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Senior FDE and deployment jobs

Compare current US jobs, responsibilities, locations and advertised pay. Includes forward deployed engineering and related deployment roles. Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title.

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Chatham FinancialProduction engineering

AI Solutions Engineer

New York, NY

Chatham Financial seeks an AI Solutions Engineer to design, build, and deploy custom AI solutions for high-value business workflows, acting as a hybrid technologist and trusted advisor.

$200,000–$275,000

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ForterraProduction engineering

Senior Payloads Software Engineer

Clarksburg, MD

Senior software engineer to design, develop, and field software for autonomous ground vehicles, integrating payloads onto customer-bound hardware and supporting real-world missions for national security customers.

$120,000–$200,000

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Booz AllenProduction engineering

Palantir Engineer, Lead

Springfield, VA

Lead Palantir engineer role on Booz Allen's National Security team, delivering ML-driven solutions for DoD clients.

$99,000–$225,000

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LeidosProduction engineering

Senior Cybersecurity AI Developer

Laurel, MD

Senior Cybersecurity AI Developer role in Leidos' Intel Sector, supporting Cybersecurity Defensive Operations for government agencies and the Defense Industrial Base.

$107,900–$195,050

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Chatham FinancialProduction engineering

Senior Software Engineer

New York, NY · Kennett Square, PA

Hands-on Senior Software Engineer role at Chatham Financial's Technology Engagements team, building full-stack production software for external clients (private equity, real estate, capital markets) and internal tools.

$100,000–$140,000

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ParsonsProduction engineering

Senior AI/ML Engineer - TS/SCI w/ Poly

MD

Senior AI/ML Engineer supporting USCYBERCOM's AI Enterprise capability, designing and integrating LLM/agent workflows, RAG pipelines, and AI governance for mission-critical cyber operations.

$112,200–$196,400

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HeliosProduction engineering

Applied Intelligence Engineer

New York, NYOn-site

Applied Intelligence Engineer who embeds with government and enterprise customers to turn ambiguous institutional problems into secure, production software.

$165,000–$225,000

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NVIDIAProduction engineering

NCX Senior Engineer

Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remoteRemote

NVIDIA is hiring a senior engineer to lead Day 2 operational readiness for NVIDIA Cloud Partners, ensuring large-scale accelerated infrastructure runs reliably in production.

$184,000–$356,500

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Booz AllenProduction engineering

AWS Agentic AI Platform Engineer

San Antonio, TX · Austin, TX

This role is for an experienced AI/ML engineer to design, deploy, and maintain agentic AI and machine learning solutions on AWS for national defense missions.

$99,000–$225,000

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AmplitudeProduction engineering

Senior Software Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Senior Enterprise Engineer on Statsig’s newly forming Enterprise Engineering team, owning technical outcomes for key enterprise customers across their full journey.

$183,000–$276,000

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NVIDIAProduction engineering

Senior MLOps Engineer - DSX Enablement

Santa Clara, CA · Seattle, WA · US remoteRemote

Senior MLOps Engineer on NVIDIA's DSX Enablement team, partnering with strategic customers to build and deploy custom AI solutions on NeoCloud and NVIDIA Cloud Partners.

$184,000–$356,500

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WorkstreamProduction engineering

Founding Engineer

Lehi, UTHybrid

Founding Engineer and first engineering hire on Workstream’s AI-Native Services delivery team, reporting to the Head of Delivery.

Pay range unavailable

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WyetechProduction engineering

Software Engineer 2

MDOn-site

Senior application developer role at Wyetech supporting federal intelligence customers.

Pay range unavailable

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Dark Wolf SolutionsProduction engineering

AI Software Engineer

Chantilly, VA · Herndon, VAOn-site

Senior AI Engineer to architect and deploy secure AI solutions for defense and federal enterprises, focusing on RAG systems, LLM agents, semantic search, and NLP-driven analytics.

$120,000–$160,000

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WyetechProduction engineering

Software Engineer 3

MDOn-site

Senior Analytic Developer role supporting the Access Discovery & Tradecraft mission for federal government customers.

Pay range unavailable

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AndurilProduction engineering

Mission Software Engineer

Reston, VA

Mission Software Engineers own customer-deployed software spanning networking, autonomy, robotics, systems integration, and data-heavy applications.

$191,000–$253,000

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UltraProduction engineering

Product Engineer

New York, NYOn-site

Product Engineer building the customer-facing and internal software systems surrounding Ultra’s warehouse robots, including operations, support, deployment, and potentially robot or mobile code.

$150,000–$225,000

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WyetechProduction engineering

Software Engineer 3

MDOn-site

Senior Analytic Developer role supporting the Analytic Solutions mission for a federal customer.

Pay range unavailable

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AndurilProduction engineering

Mission Software Engineer, Senior

Reston, VA

Senior Mission Software Engineer responsible for owning and deploying customer-facing software that integrates networking, autonomy, robotics, and complex systems.

$220,000–$292,000

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D2 ConsultingProduction engineering

Senior AI Developer

Springfield, VA

Senior AI Developer role supporting an Intelligence customer in Springfield, VA, requiring an active TS/SCI clearance.

$175,000–$185,000

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Booz AllenProduction engineering

AI Developer

Beavercreek, OH · Arlington, VA

AI Developer on Booz Allen's Air Power team, building and deploying AI-enabled applications (LLMs, RAG, agentic workflows) for the U.S.

$77,500–$176,000

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AccentureProduction engineering

Senior Knowledge Engineer

Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 moreHybrid

Senior Knowledge Engineer at Accenture's Advanced Technology Centers, leading design and governance of enterprise-scale knowledge graphs and ontologies to power agentic AI systems.

$80,400–$293,800

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Agility RoboticsProduction engineering

Senior Solutions Engineer

Pittsburgh, PA · Salem, ORHybrid

Senior Solutions Engineer owning end-to-end integration of Agility's Digit humanoid robots into customer warehouse and manufacturing environments, from API to hardware.

$149,000–$194,000

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EkimetricsProduction engineering

Senior Data Engineer

New York, NYHybrid

Senior Data Engineer role at Ekimetrics, a global AI and marketing effectiveness consultancy.

Pay range unavailable

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SierraProduction engineering

Software Engineer, Agent - Tech, Media & Telecom

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Software Engineer on Sierra’s Tech, Media & Telecom team, building and owning production AI agents from initial pilot through continuous iteration for major telecommunications, media, and technology companies.

Pay range unavailable

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Axon EnterpriseProduction engineering

Mission Engineer - Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, COOn-site

Embedded Mission Engineer owning customer outcomes for a strategic public-safety agency account, from onsite problem discovery through production deployment, adoption, and optimization.

$127,500–$204,000

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