FDE and deployment jobs in Houston involving proof of concept

• Also include remote jobs

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

• New York metro358
• SF Bay Area371
• Seattle area83
• Boston area74
• Washington, DC area188
• Austin58
• Chicago81
• Los Angeles50
• Dallas–Fort Worth74
• Denver–Boulder46
• Raleigh–Durham24
• Atlanta65
• Philadelphia24
• Miami22
• Phoenix17
• ✓Houston39
• San Diego29
• Portland11
• Salt Lake City1
• Minneapolis–St. Paul30
• Kansas City13
• Other or not stated317

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+30
• $170,000+28
• $190,000+27
• $210,000+22
• $240,000+17

• On-site2
• Hybrid16
• Remote1
• Not stated / unclear20

• 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.

• Mid3
• Senior31
• Staff+5

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 engineering28
• Solutions and customer engineering6
• Implementation and data engineering19
• Forward deployed engineering2
• Consulting3

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 contributor18
• Technical lead21

• Early (pre-seed–Series A)1
• Later private4
• Public27
• Bootstrapped3
• Subsidiary1
• Not stated / unclear3

• Writes production code35
• Prototypes and scripts2
• Configuration only1
• Not stated / unclear1

• Pre-sales / evaluation19
• ✓Proof of concept39
• Implementation / production67
• Ongoing operations52

Estimated from the job description, not measured working hours.

• Mostly implementation (60–100%)33
• Mixed responsibilities (30–59%)5
• Some implementation (0–29%)1

• External customers34
• Internal teams2
• Both2
• Not stated / unclear1

• Not available21
• Not stated / unclear18

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

• About 51–200 people1
• About 1,001–5,000 people7
• About 5,000+ people29
• Not stated / unclear2