Pay not posted
FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience in Houston
32 postings · 9 companies · 29 state pay: median $191,000, half $145,000–$208,000
Postings read on · Published · Updated
All filters
Counts show jobs matching each option and your other filters. Select several options to match any of them.
LocationHouston
Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.
Pay
Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.
Arrangement
Type of workBuilds what the customer runs
Level
Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.
BackgroundSoftware engineering
The experience the posting asks you to arrive with, in the employer’s own words, not our reading of the job. A posting that states no experience requirement is in none of these, and neither is one asking for experience outside the five.
Experience
Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.
Posted
Travel
Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.
Individual contributor or manager
Company stage
Coding work
Project stages
Implementation share
Estimated from the job description, not measured working hours.
Who you build for
Visa sponsorship
Company size
Estimated from public information about the company. Bands are approximate. Companies without a stated size are listed as not stated.
32 jobs match
Houston
Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.
32 jobs match
Pay
Matches the top of the posted range, annualized in US dollars and sometimes including variable pay. Postings with no posted range are hidden when you choose an amount.
32 jobs match
Arrangement
32 jobs match
Builds what the customer runs
32 jobs match
Level
Our reading of the role, not the employer’s title. Junior: guided work; Mid: independent delivery; Senior: leads an ambiguous project through production; Staff+: leads across teams or projects.
32 jobs match
Software engineering
The experience the posting asks you to arrive with, in the employer’s own words, not our reading of the job. A posting that states no experience requirement is in none of these, and neither is one asking for experience outside the five.
32 jobs match
Experience
Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.
32 jobs match
Posted
32 jobs match
Travel
Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.
32 jobs match
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Manager | Sales ReInvention
Houston, TX · Chicago, IL · +41 moreHouston, TX +42On-site
$80,400–$316,300
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Generative AI, Google Cloud
Houston, TX · New York, NY · +8 moreHouston, TX +9
$174,000–$252,000
AI Forward Deployed Engineering Senior Manager | Sales ReInvention
Houston, TX · Chicago, IL · +41 moreHouston, TX +42
$112,900–$366,300
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud
Houston, TX · Seattle, WA · +9 moreHouston, TX +10
$207,000–$300,000
AI Engineer - FDE Software Engineering Sr. Manager
Houston, TX · New York, NY · +40 moreHouston, TX +41
$112,900–$302,400
Full Stack Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
Houston, TX · Arlington, VA · +35 moreHouston, TX +36
$80,400–$316,300
$112,900–$366,300
$54,400–$235,100
Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer
Houston, TX · Chicago, IL · +39 moreHouston, TX +40
$80,400–$316,300
AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers Associate Manager
Houston, TX · Dallas, TX · +3 moreHouston, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$220,400
AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Associate Manager · Databricks · Reinvention Centers
Houston, TX · Dallas, TX · +3 moreHouston, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$261,500
AI/ML Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Associate Manager · Reinvention Centers
Houston, TX · Dallas, TX · +3 moreHouston, TX +4Hybrid
$62,800–$220,400
Pay not posted
$80,400–$316,300
Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer -Assoc Director
Houston, TX · Chicago, IL · +39 moreHouston, TX +40
$138,800–$434,000
AI/ML Sr Architect - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Reinvention Centers
Houston, TX · Dallas, TX · +3 moreHouston, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
Sr. AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager · Snowflake · Reinvention Centers
Houston, TX · Dallas, TX · +3 moreHouston, TX +4Hybrid
$112,900–$338,300
$70,000–$116,000
Lead Software Engineer - Senior GECX AI Engineer-
Houston, TX · Atlanta, GA · +4 moreHouston, TX +5Hybrid
$109,180–$197,175
$179,500–$203,500
$54,400–$196,000
$105,910–$160,200
BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Houston, TX · Atlanta, GA · +16 moreHouston, TX +17
$190,000
$179,875–$203,925
$80,400–$266,300
BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Houston, TX · Atlanta, GA · +16 moreHouston, TX +17
$150,000
Technical Commerce & AI Consultant | Agentic Commerce
Houston, TX · Chicago, IL · +40 moreHouston, TX +41
Pay not posted
$54,400–$205,800
$54,400–$196,000
Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer
Houston, TX · Albany, NY · +39 moreHouston, TX +40
$80,400–$266,300
$87,400–$293,800
All 32 build what the customer runs.
Get new postings like these by email New fde jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience in houston go out by email once you have an account and set an alert.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience in Houston pay?
29 of 32 postings state a pay range. The median is $191,000, and half of them sit between $145,000 and $208,000, from 7 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience in Houston require?
Of 32 postings, 17 state a minimum number of years, from 8 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 8 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (6) or 10 or more years (3).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience in Houston?
These 32 postings come from 9 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (21), Bain (2), BCG (2), Google (2) and alliant (1).
Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs asking for software engineering experience in Houston remote?
1 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 9 are hybrid and 1 are on-site. The remaining 21 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 25 of the 32 postings.
Counted over the 32 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. Postings that state no experience requirement, or ask for experience outside the five we list, are left out. · How we read postings