$150,000–$220,000
FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in Washington, DC area
14 postings · 13 companies · 13 state pay: median $183,000, half $158,000–$250,000
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Forward deployed engineering
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Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Software Engineer - TS/SCI (Full Scope Poly)
Chantilly, VAOn-site
$192,000–$455,000
$160,000–$200,000
$175,000–$235,000
$125,000–$180,000
$110,000–$160,000
Pay not posted
Senior Machine Learning Engineer–Field Engagement
Washington, DC · Seattle, WAWashington, DC +1Hybrid
$160,000–$200,000
$280,000–$320,000
Software Engineer, Mission Dev - U.S. Government
Washington, DC · New York, NYWashington, DC +1
$150,000–$215,000
$115,000–$200,000
LumbraLeads the deployment team
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required)
Arlington, VAOn-site
$200,000–$300,000
BetterUpPlans what the customer deploys first
Principal Product Manager, Forward Deployment
Arlington, VA · Austin, TX · +2 moreArlington, VA +3Hybrid
$210,000–$295,000
$100,000–$140,000
10 of 14 build what the customer runs.
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What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in Washington, DC area pay?
13 of 14 postings state a pay range. The median is $183,000, and half of them sit between $158,000 and $250,000, from 12 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in Washington, DC area require?
Of 14 postings, 13 state a minimum number of years, from 12 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 6 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (4) or 6 to 9 years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in Washington, DC area?
These 14 postings come from 13 companies. The employers with the most postings are Pryzm (2), Anthropic (1), BetterUp (1), Cape (1) and ConductorAI (1).
Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in Washington, DC area remote?
1 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 5 are hybrid and 6 are on-site. The remaining 2 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 10 of the 14 postings.
Counted over the 14 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. Postings that state no experience requirement, or ask for experience outside the five we list, are left out. · How we read postings