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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.

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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

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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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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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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AdelphiProduction engineering

Machine Learning Engineer

Washington, DCRemote

Forward-deployed ML engineer role embedded with defense/intelligence customers, building agentic full-stack systems on frontier models from prototype to production.

Pay range unavailable

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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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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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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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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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BCGProduction engineering

BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms

Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 more

Lead AI Tech Architect role at BCG Platinion, part of BCG's Tech and Digital Advantage practice, focused on designing and guiding implementation of intelligent, agentic AI platforms for enterprise clients.

$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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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

Senior AI/ML & Data Engineer

Chantilly, VA

Senior AI/ML and Data Engineer responsible for architecting and delivering production-grade machine learning, LLM, generative AI, RAG, and enterprise data solutions for a federal client.

$100,200–$203,400

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AndurilProduction engineering

Software Engineer, Discovery

Seattle, WA · Washington, DC

Software Engineer on Anduril’s Discovery team, building and deploying Lattice OS capabilities for cyber command and control, offensive cyber missions, networking, and remote asset management in far-edge environments.

$166,000–$220,000

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XometryProduction engineering

Staff Data Scientist

North Bethesda, MD · Waltham, MAHybrid

Staff Data Scientist leading the production integration of Xometry’s Design for Manufacturability and Instant Quoting AI into a major enterprise partner’s software and PLM ecosystem.

$163,000–$190,000

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AccentureProduction engineering

Advanced AI Architect

Morristown, NJ · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more

Accenture is seeking an Advanced AI Architect to design and deliver full-stack AI architecture for enterprise platforms and products on public, private, or sovereign clouds.

$87,400–$293,800

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Booz AllenProduction engineering

Systems Integration Engineer

Arlington, VA

Systems Integration Engineer partners with product portfolio teams to solve real-world integration challenges and translate gaps in cloud-native product ecosystems into scalable improvements.

$86,800–$198,000

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XometryProduction engineering

Staff Data Scientist

North Bethesda, MD · Waltham, MAHybrid

Staff Data Scientist leading the technical architecture and production ML delivery for embedding Xometry’s DFM and Instant Quoting engines into a major enterprise partner’s software and PLM platforms.

$163,000–$190,000

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AnthropicProduction engineering

Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +1 moreHybrid

Staff-level engineer building and scaling Claude products for U.S. government and allied-democracy customers across regulated and constrained environments.

$405,000–$485,000

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AccentureProduction engineering

AI Architect

Chantilly, VA

AI Architect responsible for the end-to-end architecture and production deployment of an agentic AI system that orchestrates queries across heterogeneous data sources.

$130,200–$265,300

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