Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Arlington, VA · East Palo Alto, CA · +3 moreArlington, VA +4
$168,100–$261,500
FDE and deployment jobs asking for solutions and customer engineering experience in Washington, DC area
51 postings · 32 companies · 45 state pay: median $183,000, half $170,000–$240,000
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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1
Pay not posted
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Manager | Sales ReInvention
Arlington, VA · Chicago, IL · +41 moreArlington, VA +42On-site
$80,400–$316,300
Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel FDE
Mclean, VA · New York, NY · +7 moreMclean, VA +8Hybrid
$158,900–$340,000
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization)
Arlington, VA · Boston, MA · +3 moreArlington, VA +4
$168,100–$250,200
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1On-site
$167,000–$203,000
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Senior Manager | Sales ReInvention
Arlington, VA · Chicago, IL · +41 moreArlington, VA +42
$112,900–$366,300
$180,000–$230,000
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Software Engineer - TS/SCI (Full Scope Poly)
Chantilly, VAOn-site
$192,000–$455,000
$160,000–$200,000
$125,000–$180,000
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA · +1 moreArlington, VA +2
$200,100–$270,600
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Arlington, VA · Denver, CO · +2 moreArlington, VA +3
$200,100–$297,700
Pay not posted
Senior Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)
Reston, VA · Austin, TX · +3 moreReston, VA +4Remote
$218,600–$344,700
$135,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
$99,000–$225,000
Staff Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)
Reston, VA · Boulder, CO · +6 moreReston, VA +7Remote
$246,800–$394,300
$185,000–$300,000 · OTE
Software Engineer, Mission Dev - U.S. Government
Washington, DC · New York, NYWashington, DC +1
$150,000–$215,000
LumbraLeads the deployment team
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required)
Arlington, VAOn-site
$200,000–$300,000
MetaPhase ConsultingPlans what the customer deploys first
Technical Product Lead (Forward Deployed)
Reston, VAOn-site
$150,000–$175,000
Dynamo AIPlans what the customer deploys first
Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector
Washington, DC
Pay not posted
DatabricksPlans what the customer deploys first
Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Financial Services
Washington, DC · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreWashington, DC +4
$219,765–$302,220
SitrepsPlans what the customer deploys first
Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1On-site
$147,000–$185,000
$170,000–$225,000
Scale AIPlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Product Manager, Public Sector
Washington, DC · New York, NYWashington, DC +1
$200,000–$345,000
DatabricksPlans what the customer deploys first
Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Public Sector
Washington, DC
$219,765–$302,220
Pay not posted
GoviniLeads the deployment team
Software Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PA · +1 moreArlington, VA +2Remote
Pay not posted
AltanaPlans what the customer deploys first
Staff AI Deployment Strategist
Washington, DC · Brooklyn, NYWashington, DC +1Hybrid
$165,000–$195,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Integrates and configures it
Senior Delivery Consultant – DevOps, WWPS ProServe
Arlington, VA · Denver, CO · +1 moreArlington, VA +2
$153,600–$207,800
$166,400–$249,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Integrates and configures it
Senior Delivery Consultant – Emerging Tech, WWPS ProServe
Arlington, VA · Denver, CO · +1 moreArlington, VA +2
$153,600–$207,800
Amazon (incl AWS)Integrates and configures it
Senior Delivery Consultant - Security, WWPS Professional Services - GPS
Herndon, VA
$153,600–$207,800
Amazon (incl AWS)Integrates and configures it
Senior Delivery Consultant - Security
Arlington, VA · Denver, CO · +3 moreArlington, VA +4
$153,600–$207,800
Amazon (incl AWS)Integrates and configures it
Sr. Delivery Consultant- Data & Analytics, WWPS, ProServe Non Profits Organization (NPO)
Herndon, VA · Chicago, IL · +1 moreHerndon, VA +2On-site
$153,600–$207,800
GovSignalsPlans what the customer deploys first
Senior Federal Deployment Strategist
Washington, DCHybrid
$140,000–$200,000
KaizenPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist (Cleared)
Washington, DC · New York, NYWashington, DC +1Hybrid
$140,000–$180,000
21 of 51 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for solutions and customer engineering experience in Washington, DC area pay?
45 of 51 postings state a pay range. The median is $183,000, and half of them sit between $170,000 and $240,000, from 27 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for solutions and customer engineering experience in Washington, DC area require?
Of 51 postings, 36 state a minimum number of years, from 28 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 21 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (10), 10 or more years (4) or under 3 years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for solutions and customer engineering experience in Washington, DC area?
These 51 postings come from 32 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (9), Rivet Industries (5), Accenture (2), Cisco (2) and Databricks (2).
Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for solutions and customer engineering experience in Washington, DC area remote?
4 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 10 are hybrid and 17 are on-site. The remaining 20 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 36 of the 51 postings.
Counted over the 51 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