$80,400–$316,300
FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Chicago
99 postings · 49 companies · 92 state pay: median $188,000, half $153,000–$216,000
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Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer -Assoc Director
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$138,800–$434,000
Senior Integration Engineer – AI - Tax And Audit AI
Chicago, IL · Brooklyn, NY · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
$150,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
Enterprise AI Transformation Consultant
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreChicago, IL +41
$54,400–$196,000
$110,000–$150,000
Sr. Enterprise Architect - Agentforce for Operations
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +4 moreChicago, IL +5
$148,500–$285,800
Pay not posted
$80,400–$266,300
Lead Software Engineer - Senior GECX AI Engineer-
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +4 moreChicago, IL +5Hybrid
$109,180–$197,175
$120,000–$136,000
$179,500–$203,500
Technical Commerce & AI Consultant | Agentic Commerce
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreChicago, IL +41
Pay not posted
$127,500–$249,350
$105,910–$160,200
$179,875–$203,925
$46,700–$162,000
$225,000–$304,200
$112,000–$160,000
BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +16 moreChicago, IL +17
$190,000
$54,400–$205,800
$140,000–$180,000
Principal AI Software Engineer, TechEx (US)
Chicago, IL · Boston, MA · +7 moreChicago, IL +8
$152,200–$205,900
BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +16 moreChicago, IL +17
$150,000
$54,400–$196,000
Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer
Chicago, IL · Albany, NY · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$80,400–$266,300
$87,400–$293,800
Pay not posted
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer
Chicago, IL · San Francisco, CAChicago, IL +1On-site
$187,100–$300,000
PrologisBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer
Chicago, IL · Denver, CO · +8 moreChicago, IL +9
$200,000–$285,000
SalesforceIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Data 360
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +9 moreChicago, IL +10
$88,970–$316,750
Pure StorageIntegrates and configures it
Forward Deployed Engineering, Portworx
Chicago, IL · Santa Clara, CA · +1 moreChicago, IL +2On-site
$208,000–$305,000
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)Builds for teams inside the company
Forward Deployed Engineer
Chicago, IL · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreChicago, IL +2On-site
$150,000–$300,000
Thomson ReutersLeads the deployment team
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering – Tax & Audit
Chicago, IL · Brooklyn, NY · +4 moreChicago, IL +5Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
SalesforceLeads the deployment team
Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
Chicago, IL · San Francisco, CA · +1 moreChicago, IL +2
$196,700–$329,210
AccentureLeads the deployment team
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Chicago, IL · Arlington, VA · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$80,400–$316,300
DatabricksPlans what the customer deploys first
Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Financial Services
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4
$219,765–$302,220
AccordionPlans what the customer deploys first
Forward Deployed Engineer, Data & Analytics
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +6 moreChicago, IL +7On-site
$145,000–$240,000
HuronLeads the deployment team
AICC Senior Technical Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (Senior Manager)
Chicago, ILRemote
$165,000–$190,000
68 of 99 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Chicago pay?
92 of 99 postings state a pay range. The median is $188,000, and half of them sit between $153,000 and $216,000, from 43 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Chicago require?
Of 99 postings, 71 state a minimum number of years, from 43 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 30 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (30), 10 or more years (6) or under 3 years (5).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Chicago?
These 99 postings come from 49 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (20), Databricks (7), Salesforce (6), Capgemini (5) and Google (4).
Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Chicago remote?
13 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 28 are hybrid and 9 are on-site. The remaining 49 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 57 of the 99 postings.
Counted over the 99 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. The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. Postings that state no experience requirement, or ask for experience outside the five we list, are left out. · How we read postings