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.
FDE roles first · Newer within each type
GoogleProduction engineering
Reston, VA
Forward deploys secure, production-grade generative AI and agentic workflows for U.S. federal and state, local, and education customers, working directly in their live infrastructure and compliance environments.
$207,000–$300,000
View job →Booz AllenProduction engineering
Mclean, VA · Arlington, VA
Embeds with Army enterprise client teams to map manual workflows and build, evaluate, deploy, and scale reliable AI agents across existing enterprise systems.
$99,000–$225,000
View job →VennProduction engineering
Washington, DC
Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with enterprise multifamily clients to identify high-value operational problems and independently ship AI-powered solutions.
$200,000–$400,000
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Washington, DCHybrid
This is a senior, customer-facing engineering role at Databricks focused on federal government clients.
$182,000–$250,208
View job →GoogleProduction engineering
Reston, VA
Forward Deployed Engineer IV will build and deploy secure, production-grade agentic AI systems for federal, state, local, and education customers.
$207,000–$300,000
View job →Booz AllenProduction engineering
Mclean, VA · Arlington, VA
This forward-deployed engineer embeds with defense program teams to map manual workflows, identify automation opportunities, and build reliable AI agents that integrate with existing enterprise systems.
$99,000–$225,000
View job →SitrepsProduction engineering
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAOn-site
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer for a venture-backed AI security company, helping public sector customers deploy AI evaluation, guardrail, and agent governance platforms in mission-critical environments.
$167,000–$203,000
View job →Deloitte USProduction engineering
Rosslyn, VA
Deloitte's Government & Public Services practice seeks a ServiceNow Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with clients, rapidly prototyping and delivering GenAI-enabled solutions on the ServiceNow platform.
$134,500–$265,100
View job →GoogleProduction engineering
Reston, VA
Forward Deploying Engineer building and deploying secure, production-grade generative AI and agentic workflows for Federal and state, local, and education customers.
$207,000–$300,000
View job →AccentureProduction engineering
Arlington, VA · Washington, DC
Forward-deployed technical lead embedded with federal client teams to rapidly architect, build, deploy, and scale AI-native systems in regulated, legacy, and classified environments.
$70,500–$203,400
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Washington, DCHybrid
Databricks is hiring an AI Forward Deployed Engineer to deliver professional services for U.S. federal customers, building and productionizing first-of-its-kind GenAI applications.
$182,000–$250,208
View job →Deloitte USProduction engineering
Rosslyn, VA
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer role at Deloitte's Government & Public Services practice, focused on delivering GenAI-enabled solutions on the ServiceNow platform for government clients.
$155,600–$306,800
View job →GoogleProduction engineering
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +22 more
Embedded builder role at Google Cloud, shipping production-grade agentic GenAI solutions directly within strategic customer environments.
$207,000–$300,000
View job →AccentureProduction engineering
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 more
Forward Deployed Engineer Manager at Accenture: a customer-embedded engineering role designing, prototyping, deploying, and scaling production-grade AI solutions on platforms like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, SAP, and ServiceNow.
$80,400–$316,300
View job →Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 moreOn-site
Forward Deployed Engineer II embeds with strategic US government enterprise customers to design, deploy, operate, and improve production AI systems end to end.
$143,700–$213,800
View job →SalesforceProduction engineering
Atlanta, GA · Chicago, IL · +9 more
Salesforce seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to design, build, and deploy enterprise-grade agentic AI solutions using Agentforce Operations (AFO) inside customer environments.
$88,970–$316,750
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Washington, DCHybrid
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer working with federal government customers to architect and productionize data and AI solutions on the Databricks platform.
$182,000–$250,208
View job →AccentureProduction engineering
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 more
Forward-deployed AI engineer role at Accenture, embedded with enterprise clients to design, prototype, and scale production-grade AI workflows using LLMs and enterprise platforms.
$112,900–$366,300
View job →Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +6 more
This role embeds a senior engineer directly inside strategic enterprise customers to architect, build, and run production AI systems end-to-end, owning technical strategy and delivery across multi-workstream programs.
$168,100–$261,500
View job →AvePointProduction engineering
Arlington, VA
The Forward Deployed Engineer (AI) embeds with enterprise clients to advise on AI trust, governance, security, and compliance while independently scoping, building, and delivering production AI solutions.
$180,000–$230,000
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Washington, DCHybrid
This is a senior customer-facing engineering role focused on federal, state, and local government clients.
$182,000–$250,208
View job →AccentureProduction engineering
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more
Forward Deployed Engineer role within Accenture's Palantir Business Group, deploying Palantir Foundry/AIP solutions for government, healthcare, energy, financial services, and manufacturing clients.
$54,400–$235,100
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
This internship places a forward deployed software engineer on small teams that work directly with customers to solve high-stakes, data-intensive operational problems end to end.
$120,000
View job →SalesforceProduction engineering
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +8 moreRemote
Salesforce is hiring Forward Deployed Engineers to design, build, and deploy agentic AI solutions directly inside enterprise customer environments.
$88,970–$198,170
View job →DatabricksProduction engineering
Washington, DC
This senior Forward Deployed Engineer will own architecture and deliver production-grade data, AI, and application systems directly with enterprise customers.
$182,000–$250,208
View job →AccentureProduction engineering
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more
Forward Deployed Engineer role within Accenture's Palantir Business Group, deploying Palantir Foundry/AIP solutions for government, healthcare, energy, financial services, and manufacturing clients.
$138,800–$434,000
View job →Vannevar LabsProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
This role leads customer engagements for modernizing mission-critical defense software systems, acting as the technical lead to deploy Vannevar's agentic AI platform.
Pay range unavailable
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
Forward Deployed Software Engineer (New Grad) working directly with US Government and intelligence customers on high-stakes data problems.
$135,000–$145,000
View job →CapeProduction engineering
Arlington, VA · New York, NY · +1 moreHybrid
Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with federal and national-security customers, owning deployments from prototype through operational sustainment while writing production code, troubleshooting live networks, and translating mission needs into product priorities.
$175,000–$235,000
View job →AccentureProduction engineering
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more
Forward Deployed Senior Engineer within Accenture's Palantir Business Group, deploying Palantir Foundry/AIP solutions for government, healthcare, energy, financial services, and manufacturing clients.
$80,400–$316,300
View job →C3.aiProduction engineering
Redwood City, CA · Tysons, VA
Forward Deployed Engineer on C3 AI's Federal team, building full-stack AI applications on the C3 AI Platform for U.S. federal customers.
$120,000–$158,000
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
Forward Deployed Software Engineer interns work directly with customers and small internal teams to solve high-stakes operational problems using data and software.
$120,000
View job →SeekrProduction engineering
Austin, TX · Reston, VAHybrid
Forward Deployed Engineers embed with enterprise clients to operationalize and deploy production-grade AI systems across cloud, hybrid, on-premises, and customer-managed environments.
Pay range unavailable
View job →AccentureProduction engineering
Atlanta, GA · Milwaukee, WI · +41 more
This is a production engineering role embedded inside client enterprises to secure AI systems in real, complex environments.
$54,400–$235,100
View job →SalesforceProduction engineering
Herndon, VARemote
Embedded with U.S.
$148,500–$365,200
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
Forward Deployed Software Engineers work directly with US government customers to understand high-stakes operational problems and build data-driven solutions on Palantir’s platforms.
$135,000–$145,000
View job →SitrepsProduction engineering
Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PARemote
Forward Deployed Engineer building net-new, customer-facing software capabilities for defense acquisition, logistics, supply-chain, and modernization teams.
$155,000–$225,000
View job →AccentureProduction engineering
Arlington, VA · Washington, DC
Build and deploy end-to-end data and AI solutions on Databricks for federal clients, spanning scalable pipelines, applications, cloud infrastructure, and production operations.
$100,200–$243,100
View job →Scale AIProduction engineering
Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 moreHybrid
Forward-deployed software engineer embedded with U.S. government customers across military and intelligence organizations, owning AI application delivery from prototype through production.
$138,000–$292,560
View job →PalantirProduction engineering
Washington, DCOn-site
Year-long USG internship centered on forward-deployed software engineering, embedding interns with customers to architect and build AI-powered solutions for high-stakes operational problems.
$5,900–$10,500/mo
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