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Senior FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area
335 postings · 117 companies · 293 state pay: median $179,000, half $154,000–$208,000
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Member of Deployed Staff, Forward Deployed Engineer
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2On-site
Pay not posted
$190,000–$210,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov
Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreWashington, DC +2Hybrid
$145,800–$280,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$135,000–$200,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
Washington, DC · Austin, TX · +4 moreWashington, DC +5Hybrid
$138,000–$292,560
$135,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
$89,000–$179,200
$134,500–$265,100
$135,000–$200,000
$155,600–$306,800
$80,400–$316,300
$135,000–$145,000
Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer -Assoc Director
Arlington, VA · Chicago, IL · +39 moreArlington, VA +40
$138,800–$434,000
Year at Palantir - Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - USG
Washington, DCOn-site
$5,900–$10,500/mo
$135,000–$200,000
$135,000–$145,000
$120,000
$99,000–$225,000
Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML, Technical Delivery, Google Public Sector
Reston, VA · Washington, DCReston, VA +1
$174,000–$252,000
$77,000–$202,000
Pay not posted
$77,600–$176,000
Pay not posted
$190,000–$250,000
Senior Solutions Engineer - FDSE Public Sector - Splunk (Remote)
Reston, VA · Austin, TX · +3 moreReston, VA +4Remote
$218,600–$344,700
Senior/Staff Full Stack Software Engineer, Federal
Mclean, VA · Seattle, WAMclean, VA +1Remote
$180,000–$240,000
$135,000–$180,000
Enterprise AI Transformation Manager
Arlington, VA · Chicago, IL · +40 moreArlington, VA +41
$80,400–$266,300
Sr. Managing Consultant/Managing Consultant Full Stack Engineer- Financial Institution Operations & Technology
Washington, DC · New York, NY · +3 moreWashington, DC +4
$158,000–$210,000
Senior Machine Learning Engineer–Field Engagement
Washington, DC · Seattle, WAWashington, DC +1Hybrid
$160,000–$200,000
$140,000–$190,000
$140,000–$190,000
$130,000–$160,000
$105,000–$180,000
$130,000–$195,000
237 of 335 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do senior FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area pay?
293 of 335 postings state a pay range. The median is $179,000, and half of them sit between $154,000 and $208,000, from 91 companies.
How much experience do senior FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area require?
Of 335 postings, 175 state a minimum number of years, from 92 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 99 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (53), under 3 years (19) or 10 or more years (4).
Which companies are hiring for senior FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area?
These 335 postings come from 117 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (47), Accenture (23), Palantir (22), Booz Allen (18) and Anduril (14).
Are senior FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area remote?
31 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 70 are hybrid and 76 are on-site. The remaining 158 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 197 of the 335 postings.
Counted over the 335 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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