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FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Chicago serving external customers

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BainProduction engineering

Lead, AI Engineering

Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +8 moreAtlanta, GA +9Hybrid

$179,500–$203,500

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Frequently asked questions

What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Chicago serving external customers pay?

49 of 54 postings state a pay range. The median is $153,000, and half of them sit between $142,000 and $198,000, across 20 companies.

How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Chicago serving external customers require?

Of 54 postings, 16 state a minimum number of years, from 10 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 9 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (4), 6 to 9 years (2) or 10 or more years (1).

Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Chicago serving external customers?

These 54 postings come from 22 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (8), Capgemini (5), Salesforce (5), Amazon (incl AWS) (4) and BCG (4).

Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Chicago serving external customers remote?

5 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 13 are hybrid and 6 are on-site. The remaining 30 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 29 of the 54 postings.

Counted over the 54 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.

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