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FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area
239 postings · 96 companies · 206 state pay: median $192,000, half $163,000–$215,000
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$140,000–$187,000
$280,000–$320,000
Senior Software Engineer, Security Services and Observability, Amazon Web Services
Herndon, VA · Irvine, CA · +1 moreHerndon, VA +2On-site
$168,100–$227,400
$150,000–$200,000
$99,000–$206,000
$95,000–$115,000
$82,100–$172,400
$128,400–$192,500
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$148,750–$201,250
$99,000–$225,000
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Senior Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)
Reston, VA · Costa Mesa, CA · +2 moreReston, VA +3
$191,000–$254,000
$112,200–$196,400
$99,000–$225,000
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector
Washington, DC · Denver, CO · +1 moreWashington, DC +2
$235,200–$294,000
Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)
Reston, VA · Costa Mesa, CA · +2 moreReston, VA +3
$167,000–$222,000
$125,100–$225,200
$77,600–$176,000
$160,000–$205,000
MSS Developers (Various Locations)
Falls Church, VA · Colorado Springs, CO · +7 moreFalls Church, VA +8On-site
Pay not posted
$90,786–$120,673
$77,600–$176,000
Snowflake Advanced AI Engineer
Arlington, VA · San Francisco, CA · +39 moreArlington, VA +40
$54,400–$205,800
Pay not posted
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$77,600–$176,000
$185,000–$300,000 · OTE
$185,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
$77,600–$176,000
$220,000–$280,000
$120,000–$160,000
Pay not posted
$99,000–$225,000
Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector
Washington, DC · Austin, TX · +4 moreWashington, DC +5Hybrid
$186,000–$279,000
$191,000–$254,000
$100,000–$225,000
$99,000–$225,000
187 of 239 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area pay?
206 of 239 postings state a pay range. The median is $192,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $215,000, from 76 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area require?
Of 239 postings, 177 state a minimum number of years, from 86 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 98 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (53), under 3 years (15) or 10 or more years (11).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area?
These 239 postings come from 96 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (51), Accenture (18), Anduril (10), Booz Allen (9) and Databricks (5).
Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Washington, DC area remote?
33 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 37 are hybrid and 41 are on-site. The remaining 128 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 149 of the 239 postings.
Counted over the 239 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