AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
Arlington, VA · New York, NY · +40 moreArlington, VA +41
$112,900–$302,400
FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for implementation and data engineering experience in Washington, DC area
56 postings · 18 companies · 54 state pay: median $189,000, half $154,000–$213,000
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Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
$172,500–$260,100
$135,000–$200,000
$112,900–$366,300
$182,000–$250,208
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration
Mclean, VA · Atlanta, GA · +9 moreMclean, VA +10
$88,970–$316,750
$180,000–$245,000
$54,400–$235,100
$182,000–$250,208
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector, Nonprofit & Education
Mclean, VA · Chicago, IL · +8 moreMclean, VA +9Remote
$88,970–$316,750
$145,800–$280,000
Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer
Arlington, VA · Chicago, IL · +39 moreArlington, VA +40
$80,400–$316,300
$182,000–$250,208
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)
Mclean, VA · San Francisco, CA · +8 moreMclean, VA +9Remote
$88,970–$198,170
$182,000–$250,208
$134,500–$265,100
$80,400–$316,300
$189,200–$372,900
Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer -Assoc Director
Arlington, VA · Chicago, IL · +39 moreArlington, VA +40
$138,800–$434,000
$155,600–$306,800
AI - Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE Senior Manager
Herndon, VA · Atlanta, GA · +41 moreHerndon, VA +42
$112,900–$366,300
Cybersecurity AI Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Manager
Herndon, VA · Atlanta, GA · +41 moreHerndon, VA +42
$80,400–$305,000
Sr. Delivery Consultant - AI/ML, WWPS ProServe
Arlington, VA · Jersey City, NJ · +6 moreArlington, VA +7
$153,600–$239,000
$77,600–$176,000
$160,000–$205,000
MSS Developers (Various Locations)
Arlington, VA · Colorado Springs, CO · +7 moreArlington, VA +8On-site
Pay not posted
Senior Agentic Identity Security Manager
Arlington, VA · Irving, TX · +39 moreArlington, VA +40
$80,400–$293,800
$77,600–$176,000
$90,786–$120,673
$159,100–$265,100
AI Native Software Engineering Manager
Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +35 moreArlington, VA +36
$80,400–$316,300
$112,800–$257,000
Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, WWPS ProServe Delivery Team
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VAArlington, VA +1
$131,300–$177,600
$131,000–$218,300
AI Native Software Engineering Senior Manager/Assoc Director
Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +35 moreArlington, VA +36
$112,900–$366,300
$77,600–$176,000
$75,000–$175,000
$107,700–$179,500
Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VAArlington, VA +1
$131,300–$177,600
All 56 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for implementation and data engineering experience in Washington, DC area pay?
54 of 56 postings state a pay range. The median is $189,000, and half of them sit between $154,000 and $213,000, from 16 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for implementation and data engineering experience in Washington, DC area require?
Of 56 postings, 31 state a minimum number of years, from 12 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 18 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (9), under 3 years (2) or 10 or more years (2).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for implementation and data engineering experience in Washington, DC area?
These 56 postings come from 18 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (13), Booz Allen (7), Deloitte US (6), Amazon (incl AWS) (5) and Databricks (5).
Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for implementation and data engineering experience in Washington, DC area remote?
5 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 10 are hybrid and 5 are on-site. The remaining 36 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 41 of the 56 postings.
Counted over the 56 postings in this search. Postings read on September 21, 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