Jobs in Washington, D.C.
375 open roles — posted here, and found on employers' own careers sites.
Director, Export Policy (R5598)
Shield AI
Washington, DC · $200,000 – $300,000
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Senior Multiplatform News Producer
Supercast
Full-time · Washington, DC · $110,000 – $115,500
A senior editorial role at FOX 5 DC's newsroom leading content production across television, digital, and social platforms while mentoring producers and shaping coverage strategy. Suits experienced news producers comfortable managing breaking news in real time and guiding storytelling for multiple distribution channels.
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Software Engineer - Hosted Model Infrastructure
Palantir
Full-time · 3 locations · $145,000 – $200,000
This role involves building and maintaining infrastructure for deploying machine learning models in production across diverse environments, from air-gapped government networks to edge devices. You'll own services end-to-end, working on inference engines, GPU scheduling, deployment pipelines, and observability to enable rapid model delivery for critical customers.
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Lead Program Finance Analyst (R5625)
Shield AI
Washington, DC · $110,000 – $160,000
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Freelance Makeup Artist and Hairstylist
Supercast
Contract · Washington, DC · $36 – $55 / hour
This freelance role supports Fox News on-air talent by providing professional makeup and hairstyling services before broadcasts, working quickly under deadline pressure in a fast-paced news environment. The position suits experienced makeup and hair professionals comfortable with variable schedules and the immediate demands of live television.
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Senior Identity Security Engineer
Palantir
Full-time · 3 locations · $135,000 – $200,000
This role leads security architecture and threat modeling for Palantir's identity infrastructure, covering workforce, customer, workload, and agent identities. It suits experienced security engineers who want to shape identity strategy across a full spectrum of systems and stay ahead of emerging threats.
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Lead Audio Operator
Supercast
Full-time · Washington, DC · $36 – $50 / hour
This is a hands-on audio engineering role mixing live broadcast sound for a major news organization. It suits someone with substantial technical expertise in broadcast audio systems who can troubleshoot under pressure and mentor less experienced staff.
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Staff Field Solutions Engineer (R5523)
Shield AI
Full-time · Washington, DC · $180,000 – $270,000 · Remote
A technical expert who works directly with defense customers to demonstrate and tailor Shield AI's autonomous systems software, translating operational needs into feasible solutions that improve mission outcomes. This role suits someone with defense or robotics background who enjoys customer engagement and can bridge technical complexity with strategic business priorities.
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USG Administrative Business Partner
Palantir
Full-time · 2 locations · $60,000 – $110,000
This role supports senior leaders at Palantir by managing their calendars, travel, expenses, and priorities while anticipating their needs and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders. It suits organized, strategic thinkers who thrive in fast-paced environments and can communicate clearly while adapting to shifting priorities.
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Freelance Production Assistant
Supercast
Contract · Washington, DC · $18 – $22 / hour
Fox News Live seeks a production assistant to edit video and prepare content for live news broadcasts in their Washington, DC office, working weekend shifts in a fast-paced newsroom. This role suits someone early in their broadcast career who can handle breaking news under deadline pressure.
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Staff Field Solutions Engineer (R5522)
Shield AI
Full-time · Washington, DC · $180,000 – $270,000
A customer-facing technical role supporting the sales and integration of Shield AI's autonomous systems software for defense applications. You'll translate military operational requirements into feasible autonomy solutions, conducting technical demonstrations and advising customers on how the technology addresses their mission needs.
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Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian
Palantir
Full-time · 2 locations · $135,000 – $200,000
This role involves building data-driven solutions directly with federal health and civilian agencies, tackling complex operational problems from supply chain optimization to public health response. You'll act as a technical leader across the full stack, combining software engineering with strategy and customer engagement on high-impact projects.
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Freelance Assignment Editor
Supercast
Contract · 2 locations · $30 – $40 / hour
Fox News is hiring a freelance editor to work with their international news team, coordinating live broadcasts and satellite feeds for the Foreign Desk during a set Monday-Wednesday morning shift. This role suits someone with news experience who thrives organizing complex, real-time coverage across multiple time zones and breaking stories.
