> 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=8 298 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 $155,000 to $213,000. **298** postings · **101** companies · **256** with pay · median **$184,000** · middle half $155,000–$213,000 · read Nov 6, 2026 Updated Nov 7, 2026 [Deepgram](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deepgram) ### [Senior Solutions Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ab90418d9dd210ca) Washington, DC Remote 7mo ago $180,000–$245,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack), Intelligence Systems ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c69c3005b06e5ac9) Reston, VA 7mo ago $191,000–$254,000 [CoVar](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/covar) ### [Machine Learning Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97fb651671bae68c) Mclean, VA Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [Nominal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) ### [Software Engineer, Mission Dev - U.S. Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/25571084cdc5fffa) Washington, DC · New York, NY 8mo ago $150,000–$215,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [AI Architect ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1905c3b83c97eabc) Chantilly, VA 8mo ago $130,200–$265,300 [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) ### [Devops Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a74eccb7dfb40b9) Washington, DC Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted [CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cgs-federal-contact-government-services) ### [FSR Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/740b62f52808ab2e) Washington, DC On-site 9mo ago Pay not posted [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23dd7fc1237c48d9) Washington, DC · Denver, CO 9mo ago $274,400–$343,000 [West Monroe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/west-monroe) ### [Principal AI Software Engineer, TechEx (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a4fa989247e7868) Washington, DC · Boston, MA · +7 more 11mo ago $152,200–$205,900 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Backend Software Engineer, Gov](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/36c1a30a9341507f) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA · +1 more Hybrid Since 2025 $207,000–$385,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Cleared GenAI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c6ee9d149976dd2a) Washington, DC Since 2025 $98,500–$184,900 [C3.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/c3-ai) ### [ Data Scientist (Federal) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22c6231358814fa8) Tysons, VA On-site Since 2025 $136,000–$183,000 [Canvas Medical](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/canvas-medical) ### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/53dfbacde8578f09) Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA Remote Since 2025 Pay not posted [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Senior Ground Software Engineer, Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/33f26e7ec9153f1d) Washington, DC Since 2025 $191,000–$254,000 [Spear AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spear-ai) ### [Mission Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/42f4560f29486608) Washington, DC On-site Since 2025 Pay not posted [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Ground Software Engineer, Space](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a22af88501440ae) Washington, DC Since 2025 $167,000–$222,000 [Spear AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spear-ai) ### [Mission Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75e91de6ce709edf) Washington, DC On-site Since 2025 Pay not posted [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Software Engineer, Connected Warfare](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1b365e775127b47d) Washington, DC Since 2024 $129,000–$253,000 All 298 of these jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fregion%3Ddmv%26role%3Dbuilds-for-customers%26page%3D8&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fregion%3Ddmv%26role%3Dbuilds-for-customers%26page%3D8&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Washington, DC area” go out once you have an account. [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? 256 of 298 postings state a pay range. The median is $184,000, and half of them sit between $155,000 and $213,000, from 75 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Washington, DC area require? Of 298 postings, 176 state a minimum number of years, from 83 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 101 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (51), 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 298 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 58 are hybrid and 57 are on-site. The remaining 151 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 175 of the 298 postings. Counted over the 298 postings in this search. 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