> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Chicago Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic®ion=chicagoland&page=3 87 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Chicago, from 44 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $140,000 to $186,000. **87** postings · **44** companies · **83** with pay · median **$160,000** · middle half $140,000–$186,000 · read Nov 6, 2026 Updated Nov 7, 2026 [Videojet Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/videojet-technologies) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6fc14f18dcf3725a) Wood Dale, IL Hybrid 4w ago $100,000–$140,000 [IPM Integrated Project Management Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ipm-integrated-project-management-company) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ee1997b079b4b42) Burr Ridge, IL Hybrid 3mo ago $80,000–$140,000 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Partner Technical Architect - Agentforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d3316c6c5777485) Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +2 more 5mo ago $172,500–$285,800 [OCC](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/occ) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Lead Associate Principal, Artificial Intelligence Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4dd1208dfc2b9201) Chicago, IL Hybrid 6mo ago $159,200–$220,200 [DRW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/drw) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Software Engineer - Cumberland/Options Front Office Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1758c0a8b0d3009b) Chicago, IL 7mo ago $175,000–$225,000 [William Blair](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/william-blair) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Senior Data Scientist – AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dfd01d9ed1d97c9c) Chicago, IL Hybrid 7mo ago $157,000–$187,000 [Optiver](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/optiver) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3494310fedf076f0) Chicago, IL Since 2025 $200,000–$200,000 66 of these 87 jobs build what the customer runs. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dic%26region%3Dchicagoland%26page%3D3&placement=assist) [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dic%26region%3Dchicagoland%26page%3D3&placement=alert) Alerts for “FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Chicago” go out once you have an account. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Chicago pay? 83 of 87 postings state a pay range. The median is $160,000, and half of them sit between $140,000 and $186,000, from 41 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Chicago require? Of 87 postings, 46 state a minimum number of years, from 29 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 28 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (9), 6 to 9 years (5) or 10 or more years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Chicago? These 87 postings come from 44 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (7), [Capgemini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capgemini) (7), [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) (6), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (5) and [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) (5). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Chicago remote? 9 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 39 are hybrid and 11 are on-site. The remaining 28 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 47 of the 87 postings. Counted over the 87 postings in this search. 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