> 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 with ongoing operations Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=chicagoland&stage=operations&page=4 125 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs in Chicago with ongoing operations, from 62 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $145,000 to $198,000. **125** postings · **62** companies · 116 state pay: median **$175,000**, half $145,000–$198,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [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 ### [Lead Data Scientist – AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/38e590bfcbf12fdf) Chicago, IL Hybrid 7mo ago $186,000–$222,000 [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 80 of 125 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 with ongoing operations pay? 116 of 125 postings state a pay range. The median is $175,000, and half of them sit between $145,000 and $198,000, from 55 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago with ongoing operations require? Of 125 postings, 77 state a minimum number of years, from 46 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 35 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (25), 10 or more years (9) or under 3 years (8). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago with ongoing operations? These 125 postings come from 62 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (16), [Capgemini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capgemini) (12), [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) (8), [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) (6) and [Focused](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/focused) (4). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago with ongoing operations remote? 17 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 51 are hybrid and 11 are on-site. The remaining 46 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 62 of the 125 postings. Counted over the 125 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 with ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?stage=operations) · 2,422 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area with ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area&stage=operations) · 727 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs in New York metro with ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=nyc-metro&stage=operations) · 650 jobs - [FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area with ongoing operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv&stage=operations) · 324 jobs - [Every FDE job search](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/browse)