$145,000–$250,000
Forward Deployed Engineer - Clearance Required
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A senior forward deployed engineer embeds with mission users to identify operational needs and own solutions from architecture and prototype through production deployment.
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Median $190K
Senior FDE postings1,864 postings · middle 50% of posted pay$160K–$220KThe work
Builds what the customer runs
Balance Mostly building
Project stages
- Pre-sales (not covered)
- Proof of concept
- Implementation
- Operations
Travel Up to 30%
- Coding
- Writes production code
- Builds for
- External customers
- Level
- Senior
- Role
- Technical lead
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$128,000–$220,000
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What you’ll do
- Translate mission-user needs into technical solutions across product, data, and integrations.
- Own architecture and implementation of production capabilities, including AI-enabled workflows.
- Deploy, maintain, and improve secure software in constrained operating environments.
- Work directly with users to validate solutions, resolve production issues, and measure mission outcomes.
What you’ll bring
- Active Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship is required for clearance eligibility.
- Strong full-stack experience with modern TypeScript-based applications.
- Experience designing and operating production backend services, APIs, and enterprise integrations.
- Experience shipping containerized software through CI/CD pipelines and deploying secure production systems.
About LMI
LMI delivers consulting, technology platforms, and mission systems to U.S. federal agencies across defense, space, homeland security, healthcare, and intelligence.
Late-stage private · 2000–5000 people
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