings. Counted over the 50 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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