Engineering Jobs at Startups in Houston, TX, US
Houston has 70 open engineering roles at 14 early-stage startups, and 23% of them are remote. 3 roles are new this week.
Who is hiring engineers in Houston
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- 70open roles
- 14startups hiring
- 23%remote
The hiring market
Houston accounts for 1% of United States's 6,280 open engineering roles.
Industries
Developer tools (34), climate and energy (17) and mobility and logistics (9) startups have most of the openings.
Pay figures come from the 7 postings on this page that state a salary.
What engineering work involves at an early-stage startup
You own whole parts of the product rather than one service inside a large system. Expect to write the code, deploy it, and get paged when it breaks. Reviews are quick and the codebase is small, so a decision made on Tuesday can ship on Thursday.
Experience level
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Questions people ask
Which startups are hiring engineers in Houston?
ON.energy (22 roles), Giga Energy (11) and Bot Auto (9) have the most; 14 startups are hiring in total.
Can I work remotely?
23% of these roles are remote; the rest are in Houston.
Do I need to be senior?
Most roles are senior (71% of those that state a level), and 6% are junior or intern.
Are new roles coming in?
3 were posted this week.







