$175,000–$220,000
FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago with ongoing operations serving external customers
88 postings · 41 companies · 81 state pay: median $175,000, half $148,000–$198,000
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Senior Consultant CPM (Forward Deployed Engineer)
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +1 moreChicago, IL +2Hybrid
$95,000–$140,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$130,600–$147,000
$130,000–$180,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (Implementation Engineering)
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +1 moreChicago, IL +2Remote
$170,000–$200,000
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Manager | Sales ReInvention
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreChicago, IL +42On-site
$80,400–$316,300
$150,000–$180,000
GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Senior Software Engineer
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$101.14–$182,624
$150,000–$225,000
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
GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Senior Software Engineer
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$89,400–$166,398
Pay not posted
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +40 moreChicago, IL +41
$112,900–$302,400
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector
Chicago, IL · Columbus, OH · +1 moreChicago, IL +2Hybrid
$182,000–$250,208
GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$76,730–$150,800
$165,000–$185,000
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Chicago, IL · Arlington, VA · +35 moreChicago, IL +36
$80,400–$316,300
$150,000–$200,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Applied AI
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$82,082–$193,440
$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
$88,544–$207,401
$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
$120,000–$200,000
$100,000–$200,000
Senior GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Lead Software Engineer
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$109,180–$197,175
$145,000–$180,000
Forward Deployed Data Engineering - Senior Associate
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +1 moreChicago, IL +2
$77,000–$214,000
$80,400–$316,300
Senior GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Lead Software Engineer
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$117,930–$223,591
69 of 88 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago with ongoing operations serving external customers pay?
81 of 88 postings state a pay range. The median is $175,000, and half of them sit between $148,000 and $198,000, from 35 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago with ongoing operations serving external customers require?
Of 88 postings, 53 state a minimum number of years, from 29 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 24 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (16), 10 or more years (8) or under 3 years (5).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago with ongoing operations serving external customers?
These 88 postings come from 41 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (15), Capgemini (12), Salesforce (7), Focused (4) and Accordion (3).
Are FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago with ongoing operations serving external customers remote?
13 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 34 are hybrid and 7 are on-site. The remaining 34 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 55 of the 88 postings.
Counted over the 88 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. Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings