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Technical lead 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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Deloitte USProduction engineering

ServiceNow Forward Deployed Engineer

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

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AccentureProduction engineering

Forward Deployed AI Engineer

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

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AccentureProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer Manager

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

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AvePointProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer - AI

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

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AccentureProduction engineering

Forward Deployed AI Engineer

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

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Amazon (incl AWS)Production engineering

Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, FDE US Government

Seattle, WA · Arlington, VA · +2 more

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with strategic US government enterprise customers to lead end-to-end delivery of production AI systems, from architecture and prototyping through deployment and operations.

$168,100–$250,200

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SeekrProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

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

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AccentureProduction engineering

Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer -Assoc Director

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

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GoviniProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Senior Data Scientist

Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PARemote

This senior data scientist role leads the end-to-end design, evaluation, and deployment of scalable AI/ML systems for complex defense acquisition and national security problems.

Pay range unavailable

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DeepgramProduction engineering

Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer, Federal

Washington, DCRemote

Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer embedded with strategic federal customers, owning the full lifecycle of Voice AI deployments from discovery and proof-of-concept through production and optimization.

$180,000–$245,000

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer, Gov

Washington, DC · Seattle, WA · +1 moreHybrid

Forward Deployed Engineer embedding with defense, intelligence, and federal stakeholders to lead complex deployments of frontier AI models in production.

$145,800–$280,000

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C3.aiProduction engineering

Federal Solution Leader

Tysons, VA

Senior, hands-on technical leader embedded with Federal, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers to architect, prototype, and deploy enterprise AI solutions in secure and classified environments.

$130,000–$167,000

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Scale AIProduction engineering

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector

Denver, CO · Honolulu, HI · +1 more

Own the architecture, production delivery, and evaluation of generative and agentic ML capabilities for mission-critical government systems, including Donovan and Thunderforge.

$235,200–$294,000

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Hitachi EnergyProduction engineering

Federal Data Engineer

Washington, DCOn-site

The Federal Data Engineer is the technical lead for customer-facing enterprise data engineering and professional services engagements supporting federal customers.

$160,000–$205,000

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Booz AllenProduction engineering

Solutions Architect, Senior

Ashburn, VA

Senior Solutions Architect leading the design and technical leadership of an enterprise architecture application for CBP, aggregating siloed data into a unified portal for executive visibility.

$112,800–$257,000

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Marsh & McLennanProduction engineering

Oliver Wyman - Senior Lead AI Engineer

New York, NY · Boston, MA · +2 moreHybrid

Senior Lead AI Engineer at Oliver Wyman Quotient, leading technical projects and building production-grade AI/ML systems and LLM-based agent platforms for client engagements across industries.

$195,000–$250,000

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Deloitte USProduction engineering

Senior Palantir AI and Data Science Engineer

Rosslyn, VA

Senior-level AI and Data Science Engineer role within Deloitte's Government & Public Services practice, focused on designing and delivering data and AI solutions using Palantir Foundry for federal, state, and local government clients.

$131,000–$218,300

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Booz AllenProduction engineering

Supply Chain AI Solution Architect

Mclean, VA

Design and implement AI solution architecture for supply chain and procurement challenges, leveraging GenAI and data engineering to build prototypes and production solutions.

$99,000–$225,000

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ForterraProduction engineering

Lead Autonomy Software Engineer

Clarksburg, MD · Arlington, VA

Lead autonomy software engineer responsible for integrating, deploying, and improving autonomy software across a fleet of ground vehicles supporting national security customers.

$150,000–$250,000

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Deloitte USProduction engineering

Senior Palantir AI and Data Science Engineer

Rosslyn, VA

Senior-level AI and Data Science Engineer role within Deloitte's Government & Public Services practice, focused on designing and delivering Palantir Foundry-based data platforms and analytics for federal, state, and local government clients.

$107,700–$179,500

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