$130,600–$147,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Houston serving external customers
22 postings · 9 companies · 20 state pay: median $152,000, half $141,000–$177,000
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GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Senior Software Engineer
Houston, TX · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreHouston, TX +4Hybrid
$101.14–$182,624
Forward Deployed Engineer III, Generative AI, Google Cloud
Houston, TX · New York, NY · +8 moreHouston, TX +9
$174,000–$252,000
$54,400–$235,100
$150,000–$180,000
GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Senior Software Engineer
Houston, TX · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreHouston, TX +4Hybrid
$89,400–$166,398
Pay not posted
Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer
Houston, TX · Chicago, IL · +39 moreHouston, TX +40
$80,400–$316,300
GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer
Houston, TX · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreHouston, TX +4Hybrid
$76,730–$150,800
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
Senior GECX AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Lead Software Engineer
Houston, TX · Atlanta, GA · +3 moreHouston, TX +4Hybrid
$117,930–$223,591
$140,000–$160,000
$54,400–$196,000
$179,500–$203,500
Lead Software Engineer - Senior GECX AI Engineer-
Houston, TX · Atlanta, GA · +4 moreHouston, TX +5Hybrid
$109,180–$197,175
BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms
Houston, TX · Atlanta, GA · +16 moreHouston, TX +17
$150,000
$54,400–$205,800
$80,400–$293,800
Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer
Houston, TX · Albany, NY · +39 moreHouston, TX +40
$80,400–$266,300
AccentureIntegrates and configures it
Full Stack Engineer Manager (FDE)
Houston, TX · New York, NY · +39 moreHouston, TX +40
$80,400–$316,300
21 of 22 build what the customer runs.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Houston serving external customers pay?
20 of 22 postings state a pay range. The median is $152,000, and half of them sit between $141,000 and $177,000, from 7 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Houston serving external customers require?
Of 22 postings, 14 state a minimum number of years, from 5 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 6 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (4) or 10 or more years (4).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Houston serving external customers?
These 22 postings come from 9 companies. The employers with the most postings are Accenture (9), Capgemini (5), Sia (2), Applied Computing (1) and Bain (1).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Houston serving external customers remote?
0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 13 are hybrid. The remaining 9 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 12 of the 22 postings.
Counted over the 22 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