> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in Houston Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=software-engineering&management=ic®ion=houston-metro 16 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in Houston, from 8 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $142,000 to $192,000. **16** postings · **8** companies · 13 state pay: median **$153,000**, half $142,000–$192,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer III, Generative AI, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e6ee1ac89337dd30) Houston, TX · New York, NY · +8 more 2mo ago $174,000–$252,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/603238d92737226e) Houston, TX · Chicago, IL · +39 more 2mo ago $54,400–$235,100 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79e9c43db5c86c34) Houston, TX · Chicago, IL · +39 more 2mo ago $80,400–$316,300 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Associate Manager · Databricks · Reinvention Centers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f588a8622808f3b) Houston, TX · Dallas, TX · +3 more Hybrid 5mo ago $62,800–$261,500 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [AI/ML Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Associate Manager · Reinvention Centers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9b7ea1ac450a0b56) Houston, TX · Dallas, TX · +3 more Hybrid 5mo ago $62,800–$220,400 [Fundamental Research Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fundamental-research-labs) ### [Forward Deployed Data Scientist - Oil & Gas, Houston](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/099ad65296105598) Houston, TX Hybrid 2mo ago Pay not posted [Guidehouse](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/guidehouse) ### [Forward Deployment Agentic Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0c2f783881ee1d15) Houston, TX · San Antonio, TX · +4 more 5w ago $70,000–$116,000 [Capgemini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capgemini) ### [Lead Software Engineer - Senior GECX AI Engineer-](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1e7d7d5eefe159ab) Houston, TX · Atlanta, GA · +4 more Hybrid 6w ago $109,180–$197,175 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Enterprise AI Transformation Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/acce46d73a6442bf) Houston, TX · Chicago, IL · +40 more 10d ago $54,400–$196,000 [Bain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bain) ### [Lead, AI Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97ec36645fe8d603) Houston, TX · Atlanta, GA · +8 more Hybrid 2mo ago $179,500–$203,500 [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) ### [BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a4c47c8ee4f67d78) Houston, TX · Atlanta, GA · +16 more 5mo ago $150,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Snowflake Advanced AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bfaf5e58ec1e0a16) Houston, TX · San Francisco, CA · +39 more 2mo ago $54,400–$205,800 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/849934b3c434470f) Houston, TX · Albany, NY · +39 more 4mo ago $80,400–$266,300 [Vitol](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vitol) Builds for teams inside the company ### [Forward Deployed Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/56f6ec9bb0533d32) Houston, TX On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) Integrates and configures it ### [Full Stack Engineer Manager (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3a0bc3b034736923) Houston, TX · New York, NY · +39 more 2mo ago $80,400–$316,300 [Vitol](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vitol) Builds for teams inside the company ### [GenAI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4c357ee88efba928) Houston, TX 6w ago Pay not posted 13 of 16 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dsoftware-engineering%26management%3Dic%26region%3Dhouston-metro&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in houston go out by email once you have an account and set an alert. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in Houston pay? 13 of 16 postings state a pay range. The median is $153,000, and half of them sit between $142,000 and $192,000, from 6 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in Houston require? Of 16 postings, 10 state a minimum number of years, from 6 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 5 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (4) or 10 or more years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors asking for software engineering experience in Houston? These 16 postings come from 8 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (8), [Vitol](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vitol) (2), [Bain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bain) (1), [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) (1) and [Capgemini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capgemini) (1). Counted over the 16 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. The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. 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