> 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. # Senior Data Scientist, Applied ML Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a244c33d077b975d Vitol posts a senior FDE role to build for teams inside the company in Houston, TX with no pay posted. Scope desk questions into projects with commercial hypotheses and go/no-go criteria. Read from the employer’s posting on November 13, 2026. - [Vitol](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vitol) - [Apply on Vitol’s site](https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Vitol/744000161551039) Pay not posted - Houston, TX · On-site - 5+ years - Posted today New What 1,865 senior FDE postings pay: middle half $160K–$220K. [Compare pay](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/senior) Scope desk questions into projects with commercial hypotheses and go/no-go criteria. ## The work - **Kind of work**: Builds for teams inside the company - **Time split**: Mostly building · - **Project stages**: Proof of concept, Implementation, Operations · - **Code**: Writes production code · - **Builds for**: Internal teams - **Level**: Senior · - **Role**: Individual contributor · ## What they ask for - **Experience**: **5+ years** Applying machine learning and NLP to real-world data, including taking models to production and supporting them after launch - **Background**: Implementation and data engineering - **Location**: **Houston, TX · On-site** - **Employment**: Full-time - **Tools**: Python, scikit-learn, PyTorch, HuggingFace, Docker, AWS, CI/CD, MCP ## What you’ll do - Build LLM, NLP, multimodal, and time-series models for market signals and disruption analysis. - Test modelling approaches quickly and stop weak experiments early. - Deploy and support production models with CI/CD, monitoring, and drift detection. - Deliver insights through traders’ existing tools and explain results and uncertainty clearly. ## What you’ll bring - 5+ years applying machine learning and NLP to real-world data, including production models supported after launch. - Direct experience with commercial users in trading, finance, or a similar fast-paced setting. - Master’s or PhD in a quantitative field, or equivalent industry depth; strong statistics and experimental design. - Hands-on LLM extraction and classification experience, including evaluation, prompt and retrieval design, and cost and latency trade-offs. ## About Vitol Employee-owned energy and commodities trader supplying oil, gas, power and metals through global trading, logistics and infrastructure networks. Bootstrapped · 1000–2000 people - [View the posting at Vitol](https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Vitol/744000161551039) ## FDE jobs in Houston 77 postings · 24 companies · read Nov 14, 2026 Median **$157,500** · middle half $141,200–$195,125 - [Rank these jobs by fit to you](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Fa244c33d077b975d&placement=list) ### [Senior Data Scientist, Applied ML](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a244c33d077b975d) **Vitol** Bootstrapped · 1000–2000 people Energy and commodities trading - Outage prediction - Trading desks - 2 desks Pay not posted · Houston, TX · On-site Posted today New ### [Capgemini Invent, Consultant, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/22e2ab830638d258) **Capgemini** Public · 5000+ people business and technology transformation services - Live AI deployments - Palantir Foundry - Client teams **$125–$137,500** · Houston, TX Posted 2 days ago New ### [Forward Deployed AI Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a255cc6d726eec7f) **Crowe** 5000+ people Accounting, audit, tax, advisory, and consulting services - Agentic AI - 80% travel - Client-embedded **$102,400–$204,100** · Chicago, IL +36 · Hybrid Posted 2 days ago New ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/202e5a48c009cc01) **Sia** Late-stage private · 2000–5000 people Management consulting, strategy, data and AI, business transformation, and creative marketing services - LLM agents and RAG - 12 AI labs - 3 office days **$130,600–$147,000** · New York, NY +8 · Hybrid Posted 3 weeks ago ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Experienced Associate](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4279b29bd63b4214) **PwC (US)** Late-stage private · 5000+ people Professional services / Consulting - Palantir Foundry - AI/ML solutions - 80% travel **$63,000–$140,000** · Chicago, IL +58 · Hybrid Posted 3 weeks ago ### [Capgemini Invent, Senior Consultant, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/607005d8a90ecdfb) **Capgemini** Public · 5000+ people business and technology transformation services - AI pipelines - Enterprise clients - Palantir Foundry **$135,000–$147,500** · Houston, TX Posted 2 days ago New ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d481950a10f5d32a) **alliant** 2000–5000 people Consulting, artificial intelligence, technology, and managed services - Tailored AI agents - AI accelerators - 30–50% travel Pay not posted · Houston, TX Posted 5 weeks ago ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/119cfd8fc34ca0bd) **Sia** Late-stage private · 2000–5000 people Management consulting, strategy, data and AI, business transformation, and creative marketing services - Production AI agents - 12 research labs - 3 office days **$117,000–$132,000** · Charlotte, NC +7 · Hybrid Posted 3 weeks ago ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Senior Associate](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f2f106eae6e8759) **PwC (US)** Late-stage private · 5000+ people Professional services / Consulting - Palantir Foundry - AI solutions - 80% travel **$77,000–$202,000** · Chicago, IL +58 · Hybrid Posted 3 weeks ago - [Show all 77 jobs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=houston-metro) Hiring at Vitol and want this page changed or removed? 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