$189,200–$372,900
FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area
158 postings · 48 companies · 139 state pay: median $187,000, half $162,000–$216,000
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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
$77,600–$176,000
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector
Washington, DC · Denver, CO · +1 moreWashington, DC +2
$235,200–$294,000
$160,000–$205,000
MSS Developers (Various Locations)
Arlington, VA · Colorado Springs, CO · +7 moreArlington, VA +8On-site
Pay not posted
$77,600–$176,000
$274,400–$343,000
$54,400–$205,800
$90,786–$120,673
$112,800–$257,000
Pay not posted
Senior Agentic Identity Security Manager
Arlington, VA · Irving, TX · +39 moreArlington, VA +40
$80,400–$293,800
$87,100–$157,450
$86,800–$198,000
Pay not posted
AI Native Software Engineering Manager
Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +35 moreArlington, VA +36
$80,400–$316,300
$107,900–$195,050
$77,600–$176,000
Pay not posted
Snowflake Advanced AI Engineer,
Arlington, VA · San Francisco, CA · +39 moreArlington, VA +40
$54,400–$205,800
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
$99,000–$225,000
$120,000–$160,000
AI Native Software Engineering Senior Manager/Assoc Director
Arlington, VA · Milwaukee, WI · +35 moreArlington, VA +36
$112,900–$366,300
Pay not posted
$77,500–$176,000
Senior AWS Generative AI Solution Engineer
Washington, DC · Gaithersburg, MDWashington, DC +1Remote
$107,900–$195,050
Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector
Washington, DC · Austin, TX · +4 moreWashington, DC +5Hybrid
$186,000–$279,000
$191,000–$253,000
$99,000–$225,000
$75,000–$175,000
Google Agentic AI Delivery Specialist
Arlington, VA · Albany, NY · +39 moreArlington, VA +40
$54,400–$196,000
$191,000–$253,000
$99,000–$225,000
$100,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
106 of 158 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area pay?
139 of 158 postings state a pay range. The median is $187,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $216,000, from 33 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area require?
Of 158 postings, 72 state a minimum number of years, from 32 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 36 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (27), 10 or more years (6) or under 3 years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area?
These 158 postings come from 48 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (30), Accenture (23), Booz Allen (16), Anduril (7) and Appian (5).
Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area remote?
14 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 26 are hybrid and 20 are on-site. The remaining 98 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 100 of the 158 postings.
Counted over the 158 postings in this search. Postings read on September 22, 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