> 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. # Forward Deployed Engineer | IFS Copperleaf Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e174bceda51fb4b3 IFS posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs, remote, hiring in Illinois, at $145,000–$180,000 base, below the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Forward Deployed Engineer for IFS Copperleaf, the decision analytics arm serving asset-intensive industries. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [IFS](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ifs) First seen Sep 3, 2026 · open on SmartRecruiters as of Nov 8, 2026 **$145,000–$180,000** Remote, hiring in Illinois Full-time Forward Deployed Engineer for IFS Copperleaf, the decision analytics arm serving asset-intensive industries. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Fe174bceda51fb4b3&placement=top) - [View posting at IFS](https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/IFS1/744000147280319) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay $145K–$180K Below the median Midpoint $163K · median $190K This job $145K to $180K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Builds what the customer runs Balance **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales 2. Proof of concept 3. Implementation 4. Operations Travel **Up to 50%** - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Individual contributor ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The work is remote from the US. Can you work from the US? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: Itasca, IL - **Work arrangement**: Remote - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Up to 50% - **Pay**: ## More like this [Realm](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/realm) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Chicago](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/026c2bf8e15d9b23) Chicago, IL Remote 3mo ago $115,000–$200,000 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a5e1855e6916121) San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · +8 more Remote 4mo ago $88,970–$198,170 [Oden Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oden-technologies) ### [Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a0a7407331899c9c) US Remote 2mo ago $95,000–$160,000 - [Other jobs at IFS (1)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ifs) ## What you’ll do - Own discovery, technical scoping, architecture, implementation, evaluation, productionization, adoption, and handoff for strategic customer solutions. - Prototype aggressively with modern AI tools to prove value inside the deal timeline; productionize deliberately with security, reliability, and integration. - Build, deploy, and evaluate with customer data; measure adoption, workflow impact, reliability, and time-to-value. - Partner with Product and R&D to turn validated patterns into roadmap investments and reusable accelerators. ## What you’ll bring - Customer-facing and commercial ability to run discovery and value conversations with technical and business stakeholders. - AI and agentic engineering: LLM development, RAG, prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration, and daily use of modern AI coding tools like Claude Code. - Familiarity with enterprise integrations in regulated utility markets (ESRI ArcGIS/Smallworld, IBM Maximo/EAM, SAP/Oracle ERP/PPM, PowerBI). - Abstraction and reuse: generalize customer solutions into reusable accelerators. ## About IFS IFS builds AI-powered ERP, enterprise asset management, and field service management software for asset- and service-heavy industries like aerospace, energy, and manufacturing. 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