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Senior FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area

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

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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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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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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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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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RedhorseProduction engineering

Full Stack Software Engineer

Arlington, VAOn-site

Full Stack Software Engineer supporting a Department of Defense AI transformation effort across engineering, mission operations, and executive workstreams.

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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Booz AllenProduction engineering

AI/ML Engineer

Chantilly, VA

This role focuses on designing and implementing AI/ML solutions for national security missions, working directly with mission users to capture workflows and translate them into LLM-powered or agent-based automation.

$99,000–$225,000

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LeidosProduction engineering

Senior AWS Generative AI Solution Engineer

Gaithersburg, MD · Washington, DCRemote

Senior engineer to design and implement the reasoning layer for a GenAI-enabled HUD FHA Resource Center, leading a multi-agent solution on AWS (Bedrock, AgentCore, Guardrails, OpenSearch) for grounded voice and chat.

$107,900–$195,050

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Scale AIProduction engineering

Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector

Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreHybrid

Senior mission software engineer embedded with U.S. government customers, including military and Intelligence Community organizations, to take AI applications from prototype through production.

$186,000–$279,000

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AndurilProduction engineering

Senior Ground Software Engineer, Space

Chantilly, VA

Senior Ground Software Engineer owning the architecture, deployment, and evolution of Space Command and Control and mission-management software for DoD and IC customers.

$191,000–$253,000

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Booz AllenProduction engineering

Applied AI Engineer

Fort Belvoir, VA · Reston, VA

This role is for an Applied AI Engineer on Booz Allen's national security team, focusing on training, testing, deploying, and maintaining ML models that process massive datasets.

$99,000–$225,000

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STRProduction engineering

Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack

San Diego, CA · Denver, CO · +2 more

Lead full-stack mission engineering for the Mission Applications Group, developing and deploying secure software systems that support real-world Department of Defense and Intelligence Community missions.

$175,000–$240,000

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Scale AIProduction engineering

Field Engineer, Public Sector

Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +3 more

Field Engineer supporting federal AI projects, working directly with public-sector customers to build production-grade data pipelines and integrations.

$150,400–$226,550

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AppianProduction engineering

Principal Consultant

Mclean, VAOn-site

Principal Technical Consultant leading post-sale delivery of custom Appian software and AI solutions for commercial clients across the full implementation lifecycle.

$100,000–$225,000

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STRProduction engineering

Lead Mission Engineer - Full Stack

Denver, CO · San Diego, CA · +2 more

Lead full-stack mission engineering teams that build, integrate, deploy, and field-test software for real-world Department of Defense and Intelligence Community missions.

$175,000–$240,000

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AndurilProduction engineering

Senior Software Engineer, Discovery

Washington, DC

Senior software engineer on Anduril’s Discovery team, incubating and maturing AI-native systems across cyber, networking, autonomy, robotics, and systems integration.

$191,000–$253,000

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Booz AllenProduction engineering

Palantir Mission Integration Lead

Fayetteville, NC · Fort Belvoir, VA · +3 more

Lead full lifecycle software development within Palantir Foundry for U.S. government clients, combining hands-on engineering with team mentorship and stakeholder collaboration.

$99,000–$225,000

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AndurilProduction engineering

Software Engineer, Front End

Reston, VA

This front-end software engineer joins Anduril’s Mission Software Engineering team to own customer-deployed software supporting defense missions such as counter-intrusion, joint all-domain command and control, and counter-UAS.

$166,000–$220,000

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Shift5Production engineering

Data Solutions Architect - Data Science

Rosslyn, VARemote

Own end-to-end data science engagements that turn ambiguous customer problems and operational data into testable hypotheses, actionable insights, and scalable product capabilities.

$120,000–$170,000

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AdelphiProduction engineering

Senior ML Engineer

USRemote

Senior ML Engineer responsible for end-to-end delivery of agentic, full-stack AI systems, from prototype through production, for defense and intelligence customers.

Pay range unavailable

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Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering

Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, WWPS ProServe

Jersey City, NJ · Austin, TX · +8 more

Machine Learning Engineer in AWS Professional Services, partnering directly with enterprise customers to architect, implement, and scale secure AI/ML and generative AI solutions on AWS.

$131,300–$204,300

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AndurilProduction engineering

Senior Front End Software Engineer, React

Washington, DC

Builds React and TypeScript front-end tools extending Lattice OS for command and control of complex assets, missile defense missions, networking, and remote asset management at the far edge.

$191,000–$253,000

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GuidehouseProduction engineering

Border Security AI/ML Engineer

Sterling, VAOn-site

Guidehouse is hiring a Border Security AI/ML Engineer to design, develop, and deploy AI/ML applications for U.S. federal border security and law enforcement clients.

Pay range unavailable

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Booz AllenProduction engineering

Agentic AI Engineer

Mclean, VA

Design and build production-grade agentic AI systems for U.S. defense and intelligence missions.

$112,800–$257,000

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C3.aiProduction engineering

Data Scientist (Federal)

Tysons, VA

This role develops and deploys machine learning algorithms, intelligent agents, and optimization solutions for enterprise applications supporting federal customers.

$136,000–$183,000

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PeregrineProduction engineering

Deployment Strategist, Federal

Washington, DCHybrid

Own deployment of Peregrine’s operational-intelligence platform for federal customers, translating mission-critical workflows and siloed data into products, models, and pipelines.

$140,000–$190,000

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AccentureProduction engineering

AI Native Transformation Manager

Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more

Manager-level role in Accenture's Cloud Advisory Practice, leading the design and build of AI-native, multi-agent systems for enterprise clients across financial services, healthcare, procurement, retail, and logistics.

$80,400–$266,300

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