$175,000–$220,000
FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago with ongoing operations
123 postings · 61 companies · 114 state pay: median $175,000, half $146,000–$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
$117,000–$132,000
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
$136,000–$155,000
GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Senior Software Engineer
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$89,400–$166,398
$215,100–$384,400
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +40 moreChicago, IL +41
$112,900–$302,400
$150,000–$180,000
GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$76,730–$150,800
Forward Deployed Engineer - Healthcare Transformation
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +8 moreChicago, IL +9
$215,100–$384,400
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Chicago, IL · Arlington, VA · +35 moreChicago, IL +36
$80,400–$316,300
$150,000–$180,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Applied AI
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$82,082–$193,440
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +9 moreChicago, IL +10
$88,970–$316,750
Forward Deployed AI Engineer Sr Manager
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 moreChicago, IL +39
$112,900–$366,300
$150,000–$180,000
$88,544–$207,401
Pay not posted
$54,400–$235,100
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector
Chicago, IL · Columbus, OH · +1 moreChicago, IL +2Hybrid
$182,000–$250,208
$165,000–$185,000
$150,000–$200,000
Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$80,400–$316,300
$115,000–$200,000
$130,000–$190,000
$180,000–$230,000
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
$120,000–$160,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)
Chicago, IL · San Francisco, CA · +8 moreChicago, IL +9Remote
$88,970–$198,170
80 of 123 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago with ongoing operations pay?
114 of 123 postings state a pay range. The median is $175,000, and half of them sit between $146,000 and $198,000, from 54 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago with ongoing operations require?
Of 123 postings, 75 state a minimum number of years, from 45 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 34 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (24), 10 or more years (9) or under 3 years (8).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago with ongoing operations?
These 123 postings come from 61 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (15), Capgemini (12), Salesforce (8), Sia (6) and Focused (4).
Are FDE and deployment jobs in Chicago with ongoing operations remote?
17 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 50 are hybrid and 11 are on-site. The remaining 45 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 62 of the 123 postings.
Counted over the 123 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