> 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 in Washington, DC area Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv&page=5 430 forward deployed engineer jobs in Washington, DC, including related deployment roles, from 130 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $154,000 to $209,000. **430** postings · **130** companies · **376** with pay · median **$180,000** · middle half $154,000–$209,000 · read Nov 8, 2026 [Navaide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/navaide) ### [Lead AI & Data Analytics Engineer - Must be government clearance eligible](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1eadb173e6b53490) Arlington, VA 2w ago $130,000–$195,000 [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) ### [M&S Software Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/af4f05fd06077223) Washington, DC Remote 2w ago $111,426.84–$192,890.16 [Steampunk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/steampunk) ### [Senior AI Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cb8b69d1738c04e1) Mclean, VA 2w ago $140,000–$190,000 [Steampunk, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/steampunk-inc) ### [Senior AI Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/722427035bd5d16d) Mclean, VA 2w ago $140,000–$190,000 [Peraton](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/peraton) ### [Senior AI Integration Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a1f0dc00fc4169c5) Red Bank, NJ · Basking Ridge, NJ · +1 more On-site 2w ago $112,000–$179,000 [Credence Management Solutions](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/credence-management-solutions) ### [Senior AI Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55eab9f133b0cbaa) Mclean, VA 2w ago $155,000–$200,000 [LMI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lmi) ### [Senior Data Scientist (Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e27f382ea6146070) Washington, DC · Tysons, VA Hybrid 2w ago $113,560–$192,050 [OPEN Data Jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/open-data-jobs) ### [Software Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d92029b43f50d7a4) Washington, DC Remote 2w ago $92,000–$133,000 [Quvia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/quvia) ### [Principal Operations Research Scientist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a21b18fc1038759d) Washington, DC Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [InterImage, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/interimage-inc) ### [Software Solution Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1bf192562634981c) Arlington, VA Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [Culmen International](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/culmen-international) ### [Sr. Full-Stack Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4e70b6e2782849f5) Alexandria, VA On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [BRG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/brg) ### [Sr. Managing Consultant/Managing Consultant AI Architect - Financial Services Operations & Technology](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bfa5488d7c799fe0) Washington, DC · New York, NY · +3 more 2w ago $158,000–$210,000 [Planet Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/planet-labs) ### [Senior Forward Deployment Engineer, Strategic Customer Engagements U.S.](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f88375963f97c85) Arlington, VA Hybrid 2w ago $160,600–$200,800 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developer - DC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b7b5b4df6ccb3034) Washington, DC On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [MongoDB](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mongodb) ### [Senior Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee18b4ffe9431fe6) Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +5 more Remote 2w ago $126,000–$248,000 [CACI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/caci) ### [Senior Embedded Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4eda094ccad6cae2) Reston, VA · Honolulu, HI · +2 more On-site 2w ago $114,600–$252,100 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee8d306129529a75) Reston, VA Remote 2w ago $160,000–$230,000 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developer - Falls Church](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8fd51a8c9b027c65) Falls Church, VA On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [Operations Engineer (Starshield Products)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/69d3d02ace1b1a6e) Washington, DC 2w ago $100,000–$160,000 [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 [STR](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/str) ### [Lead Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bf1ffbc0e223730e) Arlington, VA 2w ago $180,000–$230,000 [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense) ### [MSS Developer - Arlington (VA)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/29b76736ff4d8a87) Arlington, VA On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Lead Software Engineer, AI Labs (Product and Customer Facing)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2d1c287890786103) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA · +1 more 2w ago $148,500–$344,700 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f95a9b59f4e3f66b) Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 2w ago $131,300–$177,600 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Generative AI Applications Engineer (Agents & RAG)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a3c80fb35bd090f5) Washington, DC 3w ago $103,200–$203,400 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [Post-Sales Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bbde887c89fad555) Mclean, VA 3w ago $77,600–$176,000 [Innodata Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/innodata-inc) ### [Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/763910a63a58b8b4) Washington, DC Remote 3w ago Pay not posted [Vantor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vantor) ### [Senior Applied AI/ML Engineer (TS/SCI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/51a25d8d796e6817) Springfield, VA On-site 3w ago $140,000–$187,000 [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 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [Post-Sales Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d82f4864a9af07a2) Mclean, VA · Washington, DC 3w ago $62,000–$141,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Software Engineer, Security Services and Observability, Amazon Web Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b5703d11db556846) Herndon, VA · Irvine, CA · +1 more On-site 4w ago $168,100–$227,400 [Two Six Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/two-six-technologies) ### [Senior Data Scientist (Onsite)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/326561de34f2aa71) Arlington, VA · Laurel, MD On-site 4w ago $150,000–$200,000 [Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nightwing-intelligence-solutions-llc) ### [AI/ML Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4785cd9f2f75dc39) Arlington, VA On-site 4w ago $99,000–$206,000 [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) ### [AI Solution Architect, Lead](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/068318be8b35c243) Mclean, VA 3w ago $112,800–$257,000 [Enterprise Knowledge](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/enterprise-knowledge) ### [Full Stack Developer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ede11dfb63833962) Arlington, VA Hybrid 4w ago $95,000–$115,000 [CACI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/caci) ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/16a4c0839b8b960b) Reston, VA · Denver, CO 5w ago $82,100–$172,400 [EY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ey) ### [Government and Infrastructure - AI and Data - AI Automation Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d77d484ff64fdbef) Mclean, VA 5w ago $128,400–$192,500 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7d7c4d4a3ec04461) Arlington, VA · Jessup, MD · +2 more 5w ago $131,300–$177,600 [Enterprise Knowledge](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/enterprise-knowledge) ### [Semantic Data and AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5ccf5311b8887ce2) Arlington, VA Remote 4w ago $135,000–$175,000 [Axon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axon) ### [AfroTech 2026 Mission Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/88f39f2b8e9bbcfe) Washington, DC · Tampa, FL · +18 more On-site 5w ago Pay not posted 298 of these 430 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fregion%3Ddmv%26page%3D5&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fregion%3Ddmv%26page%3D5&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area” go out once you have an account. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) Washington, DC area is the third-largest FDE job market of the 21 US metros listed here, after New York metro and SF Bay Area, with 430 postings from 130 companies read on November 8, 2026. Hiring here: [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) , [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) , [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) , [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) , [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril). ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area pay? 376 of 430 postings state a pay range. The median is $180,000, and half of them sit between $154,000 and $209,000, from 104 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area require? Of 430 postings, 238 state a minimum number of years, from 105 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 132 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (72), under 3 years (23) or 10 or more years (11). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area? These 430 postings come from 130 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) (70), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (29), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (26), [Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen) (19) and [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (14). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area remote? 47 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 92 are hybrid and 91 are on-site. The remaining 200 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 253 of the 430 postings. Counted over the 430 postings in this search. 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