$90,000–$200,000
FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area involving pre-sales
95 postings · 51 companies · 86 state pay: median $181,000, half $165,000–$200,000
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Senior Applied AI Engineer/Architect
Washington, DC · Boston, MA · +7 moreWashington, DC +8
$225,000–$304,200
$125,000–$220,000
Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer
Arlington, VA · Albany, NY · +39 moreArlington, VA +40
$80,400–$266,300
$90,000–$200,000
BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Washington, DC · Atlanta, GA · +16 moreWashington, DC +17
$190,000
$211,000–$335,000
$180,000–$245,000
Pay not posted
Software Engineer, Mission Dev - U.S. Government
Washington, DC · New York, NYWashington, DC +1
$150,000–$215,000
$115,000–$200,000
EudiaPlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Engineer - Eudia for Government
Washington, DCRemote
$160,000–$200,000
Cursor (Anysphere)Leads the deployment team
Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector
Washington, DCOn-site
Pay not posted
PalantirPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist - Germany Forward Deployed
Washington, DCHybrid
$110,000–$170,000
$184,100–$306,800
goTennaIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer
Fairfax, VA · Clarksburg, MD · +1 moreFairfax, VA +2Hybrid
$100,000–$130,000
Dynamo AIPlans what the customer deploys first
Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector
Washington, DC
Pay not posted
DatabricksPlans what the customer deploys first
Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Financial Services
Washington, DC · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreWashington, DC +4
$219,765–$302,220
SitrepsPlans what the customer deploys first
Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector
Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAWashington, DC +1On-site
$147,000–$185,000
$170,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
DatabricksPlans what the customer deploys first
Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Public Sector
Washington, DC
$219,765–$302,220
EudiaPlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Lawyer - Eudia for Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$180,000–$190,000
PalantirIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Security Engineer - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$135,000–$200,000
PalantirPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist - Japan Forward Deployed
Washington, DCOn-site
$110,000–$170,000
PalantirPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist - Korea Forward Deployed
Washington, DCOn-site
$110,000–$170,000
AltanaPlans what the customer deploys first
Staff AI Deployment Strategist
Washington, DC · Brooklyn, NYWashington, DC +1Hybrid
$165,000–$195,000
$153,600–$207,800
$234,000–$335,000
Scale AIPlans what the customer deploys first
Engagement Manager (Homeland Layered Defense), Public Sector
Washington, DC
$166,400–$208,000
SitrepsIntegrates and configures it
Director Of Technical Operations
Washington, DC · Los Angeles, CAWashington, DC +1Hybrid
$180,000–$220,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Integrates and configures it
Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, WWPS ProServe Delivery Team
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VAArlington, VA +1
$131,300–$177,600
PalantirPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist - US Government
Washington, DCOn-site
$110,000–$170,000
Amazon (incl AWS)Integrates and configures it
Sr Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VAArlington, VA +1
$153,600–$207,800
Amazon (incl AWS)Integrates and configures it
Delivery Consultant- Data, WWPS ProServe Data and Machine Learning
Arlington, VA · Herndon, VAArlington, VA +1On-site
$131,300–$177,600
Amazon (incl AWS)Integrates and configures it
Sr. Delivery Consultant - AI/ML, AWS ProServe
Arlington, VA · Dallas, TXArlington, VA +1
$153,600–$207,800
$110,000–$170,000
GovSignalsPlans what the customer deploys first
Senior Federal Deployment Strategist
Washington, DCHybrid
$140,000–$200,000
Rivet IndustriesPlans what the customer deploys first
Deployment Strategist, Palantir Partnership
Washington, DCOn-site
$140,000–$200,000
$137,000–$182,000
50 of 95 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area involving pre-sales pay?
86 of 95 postings state a pay range. The median is $181,000, and half of them sit between $165,000 and $200,000, from 43 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area involving pre-sales require?
Of 95 postings, 44 state a minimum number of years, from 34 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 22 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (13), under 3 years (7) or 10 or more years (2).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area involving pre-sales?
These 95 postings come from 51 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (9), Amazon (incl AWS) (7), Rivet Industries (6), Accenture (5) and LMI (5).
Are FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area involving pre-sales remote?
12 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 22 are hybrid and 29 are on-site. The remaining 32 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 65 of the 95 postings.
Counted over the 95 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings