Engineer jobs in Washington DC
63 open engineer roles in Washington DC across 16 companies, read straight from each company's own job board.
Last checked 02 October 2026
63
Open roles
16
Companies hiring
$168k
Median published pay
Pay by stated level
A median across mixed seniority describes nobody, so it is split here. Only levels the employer stated in the job title are counted.
| Level | Median midpoint | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| senior | $147k | 11 |
| staff / principal / lead | $191k | 13 |
32 of 61 postings (52%) state no level at all. Those are not counted as mid-level - the employer simply did not say.
Who's hiring
Shield AI (21)Accenture Federal Services (17)Okta (4)Scale AI (3)Applied (3)Palantir (2)Anthropic (2)AnaVation (2)Exadel (2)OpenAI (1)Fastly (1)BigID (1)LangChain (1)Upside (1)Databricks (1)ESS (1)
Open roles
| Role | Location | Team | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deployed Engineer (Federal) new | Washington DC | Deployed Engineering | $150k – $250k |
| Lead Automation QA Engineer (Calypso) new | Washington, DC, USA | FS Platforms | $125 – $140 |
| Observability Engineer (Splunk) | Arlington, VA; Washington, DC | 60024445 - AFS Cyber Mission | $81k – $155k |
| Senior Engineer, HMS Simulation Framework (R6058) | Washington, D.C. | Integration & Test | $120k – $190k |
| Staff Engineer, Flight Test (R6064) | Washington, D.C. | Integration & Test | $140k – $210k |
| Staff Engineer, System Test Network (R6030) | Washington, D.C. | Integration & Test | $144k – $216k |
| Staff Engineer, Integration (R6009) | Washington, D.C. | Integration & Test | $144k – $217k |
| Lead Automation QA Engineer (Calypso) | Washington, DC, USA | FS Platforms | $125 – $140 |
| Azure IaC Engineer, Senior | Washington, DC | Federal Law Enforcement | $86k – $201k |
| Electrical/Wire Harness Design Engineer | Washington, DC | 57654223 - AFS Supply Chain & Industry X | $81k – $155k |
| Design Quality Engineer | Washington, DC | 57654223 - AFS Supply Chain & Industry X | $81k – $155k |
| DevSecOps Engineer - Government | Washington, D.C. | Security & IT Operations | $160k – $225k |
| Senior Engineer, Cybersecurity (R5972) | Washington, D.C. | X-BAT Engineering - Mechanical | $110k – $170k |
| Systems Engineer - Robotics | Washington, D.C. | Defense | $140k – $180k |
| Senior Network Watch Engineer | Washington, DC | Intelligence & Military Solutions | $85k – $202k |
| Quality Assurance Automation Engineer (5637) | Washington, DC | Federal Civilian, Platforms & Data | $99k – $166k |
| Perception Engineer - Defense (All-Domain) | Washington, D.C. | Defense | $160k – $220k |
| Forward Deployed Engineer - Palantir Foundry | Washington, DC | 60038781 - AFS APX | $70k – $203k |
| Quality Engineer | Washington, DC | 53969658 - AFS Quality Engineering | $95k – $169k |
| Digital Experience Engineer | Washington, DC | 60062413 - AFS Digital Experience Engineering | $84k – $196k |
| DevSecOps Engineer | Washington, DC | 60004433 - AFS Cloud Platform Engineering I | $81k – $162k |
| Senior Staff Engineer, Test Director (R5446) | Washington, D.C. | Integration & Test | $172k – $258k |
| Staff DevSecOps Engineer (TS/SCI) | Washington, DC | Sec - Vulnerability Management & Sec Arch-772 | $161k – $221k |
| Engineer II, Future Concepts (R5910) | Washington, D.C. | Strategic Product Development | $100k – $150k |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security | Washington, D.C. | Professional Services Operations | $182k – $250k |
| Staff Identity Governance and Access Engineer | Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; Washington, DC | Sec - IAM-185 | $161k – $221k |
| Staff Identity Engineer | Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; Washington, DC | Sec - IAM-185 | $161k – $221k |
| Analytics Engineer, Data Platform | DC | Engineering | $149k – $180k |
| Cyber Evaluations Engineer | Remote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CA | Washington, DC | Safeguards (Trust & Safety) | $300k – $405k |
| Azure Cloud Systems Engineer | Washington, DC | 60020238 - AFS Digital Experience Engineering III | $91k – $185k |
| Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5325) | Washington, D.C. | Flight System Integration | $221k – $331k |
| Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5363) | Washington, D.C. | Flight System Integration | $221k – $331k |
| Senior Engineer, Human Machine Teaming (R5649) | Washington, D.C. | Strategic Product Development | $140k – $210k |
| Senior Engineer, Human Machine Teaming (R5651) | Washington, D.C. | Strategic Product Development | $140k – $210k |
| Automation Test Engineer | Washington, DC | 53969658 - AFS Quality Engineering | $64k – $124k |
| Federal Deployment Engineer | DC/Maryland/Virginia region | Solutions Engineering | $160k – $190k |
| Senior DataCenter Provisioning Engineer | Denver, CO; New York City, NY; Raleigh, NC; Washington, D.C. | Global Network Infrastructure | $122k – $173k |
| Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5360) | Washington, D.C. | Flight System Integration | $221k – $331k |
| Staff Engineer, GenAI Tooling & DevEx (R5469) | Washington, D.C. | Integration & Test | $150k – $220k |
| Oracle Configurator/Prompt Engineer | Washington, DC | 53969667 - AFS Oracle Financials | $100k – $203k |
| Field Engineer, Public Sector | Austin, TX; Colorado Springs, CO; Omaha, NE; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC | Public Sector Engineering | $181k – $227k |
| Staff Engineer, AI Factory (R5276) | Washington, D.C. | Integration & Test | $150k – $220k |
| ServiceNow Nuvolo Integration Engineer | Washington, DC | 55411449 - AFS ServiceNow | $79k – $160k |
| IAM Engineer | Washington, DC | 60035741 - AFS Identity and Trust | $64k – $221k |
| Chief Engineer, Autonomy — Space Domain (R5150) | Washington, D.C. | Chief Engineers | $211k – $316k |
| IT Systems Engineer | Washington, DC | Data, Technology & Systems | $149k – $186k |
| Applications Engineer, Learning & Development- Open Level (R5053) | Washington, D.C. | Applications Engineering | $152k – $318k |
| Engineer II, Systems Test (R5038) | Washington, D.C. | Integration & Test | $89k – $130k |
| Senior Engineer, Systems Test (R5038) | Washington, D.C. | Integration & Test | $110k – $170k |
| Senior Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) | Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC | Tech Ops-610 | $160k – $220k |
| SharePoint Migration Systems Engineer | Washington, DC | 60000016 - AFS MS Biz- Apps- Power Platforms | $122k – $203k |
| ERM Records Management O365 SharePoint & Network Migration Engineer - TO37 | Washington, DC | 54557605 - AFS MS Collaboration | $70k – $137k |
| SAP BASIS Administrator / AWS Engineer | Washington, DC | 53969673 - AFS SAP Tech Arch | $70k – $137k |
| Product Reliability Engineer - Defense | Washington, D.C. | Product Support | $96k – $140k |
| Threat Intelligence Engineer | Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Washington, DC | Safeguards (Trust & Safety) | $320k – $405k |
| Principal Cyber Defense Engineer | Washington, DC | 60024449 - AFS Cyber Resilience and Defense | $126k – $243k |
| Senior Systems Engineer (R5962) | Washington, D.C. | X-BAT Engineering - System Engineering & Integrated Test | $115k – $170k |
| Cleared GenAI Engineer | Washington, DC | 57759672 - AFS Advanced AI | $98k – $185k |
| Forward Deployed Engineer, Gov | Washington, DC | OpenAI for Gov | $146k – $280k |
| Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R5363) | Washington, D.C. | Flight System Integration | $234k – $351k |
| Chief Engineer, Autonomy (R4614) | Washington, D.C. | Chief Engineers | $200k – $300k |
| Forward Deployed Engineer - Mixed Reality | Washington, D.C. | Product Development | $135k – $200k |
| Field Engineer, Data Engine | Colorado Springs, CO; Omaha, NE; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC | Public Sector Engineering | $190k – $290k |
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