Senior Healthcare Forward Deployed Engineer
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreChicago, IL +41
$80,400–$316,300
FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Chicago serving external customers
54 postings · 22 companies · 52 state pay: median $192,000, half $158,000–$216,000
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Forward Deployed Engineer III, Google Cloud, Applied AI
Chicago, IL · San Francisco, CA · +10 moreChicago, IL +11
$174,000–$252,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +9 moreChicago, IL +10
$88,970–$316,750
$182,000–$250,208
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +40 moreChicago, IL +41
$112,900–$302,400
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Applied AI, Google Cloud
Chicago, IL · San Francisco, CA · +8 moreChicago, IL +9
$207,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
$130,000–$190,000
$120,000–$158,000
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Generative AI, Google Cloud
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +5 moreChicago, IL +6
$174,000–$252,000
$182,000–$250,208
$180,000–$230,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector, Nonprofit & Education
Chicago, IL · Mclean, VA · +8 moreChicago, IL +9Remote
$88,970–$316,750
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +22 moreChicago, IL +23
$207,000–$300,000
Cybersecurity AI Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Consultant
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +41 moreChicago, IL +42
$54,400–$235,100
$182,000–$250,208
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
$159,200–$301,600
Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer -Assoc Director
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$138,800–$434,000
AI - Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE Senior Manager
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +41 moreChicago, IL +42
$112,900–$366,300
Cybersecurity AI Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Manager
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +41 moreChicago, IL +42
$80,400–$305,000
$120,000–$136,000
Cloud Engineer, AI/ML, Global Services Delivery, Google Cloud
Chicago, IL · Austin, TX · +2 moreChicago, IL +3
$152,000–$221,000
$105,600–$199,480
$46,700–$162,000
$179,500–$203,500
$204,200–$306,400
$127,500–$249,350
$80,400–$293,800
Pay not posted
BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +16 moreChicago, IL +17
$190,000
$140,000–$180,000
AI Native Software Engineering Manager
Chicago, IL · Arlington, VA · +35 moreChicago, IL +36
$80,400–$316,300
BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +16 moreChicago, IL +17
$150,000
$54,400–$205,800
AI Native Software Engineering Senior Manager/Assoc Director
Chicago, IL · Arlington, VA · +35 moreChicago, IL +36
$112,900–$366,300
AI Native Transformation Enterprise Consultant
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$54,400–$196,000
42 of 54 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Chicago serving external customers pay?
52 of 54 postings state a pay range. The median is $192,000, and half of them sit between $158,000 and $216,000, from 20 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Chicago serving external customers require?
Of 54 postings, 28 state a minimum number of years, from 15 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 17 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (7), 10 or more years (3) or under 3 years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Chicago serving external customers?
These 54 postings come from 22 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (17), Databricks (5), Google (5), Capgemini (4) and Salesforce (4).
Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for software engineering experience in Chicago serving external customers remote?
7 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 8 are hybrid and 1 are on-site. The remaining 38 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 37 of the 54 postings.
Counted over the 54 postings in this search. Postings read on September 21, 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