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Technical lead FDE jobs in Chicago

Compare current US jobs, responsibilities, locations and advertised pay. Includes forward deployed engineering and related deployment roles. Locations cover the metro area, not only the city.

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Wolters KluwerProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, NY · Madison, WI · +8 more

Product-embedded engineering role at Wolters Kluwer Health that works directly with strategic customers to discover high-value problems, build working prototypes, validate impact, and convert repeatable patterns into scalable platform capabilities.

$215,100–$384,400

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AccentureProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer Manager

Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 more

Forward Deployed Engineer Manager at Accenture: a customer-embedded engineering role designing, prototyping, deploying, and scaling production-grade AI solutions on platforms like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, SAP, and ServiceNow.

$80,400–$316,300

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DatabricksProduction engineering

Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer

Chicago, IL

Databricks seeks a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with enterprise customers, owning architecture and delivering production-grade data and AI solutions on the Databricks platform.

$182,000–$250,208

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Wolters KluwerProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer - Healthcare Transformation

New York, NY · Madison, WI · +8 more

Forward Deployed Engineer embedded in Wolters Kluwer Health's product organization, working with strategic customers to discover high-value problems, build working solutions, and turn repeatable patterns into scalable platform capabilities.

$215,100–$384,400

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AccentureProduction engineering

Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 more

Forward-deployed AI engineer role at Accenture, embedded with enterprise clients to design, prototype, and scale production-grade AI workflows using LLMs and enterprise platforms.

$112,900–$366,300

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C3.aiProduction engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer (Chicago)

Chicago, IL

Forward Deployed Engineer at C3 AI, building full-stack AI-driven enterprise applications on the C3 AI Platform, working directly with customers to design, develop, and deploy production applications, demos, and proofs-of-technology.

$120,000–$158,000

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AccentureProduction engineering

Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer -Assoc Director

Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more

Forward Deployed Engineer role within Accenture's Palantir Business Group, deploying Palantir Foundry/AIP solutions for government, healthcare, energy, financial services, and manufacturing clients.

$138,800–$434,000

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AsanaProduction engineering

Technical Consultant

Chicago, ILHybrid

Technical Consultant supporting strategic enterprise customers with custom Asana integrations, automations, data migrations, and AI-augmented workflows.

$120,000–$136,000

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BainProduction engineering

Lead, Engineering Excellence

Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +8 moreHybrid

Lead engineering transformation for Bain's Vector, driving AI-assisted and AI-led maturity across clients' software development organizations.

$179,875–$203,925

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Marsh & McLennanProduction engineering

Oliver Wyman - Senior Lead AI Engineer

New York, NY · Boston, MA · +2 moreHybrid

Senior Lead AI Engineer at Oliver Wyman Quotient, leading technical projects and building production-grade AI/ML systems and LLM-based agent platforms for client engagements across industries.

$195,000–$250,000

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FourKitesProduction engineering

Principal Engineer, Customer Engineering

Chicago, ILRemote

Principal Engineer serving as senior technical authority across Fortune 500 customer base, owning complex integration designs and AI-powered workflow implementations end-to-end.

$140,000–$170,000

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BCGProduction engineering

BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms

Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 more

Lead AI Tech Architect role at BCG Platinion, part of BCG's Tech and Digital Advantage practice, focused on designing and guiding implementation of intelligent, agentic AI platforms for enterprise clients.

$190,000

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AccentureProduction engineering

AI Native Transformation Manager

Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more

Manager-level role in Accenture's Cloud Advisory Practice, leading the design and build of AI-native, multi-agent systems for enterprise clients across financial services, healthcare, procurement, retail, and logistics.

$80,400–$266,300

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ReplyProduction engineering

Senior AI Engineer

Chicago, ILHybrid

Senior AI Engineer at Valorem Reply (a Microsoft-focused digital transformation firm) delivering enterprise AI solutions end-to-end.

$140,000–$180,000

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AccentureProduction engineering

Advanced AI Architect

Morristown, NJ · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more

Accenture is seeking an Advanced AI Architect to design and deliver full-stack AI architecture for enterprise platforms and products on public, private, or sovereign clouds.

$87,400–$293,800

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84.51 DegreesInternal deployment & tooling

Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (P4570)

Cincinnati, OH · Chicago, ILOn-site

Lead a hands-on forward-deployed engineering function for the AI SDLC team, embedding with delivery teams to accelerate enterprise adoption of agentic coding tools across Kroger and 84.51°.

$125,000–$207,000

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Pure StorageImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineering, Portworx

Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +1 moreOn-site

Forward-deployed engineering role for Portworx focused on designing and validating high-stakes Kubernetes storage deployments in complex customer data centers.

$208,000–$305,000

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AccentureImplementation & delivery

AI Architect - FDE Associate Director

New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 more

Leads enterprise-grade Agentic AI architecture across public, private, and sovereign clouds, from client strategy and reference architecture through production deployment.

$62,800–$218,800

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