FDE and deployment jobs for technical leads in Houston

• Also include remote jobs

Selected metros or remote. Remote jobs may have residency restrictions.

• New York metro403
• SF Bay Area419
• Seattle area112
• Boston area94
• Washington, DC area186
• Austin67
• Chicago88
• Los Angeles74
• Dallas–Fort Worth90
• Denver–Boulder64
• Raleigh–Durham27
• Atlanta68
• Philadelphia28
• Miami24
• Phoenix18
• ✓Houston35
• San Diego27
• Portland13
• Salt Lake City3
• Minneapolis–St. Paul34
• Kansas City17
• Other or not stated388

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.

• Any pay
• $150,000+26
• $170,000+25
• $190,000+24
• $210,000+17
• $240,000+14

• On-site3
• Hybrid11
• Remote2
• Not stated / unclear19

• Any type
• Builds what the customer runs
• Plans what the customer deploys first
• Integrates and configures it
• Proves it works before the sale
• Keeps customers running after launch
• Builds for teams inside the company
• Leads the deployment team

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.

• Mid1
• Senior25
• Staff+9

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.

• Software engineering23
• Solutions and customer engineering6
• Implementation and data engineering11
• Forward deployed engineering2
• Consulting6

Postings that ask for that many years or fewer, plus postings that state no requirement. The kind of experience still matters.

• Any
• Up to 3 years
• Up to 5 years
• Up to 8 years
• Up to 10 years

• Any time
• Last 7 days
• Last 30 days

Postings that do not mention travel are treated as no travel, so they are left out of 25% or more.

• Any
• No travel
• Up to 10%
• Up to 25%
• Up to 50%
• 25% or more

• Individual contributor31
• ✓Technical lead35
• People manager2

• Early (pre-seed–Series A)2
• Growth (Series B–C)1
• Later private5
• Public21
• Bootstrapped2
• Not stated / unclear4

• Writes production code29
• Prototypes and scripts2
• Configuration only2
• No coding1
• Not stated / unclear1

• Pre-sales / evaluation11
• Proof of concept21
• Implementation / production34
• Ongoing operations25

Estimated from the job description, not measured working hours.

• Mostly implementation (60–100%)23
• Mixed responsibilities (30–59%)9
• Some implementation (0–29%)3

• External customers29
• Internal teams2
• Both4

• Not available21
• Not stated / unclear14

Estimated from public information about the company. Bands are approximate. Companies without a stated size are listed as not stated.

• About 51–200 people2
• About 1,001–5,000 people5
• About 5,000+ people25
• Not stated / unclear3