Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Arlington, VA · Denver, CO · +3 moreArlington, VA +4
$143,700–$194,400
27 postings · 20 companies · 18 state pay: median $150,000, half $128,000–$169,000
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Arlington, VA · Denver, CO · +3 moreArlington, VA +4
$143,700–$194,400
Pay not posted
Mclean, VA · Chicago, IL · +8 moreMclean, VA +9Remote
$88,970–$316,750
$135,000–$200,000
Reston, VA · Sunnyvale, CA · +1 moreReston, VA +2
$98,000–$131,000
$120,000
$165,000–$220,000
Arlington, VA · Chicago, IL · +40 moreArlington, VA +41
$54,400–$196,000
$120,000–$180,000
$120,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Washington, DC · Atlanta, GA · +16 moreWashington, DC +17
$150,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Falls Church, VA · Colorado Springs, CO · +7 moreFalls Church, VA +8On-site
Pay not posted
The Carlyle GroupBuilds for teams inside the company
Washington, DCHybrid
$130,000–$140,000
SalesforceIntegrates and configures it
Mclean, VA · New York, NY · +9 moreMclean, VA +10
$88,970–$316,750
ExigerPlans what the customer deploys first
Mclean, VA · Richmond, VAMclean, VA +1Hybrid
Pay not posted
goTennaIntegrates and configures it
Fairfax, VA · Clarksburg, MD · +1 moreFairfax, VA +2Hybrid
$100,000–$130,000
Pay not posted
$87,100–$157,450
$75–$80/hr
Amazon (incl AWS)Integrates and configures it
Arlington, VA · Jersey City, NJ · +2 moreArlington, VA +3
$98,200–$185,000
$137,000–$182,000
LumbraPlans what the customer deploys first
Arlington, VAOn-site
$90,000–$250,000
17 of 27 build what the customer runs.
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18 of 27 postings state a pay range. The median is $150,000, and half of them sit between $128,000 and $169,000, from 15 companies.
Of 27 postings, 16 state a minimum number of years, from 14 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 11 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (3) or 6 to 9 years (2).
These 27 postings come from 20 companies. The employers with the most postings are Agile Defense (4), Amazon (incl AWS) (2), Palantir (2), PVM (2) and Salesforce (2).
3 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 6 are hybrid and 7 are on-site. The remaining 11 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 11 of the 27 postings.
Counted over the 27 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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