> 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. # Senior ML Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d0c2774fe20a5c72 Adelphi posts a senior FDE role to build what the customer runs in Washington, DC with no pay posted. Senior ML Engineer responsible for end-to-end delivery of agentic, full-stack systems built on frontier models, from prototype through production. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Adelphi](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/adelphi) Posted Jun 18, 2026 by Adelphi · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 Pay not posted Washington, DC Hybrid Full-time Senior ML Engineer responsible for end-to-end delivery of agentic, full-stack systems built on frontier models, from prototype through production. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Fd0c2774fe20a5c72&placement=top) - [View posting at Adelphi](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/adelphi-ai/5de55f19-bd3f-45e9-98ec-7b88b4703775/application) 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 Not posted 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 3. Implementation 4. Operations - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Individual contributor ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in Washington, DC. Could you work there? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: Washington, DC - **Work arrangement**: Hybrid - **Remote work restrictions**: DC/Metro area; three days per week in office or onsite with customers - **Employment type**: Full-time ## More like this [Defense Unicorns](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/defense-unicorns) ### [Senior Platform Engineer (FedD239)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2d80b4f518bdc61d) Springfield, VA Remote 5w ago $148,750–$201,250 [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 [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 - [Other jobs at Adelphi (1)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/adelphi) ## The job description from Adelphi Posted by Adelphi on Jun 18, 2026 **About Adelphi **Adelphi's Vision is to build the biggest AI Deployment company for National Security, which requires talent that is extremely good at problem solving, gets excited about National Security challenges, and thrives in software factories. We're executing a Mission that (1) Identifies the core bottlenecks in Warfighting, Intelligence and the Enterprise, (2) Assigns top talent with backgrounds in systems and machine learning engineering, and (3) Finds repeatability in solution development to target similar offices across the DoW/IC. The business has 10x'd in under two years and has built trust with the senior most leaders at the Department of War and Intelligence Community. **About the Role:** The Forward Deployed Senior Machine Learning Engineer position requires a mix of software development, LLM Ops, and secdevops practices, resulting in an exciting, fast-paced engineering role. This role requires the ability to provide solutions for the full LLM stack, from the OS, storage, and network up to the API and transport layer. Experience in the defense or intelligence fields is required. You will own end-to-end delivery of agentic, full-stack systems built on top of frontier models, from first prototype to stable production, embedded alongside our defense and intelligence customers. **Location: **This role is based in the DC/Metro area - we follow a hybrid work model with three days per week in office or onsite with customers. **Clearance Requirement: **An active U.S. Government clearance is required. ### Is this you? We are an AI-native engineering team. We expect every engineer to leverage LLMs and AI tooling as a core part of how they design, build, ship, and operate agentic systems that turn frontier-model capability into mission outcomes. - You use AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) daily and instinctively. - You prompt-engineer through complex architecture and debug sessions, leverage LLMs across the full development lifecycle, maintain a clear-eyed view of AI limitations in high-security contexts, and stay current with emerging models and tooling. - Hands-on with modern agent frameworks and SDKs (LangGraph, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, AutoGen, or similar) and agent evaluation / observability tooling. - Familiarity with MCP or similar LLM integration frameworks. - You have a clear-eyed view of AI limitations. You know when to trust AI-generated output and when to verify. ### Expectations - Own end-to-end delivery of agentic, full-stack systems from first prototype to stable production, embedded alongside defense and intelligence customers. - Build and deploy ML services leveraging LLMs, embeddings, RAG, and agent orchestration into production environments, including classified and air-gapped ones. - Work directly with customers to scope problems, sequence delivery, and ship novel AI applications under real-world constraints. - Codify repeatable patterns into reusable tools and building blocks that help the team ship faster. ### Bonus Points - Proficiency in infrastructure management (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS). - Expertise in encryption, authentication, Linux systems administration, DevOps, or SRE. - Production experience launching agentic services and forward-deployed AI applications that drive operational value at the customer site. - Experience as a forward-deployed engineer or tech-led delivery role, embedded with mission customers, scoping problems, sequencing delivery, and shipping novel agentic applications under tight constraints - Experience with federated or privacy-preserving data architectures (such as differential privacy and secure enclaves). [View posting at Adelphi](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/adelphi-ai/5de55f19-bd3f-45e9-98ec-7b88b4703775/application) ## About Adelphi Adelphi deploys model-agnostic AI and governed data connectivity for defense and intelligence customers in classified, disconnected environments. 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