> 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. # FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Washington, DC area involving pre-sales Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic®ion=dmv&stage=presales 47 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors in the Washington, DC area involving pre-sales, from 28 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $140,000 to $185,000. **47** postings · **28** companies · 41 state pay: median **$168,000**, half $140,000–$185,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated 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 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ffbd3b08d110bff9) Arlington, VA 9d ago $77,600–$176,000 [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 [szns](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/szns) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eb1c82f1e00e0d1c) Reston, VA Hybrid 13d ago Pay not posted [ConductorAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/conductorai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c90a59a727564bd5) Washington, DC Hybrid 4w ago $150,000–$220,000 [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 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/119cfd8fc34ca0bd) Washington, DC · Charlotte, NC · +6 more Hybrid 13d ago $117,000–$132,000 [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 [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 [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 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61c1777a32f46521) Washington, DC · New York, NY · +8 more Hybrid 13d ago $150,000–$180,000 [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 [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 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/183bfa468750c967) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA · +8 more Hybrid 13d ago $150,000–$180,000 [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 [C3.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/c3-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Federal, New Grad 2027](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d9c92bf5c3f31ac0) Tysons, VA 2w ago $120,000–$150,000 [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) ### [ServiceNow Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9469007d547233ec) Rosslyn, VA 2mo ago $155,600–$306,800 [Factory](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/factory) ### [Software Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aee86805e9f7a82d) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA Remote New · 3d ago Pay not posted [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer–Field Engagement](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/01bd9fbbdf18cce5) Washington, DC · Seattle, WA Hybrid 10d ago $160,000–$200,000 [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 [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 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [AI Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3974fa16dd83f70a) Reston, VA Hybrid 2mo ago $185,000–$225,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d8e966aeda24ed83) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 3mo ago $131,300–$177,600 [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) ### [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 [Eudia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/eudia) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Eudia for Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/16a20fbf5fdf4a3f) Washington, DC Remote 3mo ago $160,000–$200,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - Germany Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/26bc4e3929332779) Washington, DC Hybrid 13d ago $110,000–$170,000 [goTenna](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gotenna) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4b3fe62787eb4da6) Fairfax, VA · Clarksburg, MD · +1 more Hybrid 4w ago $100,000–$130,000 [Dynamo AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/dynamo-ai) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c6343f3041deac3d) Washington, DC 4w ago Pay not posted [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a286130f619ca1d4) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $147,000–$185,000 [Nitra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nitra) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b41bda2f25147188) Washington, DC Hybrid 4mo ago Pay not posted [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Security Engineer - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c582fdd78c081353) Washington, DC On-site 8mo ago $135,000–$200,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - Japan Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23a679602f65c919) Washington, DC On-site 25mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - Korea Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f5c8f4f04b909593) Washington, DC On-site 25mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Integrates and configures it ### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, WWPS ProServe Delivery Team](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bdae58c5e4f95f51) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 3mo ago $131,300–$177,600 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/415762a702e22de0) Washington, DC On-site 75mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Integrates and configures it ### [Sr Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4ec7f7e2ef66247d) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 3mo ago $153,600–$207,800 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Integrates and configures it ### [Sr. Delivery Consultant - AI/ML, AWS ProServe](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/426f5ecc8d7d2d0a) Arlington, VA · Dallas, TX 4mo ago $153,600–$207,800 27 of 47 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dic%26region%3Ddmv%26stage%3Dpresales&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs for individual contributors in washington, dc area involving pre-sales go out by email once you have an account and set an alert. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Washington, DC area involving pre-sales pay? 41 of 47 postings state a pay range. The median is $168,000, and half of them sit between $140,000 and $185,000, from 22 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Washington, DC area involving pre-sales require? Of 47 postings, 17 state a minimum number of years, from 17 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 8 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (5) or 6 to 9 years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Washington, DC area involving pre-sales? These 47 postings come from 28 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (9), [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) (5), [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (4), [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) (4) and [Sitreps](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sitreps) (2). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Washington, DC area involving pre-sales remote? 3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 14 are hybrid and 15 are on-site. The remaining 15 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 32 of the 47 postings. Counted over the 47 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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