DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
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Scale AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
GoviniProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Data Scientist
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
OpenAIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer, Gov
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
DatabricksProduction engineering
AI Engineer – Forward Deployed Engineering, U.S. Public Sector (Federal Focus)
Washington, DCRemote
$182,000–$250,208
GoviniProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Senior Data Scientist
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector
Washington, DCHybrid
$182,000–$250,208
GoviniProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PAArlington, VA +1Remote
Pay not posted
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services
Washington, DC
$182,000–$250,208
DatabricksProduction engineering
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Washington, DC
$182,000–$250,208
$191,000–$253,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector
Denver, CO · Honolulu, HI · +1 moreDenver, CO +2
$235,200–$294,000
$211,000–$302,000
Agile DefenseProduction engineering
MSS Developers (Various Locations)
Colorado Springs, CO · Falls Church, VA · +7 moreColorado Springs, CO +8On-site
Pay not posted
$191,000–$253,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector
Denver, CO · Washington, DCDenver, CO +1
$274,400–$343,000
Pay not posted
Red Cell PartnersProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer (Product + Platform Development)
Seattle, WA · Mclean, VASeattle, WA +1Remote
$180,000–$240,000
$220,000–$292,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreAustin, TX +5Hybrid
$186,000–$279,000
$125,000–$220,000
BCGProduction engineering
BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$190,000
$191,000–$253,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Field Engineer, Public Sector
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +3 moreAustin, TX +4
$150,400–$226,550
$220,000–$350,000
BCGProduction engineering
BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 moreAtlanta, GA +17
$150,000
$191,000–$253,000
$211,000–$302,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Field Engineer, Data Engine
Colorado Springs, CO · Omaha, NE · +2 moreColorado Springs, CO +3
$140,000–$290,000
$166,000–$220,000
Scale AIProduction engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Public Sector
San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3On-site
$162,400–$311,000
OpenAIProduction engineering
Full Stack Software Engineer, Gov
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$207,000–$385,000
$191,000–$253,000
$166,000–$220,000
$166,000–$220,000
$191,000–$253,000
$191,000–$253,000
$166,000–$253,000
ID.meDeployment team leadership
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
Mclean, VA · Mountain View, CA · +2 moreMclean, VA +3On-site
$154,000–$275,000
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What do FDE jobs pay?
52 of 60 postings state a pay range. The median is $216,000, and half of them sit between $193,000 and $240,000, across 13 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 60 postings, 13 state a minimum number of years, from 9 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 9 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (4).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 60 postings come from 16 companies. The employers with the most postings are Anduril (14), Scale AI (13), Databricks (8), OpenAI (6) and Govini (5).
Are FDE jobs remote?
6 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 15 are hybrid and 9 are on-site. The remaining 30 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 40 of the 60 postings.
Counted over the 60 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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- SF Bay Area · 693 jobs · 289 companies · 693
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- Production engineering · 1093 jobs · 385 companies · 1093
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- Individual contributor · 1094 jobs · 495 companies · 1094
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- People manager · 107 jobs · 79 companies · 107
FDE jobs by company stage
- Public · 600 jobs · 124 companies · 600
- Later private · 545 jobs · 160 companies · 545
- Growth (Series B–C) · 349 jobs · 146 companies · 349
- Early (pre-seed–Series A) · 214 jobs · 108 companies · 214
- Bootstrapped · 60 jobs · 28 companies · 60
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FDE jobs by coding work
- Production code · 1699 jobs · 631 companies · 1699
- Configuration / integration · 261 jobs · 162 companies · 261
- Prototypes / scripts · 100 jobs · 63 companies · 100
- No coding · 65 jobs · 45 companies · 65
FDE jobs by project stage
- Implementation / production · 2128 jobs · 715 companies · 2128
- Ongoing operations · 1651 jobs · 627 companies · 1651
- Proof of concept · 800 jobs · 343 companies · 800
- Pre-sales / evaluation · 614 jobs · 267 companies · 614
FDE jobs by who you build for
- External customers · 1671 jobs · 527 companies · 1671
- Internal teams · 338 jobs · 225 companies · 338
- Both · 162 jobs · 109 companies · 162
FDE jobs by visa sponsorship
- Available · 69 jobs · 19 companies · 69
FDE jobs by travel
- 25% or more · 454 jobs · 140 companies · 454