Forward Deployed Engineer III, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
Chicago, IL · San Francisco, CA · +5 moreChicago, IL +6
$174,000–$252,000
FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Chicago serving external customers
72 postings · 33 companies · 66 state pay: median $187,000, half $151,000–$207,000
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Senior Consultant CPM (Forward Deployed Engineer)
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +1 moreChicago, IL +2Hybrid
$95,000–$140,000
$150,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Customer Facing
Holtsville, NY · Lincolnshire, ILHoltsville, NY +1Hybrid
$96,800–$145,200
Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Recent Graduate) - Chicago
Chicago, ILHybrid
$95,000–$125,000
Capgemini Invent, Consultant, Forward Deployed Engineer
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +4 moreChicago, IL +5
$110,000–$137,500
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Manager | Sales ReInvention
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreChicago, IL +42On-site
$80,400–$316,300
$150,000–$225,000
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Generative AI, Google Cloud
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +8 moreChicago, IL +9
$174,000–$252,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Applied AI
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$82,082–$193,440
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Senior Manager | Sales ReInvention
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreChicago, IL +42
$112,900–$366,300
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +9 moreChicago, IL +10
$88,970–$316,750
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
Chicago, IL · Seattle, WA · +9 moreChicago, IL +10
$207,000–$300,000
Capgemini Invent - Senior Consultant, Forward Deployed Engineer
Chicago, IL · Seattle, WA · +4 moreChicago, IL +5
$112,600–$212,700
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +40 moreChicago, IL +41
$112,900–$302,400
$182,000–$250,208
Pay not posted
$165,000–$185,000
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Chicago, IL · Arlington, VA · +35 moreChicago, IL +36
$80,400–$316,300
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector
Chicago, IL · Columbus, OH · +1 moreChicago, IL +2Hybrid
$182,000–$250,208
$150,000–$200,000
$115,000–$200,000
Forward Deployed AI Engineer Sr Manager
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 moreChicago, IL +39
$112,900–$366,300
$130,000–$190,000
$182,000–$250,208
$180,000–$230,000
$54,400–$235,100
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector, Nonprofit & Education
Chicago, IL · Mclean, VA · +8 moreChicago, IL +9Remote
$88,970–$316,750
$182,000–$250,208
$150,000–$200,000
Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$80,400–$316,300
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)
Chicago, IL · San Francisco, CA · +8 moreChicago, IL +9Remote
$88,970–$198,170
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$80,400–$316,300
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
$110,000–$150,000
60 of 72 build what the customer runs.
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What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Chicago serving external customers pay?
66 of 72 postings state a pay range. The median is $187,000, and half of them sit between $151,000 and $207,000, from 28 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Chicago serving external customers require?
Of 72 postings, 49 state a minimum number of years, from 28 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 23 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (19), under 3 years (4) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Chicago serving external customers?
These 72 postings come from 33 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (20), Databricks (7), Capgemini (5), Salesforce (5) and Google (3).
Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Chicago serving external customers remote?
10 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 18 are hybrid and 5 are on-site. The remaining 39 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 52 of the 72 postings.
Counted over the 72 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. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings