> 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 build what the customer runs in Washington, DC area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv&role=builds-for-customers&page=3 295 forward deployed engineer jobs that build what the customer runs in the Washington, DC area, from 101 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $154,000 to $213,000. **295** postings · **101** companies · 253 state pay: median **$184,000**, half $154,000–$213,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Lumbra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lumbra) ### [Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ff67fdc057ed9c55) Arlington, VA On-site 4mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [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) ### [Forward Deployed Data Engineer - Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f823a8e9114d7ce) Arlington, VA · Washington, DC 4mo ago $100,200–$243,100 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7dc9350c0cfc8694) Washington, DC 4mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [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 5mo ago $175,000–$235,000 [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/23de35c0893990fc) Arlington, VA · Jessup, MD · +4 more 2w ago $168,100–$250,200 [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 [Pryzm](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pryzm) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/26f2742fc2a8b30c) Washington, DC · Boston, MA · +1 more On-site 5mo ago $110,000–$160,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/68680c17f0761c20) Arlington, VA · Boston, MA · +2 more 3w ago $143,700–$213,800 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df67031137744430) Washington, DC Hybrid 6mo ago $135,000–$200,000 [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 [webAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/webai) ### [Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5681002f691861d0) Washington, DC · Austin, TX Hybrid 6mo ago Pay not posted [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e8b339d8be1a9304) Herndon, VA · Boston, MA · +4 more 3w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b5feba8d4ec0d59) Washington, DC 7mo ago $182,000–$250,208 [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 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Tactical Edge](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e0470868699dd207) Washington, DC On-site 8mo ago $135,000–$200,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e25936c11460ec5d) Herndon, VA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 more 3w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Govini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/govini) ### [Forward Deployed Data Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f0e0946c30c6a0e2) Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PA Remote 9mo ago Pay not posted [Factory](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/factory) ### [Member of Deployed Staff, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4d0cc60298a71dcf) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA · +1 more On-site 9mo ago Pay not posted [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Edge Autonomous Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6db316cd45847e5a) Washington, DC Hybrid 13mo ago $135,000–$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/3087cf6a8723dff6) Herndon, VA · Boston, MA · +4 more On-site 3w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Govini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/govini) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f342478d5f8e8533) Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PA Remote 11mo ago Pay not posted [Rune Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rune-technologies) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f9c6b703ea2bbabb) Arlington, VA On-site 13mo ago $190,000–$210,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b932491c6942bae3) Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 more Hybrid 14mo ago $145,800–$280,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a7d1ffed9ab9406) Herndon, VA · Boston, MA · +4 more On-site 3w ago $168,100–$261,500 [Exiger](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exiger) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/60947fb61ef5ee01) Mclean, VA Hybrid 14mo ago Pay not posted [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Mixed Reality](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fb1ec88ff7760695) Washington, DC On-site 21mo ago $135,000–$200,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8aaf633606393a76) Washington, DC · Austin, TX · +4 more Hybrid 25mo ago $138,000–$292,560 [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 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Japan Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4d94737e75ca1057) Washington, DC On-site 25mo ago $135,000–$200,000 [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 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Intel](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b0f05096a61c15a9) Washington, DC On-site 61mo ago $135,000–$200,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Sr Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bfc6e9a8bf54ca77) Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · +1 more 4mo ago $168,100–$250,200 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e78da3aeaac4a853) Washington, DC On-site 79mo ago $135,000–$200,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [ Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer (Secret cleared) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/69b2dcc6d4155f60) Arlington, VA On-site 2w ago $89,000–$179,200 [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 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/956ee3b9130c2d1a) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA · +1 more 8d ago $200,100–$270,600 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Germany Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/979603bd1c77c209) Washington, DC Hybrid 9d ago $135,000–$200,000 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Intern, BS/MS, Summer 2027](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/acb6772e64dd876a) Reston, VA · Sunnyvale, CA · +1 more 3w ago $98,000–$131,000 All 295 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Washington, DC area pay? 253 of 295 postings state a pay range. The median is $184,000, and half of them sit between $154,000 and $213,000, from 75 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Washington, DC area require? Of 295 postings, 175 state a minimum number of years, from 84 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 101 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (50), under 3 years (16) or 10 or more years (8). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Washington, DC area? These 295 postings come from 101 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (41), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (25), [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) (18), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (15) and [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (12). ### Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Washington, DC area remote? 32 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 55 are hybrid and 58 are on-site. The remaining 150 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 177 of the 295 postings. Counted over the 295 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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