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Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5368)
Shield AI
Washington, DC · $187,531 – $281,297
Shield AI seeks a staff-level software engineer to develop autonomous behaviors for their mission control software, deploying across multiple unmanned aircraft and vehicle platforms. This role suits experienced engineers comfortable with robotics, control systems, and optimization working on defense applications.
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People Relations Specialist
Palantir
Full-time · 2 locations · $75,000 – $120,000
This role handles workplace investigations, employee conduct and performance issues, and HR advisory work across a technology company. It suits someone with HR expertise who can navigate sensitive employment matters and work collaboratively with legal counsel and business leaders.
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Broadcast Production Engineer
Supercast
Full-time · Washington, DC · $44 – $51 / hour
This role supports broadcast production systems and infrastructure at FOX News' Washington DC bureau, managing live studio equipment, control room systems, and remote broadcast locations in a 24/7 news environment. It suits experienced broadcast engineers comfortable with both traditional SDI and modern IP-based systems who can troubleshoot and maintain complex production environments under deadline pressure.
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Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5360)
Shield AI
Full-time · Washington, DC · $220,800 – $331,200
This role develops autonomous systems and algorithms for unmanned military aircraft operating across air, sea, and land domains. It suits experienced engineers who want to apply classical and machine learning-based autonomy techniques to real-world defense platforms with immediate operational impact.
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Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government
Palantir
Full-time · 3 locations · $135,000 – $200,000
Palantir seeks infrastructure engineers to build and operate reliable, scalable services supporting government missions. You'll own production systems end-to-end, work across deployed and product teams, and solve critical infrastructure challenges using modern tools and AI technology.
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Coordinating Producer
Supercast
Full-time · Washington, DC · $102,000 – $130,000
This Washington-based role coordinates news coverage for FOX News Edge, the service that provides content to over 175 local FOX newsrooms across the country. You'll manage political and breaking news stories, work with producers and correspondents, and serve as the liaison between the Washington bureau and local stations.
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Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5338)
Shield AI
Full-time · Washington, DC · $160,000 – $240,000
A senior software engineer role focused on building autonomous systems for satellites and space applications, including distributed optimization, task scheduling, and vehicle motion planning. This suits someone comfortable with cutting-edge research who wants to balance theoretical control systems with real-world integration on defense platforms.
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Year at Palantir - Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - USG
Palantir
Internship · 2 locations · $5,900 – $10,500 / month
Palantir is hiring interns for a year-long program to work as software engineers on real production systems with their customers, building AI-powered solutions and data platforms. This role suits undergraduates who want hands-on experience in high-impact work rather than traditional internship busywork, with performance-based advancement and potential for conversion to permanent roles.
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Associate Producer, America Reports
Supercast
Full-time · Washington, DC · $67,000 – $75,000
This role produces daily editorial content and breaking news coverage for a major cable news program, coordinating with anchors and producers to develop stories and scripts. It's suited to someone with television news experience who thrives under deadline pressure and wants hands-on involvement in shaping national political coverage.
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Staff Engineer, GenAI Tooling & DevEx (R5469)
Shield AI
Full-time · Washington, DC · $150,000 – $220,000
A high-leverage infrastructure role building developer tooling and automation around generative AI to accelerate software engineering across the organization. Suits experienced engineers with expertise in build systems, CI/CD, and developer workflows who want impact that scales through others' productivity.
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Information Security Engineer - Infrastructure Security
Palantir
Full-time · 2 locations · $145,000 – $200,000
This role owns the detection and prevention of security threats across Palantir's Windows infrastructure, requiring deep expertise in Windows and Active Directory exploitation, detection, and hardening from someone who thinks like an attacker. It suits experienced security engineers who have built detections for advanced attacks like DCSync and Kerberos ticket anomalies and want to defend a global environment against sophisticated adversaries.
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Communications Associate (R5514)
Shield AI
Full-time · Washington, DC · $76,000 – $110,000
This role involves developing and refining communications strategy for a defense-technology company, translating complex autonomy and aircraft technology into clear messaging for media, leadership, and corporate stakeholders. It suits someone who can distill technical concepts into compelling narratives while coordinating across different teams and communication channels.
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