> 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 jobs that build what the customer runs in Chicago Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=chicagoland&role=builds-for-customers&page=4 126 forward deployed engineer jobs that build what the customer runs in Chicago, from 52 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $142,000 to $192,000. **126** postings · **52** companies · 119 state pay: median **$164,000**, half $142,000–$192,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/849934b3c434470f) Chicago, IL · Albany, NY · +39 more 4mo ago $80,400–$266,300 [CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting) ### [Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4b26006480d92464) Chicago, IL Hybrid 6mo ago $90,000–$200,000 [Reply](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/reply) ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/87aa4d82142fa09a) Chicago, IL Hybrid 11mo ago $140,000–$180,000 [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) ### [BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a4c47c8ee4f67d78) Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +16 more 5mo ago $150,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Advanced AI Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a4e1febd22fdb964) Chicago, IL · Morristown, NJ · +39 more 5mo ago $87,400–$293,800 [West Monroe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/west-monroe) ### [Principal AI Software Engineer, TechEx (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1a4fa989247e7868) Chicago, IL · Boston, MA · +7 more 11mo ago $152,200–$205,900 All 126 build what the customer runs. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Chicago pay? 119 of 126 postings state a pay range. The median is $164,000, and half of them sit between $142,000 and $192,000, from 46 companies. ### How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Chicago require? Of 126 postings, 69 state a minimum number of years, from 37 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 30 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (20), under 3 years (12) or 10 or more years (7). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Chicago? These 126 postings come from 52 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (17), [Capgemini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capgemini) (15), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (6), [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) (6) and [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) (6). ### Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Chicago remote? 13 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 50 are hybrid and 12 are on-site. The remaining 51 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 79 of the 126 postings. Counted over the 126 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. · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) ## Related pages - [FDE jobs that build what the customer runs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=builds-for-customers) · 1,847 jobs - [FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area&role=builds-for-customers) · 569 jobs - [FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in New York metro](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=nyc-metro&role=builds-for-customers) · 472 jobs - [FDE jobs that build what the customer runs in Washington, DC area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv&role=builds-for-customers) · 295 jobs - [Every FDE job search](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse)