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# Forward Deployed Engineer

- **Company:** Peoplentech Llc
- **Location:** Alexandria, VA, United States
- **Salary:** $145,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Design of User Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Agentic-AI, AngularJS, Graphql, Front End Software Development, Web Api
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/forward-deployed-engineer-alexandria-va--8c30f847-6577-4009-9326-ceddee700e0f

## About the Role

Customer Relations, Technical Support, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Application Programming Interface (API), React.js, Cloud Computing, GraphQL, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Artificial Intelligence (AI), * Full-stack, hands-on depth (core requirement): genuine experience building across multiple layers of the stack - not a single framework or narrow specialty - with real end-to-end delivery you can speak to in detail.

 * AI / agentic engineering fluency (core requirement): hands-on experience running agent harnesses, building automations, and working directly against LLM APIs - not just passing exposure to AI tools.

 * Working understanding of architecture and target-state design: enough to execute well against a given direction and contribute meaningfully to design conversations.

 * Delivery ownership: comfortable owning your piece of a complex engagement and operating with some autonomy under a lead's direction.

 * Client-facing experience is not required for this seat - you won't be in the room with the customer's CTO yet - but professionalism in working sessions is expected.

Nice to have

 * Experience with legacy-to-modern migrations or modernization work at scale.

 * Named AI-assisted engineering or agent-building artifacts you can walk through.

 * Interest in growing into a customer-facing FDE Lead role over time.

## Description

As the FDE Supporting Engineer, you are the second chair on engagements - deep hands-on execution behind the FDE Lead. You're not customer-facing yet; your value is in the build: turning the Lead's architecture and commitments into working software across the stack, with real depth and real verification. This is a strong seat for engineers who want to grow toward an FDE Lead role over time.

What you'll do

 * Own the actual build: deep, genuine hands-on execution across the stack - frontend (React / Angular), BFF / GraphQL, backend APIs, cloud, and CI/CD.

 * Deliver specific stack and microflow work assigned by the FDE Lead, with strong attention to verification and quality.

 * Run AI-assisted and agentic engineering workflows hands-on - ship agents and automations, and work comfortably directly against LLM APIs.

 * Contribute to architecture and design discussions without owning the target-state decision - support and execute against the Lead's direction.

 * Own your slice of delivery under the Lead's direction, and stay realistic about constraints and dependencies.

 * Work professionally and clearly in internal working sessions.