$175,000–$220,000
FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in Chicago serving external customers
67 postings · 31 companies · 63 with pay · median $183,000 · middle half $152,000–$216,000 · read
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Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Customer Facing
Holtsville, NY · Lincolnshire, ILHoltsville, NY +1Hybrid
$96,800–$145,200
Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Experienced Associate
Chicago, IL · Raleigh, NC · +57 moreChicago, IL +58Hybrid
$63,000–$140,000
$130,000–$180,000
$117,600–$206,000
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Manager | Sales ReInvention
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreChicago, IL +42On-site
$80,400–$316,300
Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Senior Associate
Chicago, IL · Raleigh, NC · +57 moreChicago, IL +58Hybrid
$77,000–$202,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Applied AI
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$82,082–$193,440
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
Chicago, IL · Seattle, WA · +9 moreChicago, IL +10
$207,000–$300,000
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Senior Manager | Sales ReInvention
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +41 moreChicago, IL +42
$112,900–$366,300
$182,000–$250,208
Capgemini Invent - Senior Consultant, Forward Deployed Engineer
Chicago, IL · Seattle, WA · +4 moreChicago, IL +5
$112,600–$212,700
$165,000–$185,000
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
$115,000–$200,000
$100,000–$200,000
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Chicago, IL · Arlington, VA · +35 moreChicago, IL +36
$80,400–$316,300
$182,000–$250,208
Forward Deployed AI Engineer Sr Manager
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +38 moreChicago, IL +39
$112,900–$366,300
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
$182,000–$250,208
Senior GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Lead Software Engineer
Chicago, IL · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$109,180–$197,175
Forward Deployed Software 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
Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer -Assoc Director
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +39 moreChicago, IL +40
$138,800–$434,000
$77,000–$202,000
Senior Integration Engineer – AI - Tax And Audit AI
Chicago, IL · Brooklyn, NY · +3 moreChicago, IL +4Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
Sr. Managing Consultant/Managing Consultant Full Stack Engineer- Financial Institution Operations & Technology
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +3 moreChicago, IL +4
$158,000–$210,000
$80,400–$266,300
$110,000–$150,000
$120,000–$170,000
Sr. Managing Consultant/Managing Consultant AI Architect - Financial Services Operations & Technology
Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +3 moreChicago, IL +4
$158,000–$210,000
Technical Commerce & AI Consultant | Agentic Commerce
Chicago, IL · Milwaukee, WI · +40 moreChicago, IL +41
Pay not posted
$109,180–$197,175
$127,500–$204,000
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What do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in Chicago serving external customers pay?
63 of 67 postings state a pay range. The median is $183,000, and half of them sit between $152,000 and $216,000, from 28 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in Chicago serving external customers require?
Of 67 postings, 43 state a minimum number of years, from 23 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 19 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (15), 10 or more years (5) or under 3 years (4).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in Chicago serving external customers?
These 67 postings come from 31 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (14), Capgemini (7), Databricks (7), PwC (US) (4) and Google (3).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in Chicago serving external customers remote?
9 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 18 are hybrid and 6 are on-site. The remaining 34 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 41 of the 67 postings.
Counted over the 67 postings in this search.
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