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Individual contributor FDE 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.

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GoogleProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Public Sector

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

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Booz AllenProduction engineering

Agentic Forward Deployed Engineer

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

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VennProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

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

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SitrepsProduction engineering

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector

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

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Booz AllenProduction engineering

Agentic AI Forward-Deployed Engineer

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

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AccentureProduction engineering

Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer

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

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AccentureProduction engineering

Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer

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

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CapeProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer, Federal

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

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AccentureProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Data Engineer - Databricks

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

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C3.aiProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer, Federal

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

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AccentureProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer - Palantir Foundry

Arlington, VA · Washington, DC

Forward Deployed Engineers deploy Palantir Foundry and build production-grade data and software solutions for U.S. federal clients across defense, supply chains, benefits, and government operations.

$126,300–$243,100

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Scale AIProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector

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

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GoviniProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Data Scientist

Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PARemote

Build and deploy scalable AI and data science solutions that turn proprietary and commercial datasets into actionable intelligence for government clients facing complex defense acquisition and national security challenges.

Pay range unavailable

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webAIProduction engineering

Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Austin, TX · Washington, DCHybrid

Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer for webAI's Public Sector team, building and optimizing production AI systems for secure, distributed, and edge environments.

Pay range unavailable

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GoviniProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PARemote

Forward Deploy​ed Software Engineers build differentiated 0-to-1 software capabilities directly with customers, owning discovery, prototyping, development, and iteration end to end.

Pay range unavailable

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