> 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 proof of concept Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=chicagoland&stage=poc&page=3 82 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in Chicago involving proof of concept, from 42 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $154,000 to $213,000. **82** postings · **42** companies · 78 state pay: median **$186,000**, half $154,000–$213,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 [Optiver](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/optiver) Builds for teams inside the company ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3494310fedf076f0) Chicago, IL 18mo ago $200,000–$200,000 [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 54 of 82 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 proof of concept pay? 78 of 82 postings state a pay range. The median is $186,000, and half of them sit between $154,000 and $213,000, from 38 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago involving proof of concept require? Of 82 postings, 53 state a minimum number of years, from 36 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 24 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (16), 10 or more years (9) or under 3 years (4). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago involving proof of concept? These 82 postings come from 42 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (13), [Capgemini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capgemini) (9), [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) (6), [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) (4) and [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (3). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago involving proof of concept remote? 14 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 25 are hybrid and 6 are on-site. The remaining 37 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 39 of the 82 postings. Counted over the 82 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 proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?stage=poc) · 1,270 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area involving proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area&stage=poc) · 372 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs in New York metro involving proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=nyc-metro&stage=poc) · 362 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area involving proof of concept](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv&stage=poc) · 191 jobs - [Every FDE job search](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse)