> 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. # Lead AI & Data Analytics Engineer - Must be government clearance eligible Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1eadb173e6b53490 Navaide posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in Arlington, VA, at $130,000–$195,000 base, below the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Leads development of AI-enabled analytics products for a federal acquisition process modernization effort, spanning data integration, pipelines, applications, and decision-support capabilities. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Navaide](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/navaide) First seen Oct 24, 2026 · open on Breezy as of Nov 8, 2026 **$130,000–$195,000** Arlington, VA Full-time Leads development of AI-enabled analytics products for a federal acquisition process modernization effort, spanning data integration, pipelines, applications, and decision-support capabilities. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F1eadb173e6b53490&placement=top) - [View posting at Navaide](https://navaide.breezy.hr/p/d52da7b53569-lead-ai-data-analytics-engineer-must-be-government-clearance-eligible/apply) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay $130K–$195K Below the median Midpoint $163K · median $190K This job $130K to $195K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Builds what the customer runs Balance **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations Travel **Up to 10%** - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **5+ years** Data analytics, data engineering, platform engineering, business intelligence, AI/ML, or analytics product development Background - **Software engineering** - **Implementation and data engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 5+ years. How many do you have? 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