Data Engineer
Warfighter AI
Arlington, VA · $175k–$225k a year · Posted October 23, 2026
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $200,000 a year. Across 303 open data engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $115,500 to $157,500 and the median is $134,500. That is 49% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
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About the job
...Build the agent infrastructure our warfighters actually use. Warfighter AI is hiring a Senior Software/ Data Engineer — hybrid, National Capital Region. You’ll be building and hardening the APIs, MCP integrations, and agent tools/skills that let AI systems operate...