> 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 in Chicago involving pre-sales Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=chicagoland&stage=presales&page=2 46 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in Chicago involving pre-sales, from 26 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $159,000 to $216,000. **46** postings · **26** companies · 41 state pay: median **$180,000**, half $159,000–$216,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Adyen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/adyen) Integrates and configures it ### [Implementation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/479b63804fca4fcb) Chicago, IL Hybrid 2mo ago $130,000–$175,000 [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) Integrates and configures it ### [Deployed Engineer (Chicago)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/deab6cf78d95736c) Chicago, IL Hybrid 6mo ago $200,000–$300,000 · OTE [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist - Public Sector, Nonprofit & Education](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bf19150e88dcde14) Chicago, IL · Mclean, VA · +8 more Remote 3mo ago $134,750–$316,750 [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4db610fee594adf8) Chicago, IL Hybrid 55mo ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist (Mid/Senior Levels)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/233c182f95f3a859) Chicago, IL · San Francisco, CA · +8 more Remote 4mo ago $134,750–$316,750 [Stripe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/stripe) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2da873ae60f23bfb) Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +2 more 4w ago $172,600–$258,800 32 of 46 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago involving pre-sales pay? 41 of 46 postings state a pay range. The median is $180,000, and half of them sit between $159,000 and $216,000, from 22 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago involving pre-sales require? Of 46 postings, 23 state a minimum number of years, from 16 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 10 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (6), under 3 years (5) or 10 or more years (2). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago involving pre-sales? These 46 postings come from 26 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) (7), [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (5), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (4), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (3) and [BRG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/brg) (2). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago involving pre-sales remote? 6 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 19 are hybrid and 3 are on-site. The remaining 18 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 29 of the 46 postings. Counted over the 46 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) ## Related pages - [FDE and deployment jobs involving pre-sales](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?stage=presales) · 787 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs in New York metro involving pre-sales](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=nyc-metro&stage=presales) · 250 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area involving pre-sales](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area&stage=presales) · 231 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago with ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=chicagoland&stage=operations) · 124 jobs - [Every FDE job search](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse)