> 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 jobs that plan what the customer deploys first in Washington, DC area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv&role=strategist&page=2 49 forward deployed engineer jobs that plan what the customer deploys first in the Washington, DC area, from 28 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $157,000 to $195,000. **49** postings · **28** companies · 42 state pay: median **$170,000**, half $157,000–$195,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Deployment Strategist, New Grad - Intel, US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/50e504561a95469f) Washington, DC On-site 4mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Rivet Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rivet-industries) ### [Deployment Strategist, U.S. Navy](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/234898ba2cf7a604) Washington, DC On-site 2mo ago $140,000–$200,000 [Lumbra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lumbra) ### [Deployment Strategist, Intel (TS/SCI with CI Polygraph Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d4d7d1c6f1f0f19f) Arlington, VA On-site 5mo ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Deployment Strategist (Mid/Senior Levels)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/233c182f95f3a859) Mclean, VA · San Francisco, CA · +8 more Remote 4mo ago $134,750–$316,750 [Pryzm](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pryzm) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cf66bd8d122782a3) Washington, DC On-site 5mo ago $100,000–$140,000 [Rivet Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rivet-industries) ### [Deployment Strategist, U.S. Army](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1d943aa3afe49488) Washington, DC On-site 2mo ago $140,000–$200,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Deployment Strategist, Build to Apply - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/326bd9d2548086f6) Washington, DC On-site 9mo ago $110,000–$170,000 [Rivet Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rivet-industries) ### [Deployment Strategist, New Business](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/562f927e966c34cd) Washington, DC On-site 4mo ago $140,000–$200,000 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Deployment Strategist - Intel](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5472299bdd089131) Washington, DC On-site 61mo ago $110,000–$170,000 All 49 plan what the customer deploys first. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first in Washington, DC area pay? 42 of 49 postings state a pay range. The median is $170,000, and half of them sit between $157,000 and $195,000, from 24 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first in Washington, DC area require? Of 49 postings, 23 state a minimum number of years, from 18 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 13 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (6) or under 3 years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first in Washington, DC area? These 49 postings come from 28 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (8), [Rivet Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rivet-industries) (6), [Exiger](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exiger) (3), [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) (3) and [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (2). ### Are FDE jobs that plan what the customer deploys first in Washington, DC area remote? 4 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 16 are hybrid and 21 are on-site. The remaining 8 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 39 of the 49 postings. Counted over the 49 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. 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