Access a curated pool of FDEs trained in engineering, AI, product thinking, and consulting ready to take AI initiatives from problem to production.
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THE ROLE
We identify experienced professionals with the right technical foundation, then sharpen their problem-solving, solution design and stakeholder management capabilities to meet the FDE bar.
We assess experience, technical depth, problem-solving, and leadership potential through a rigorous, selective process.
A practitioner-led curriculum across Engineering, Applied AI, Product, Consulting, and Deployment, with hands-on work every sprint.
Build across 20+ projects, one major capstone and client-facing scenarios that mirror real technical and business problems.
Experienced practitioners review technical work, project outcomes and deployment readiness at every stage of the learning journey.
The FDE market is moving from both sides. Companies are looking to hire FDE talent, while experienced professionals from leading technology companies are actively pivoting into FDE roles.
Our research with AIM Research found that 95% of organisations report demand for FDE capabilities, while only 45% report access to the talent they need.
Our FDEs bring together engineering, applied AI, architecture, product thinking and deployment, with a dual technical and consulting approach making their capabilities relevant across multiple high-impact AI roles.
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From hiring ready talent to developing the people you already have, we help enterprises build the FDE capability they need.
We know you might have some questions before getting started on our platform
Forward Deployed Engineers help enterprises address customer-specific technical challenges by combining engineering expertise with business and customer understanding. They can support AI implementation, integrations, deployment, and development of solutions tailored to real-world requirements.
An enterprise may consider building an FDE team when its products require significant customer-specific implementation, AI deployment, system integration, or technical problem-solving beyond standard product engineering.
Enterprises should look for strong software engineering fundamentals, AI and technical expertise, problem-solving ability, communication skills, and the ability to work effectively with customers and cross-functional teams.
FDEs can work directly with enterprise teams to understand requirements, integrate AI solutions with existing systems, customize implementations, and support testing and deployment in production environments.
FDEs can work alongside product, software, data, and AI engineering teams. They help translate customer and business requirements into technical solutions while collaborating with internal teams on implementation and deployment.
Enterprises can scale FDE capabilities by developing specialized talent, establishing repeatable implementation processes, and building a structured team that can support multiple customer and business use cases.
Enterprises can measure FDE impact through metrics such as implementation time, successful deployments, customer adoption, solution delivery, and business outcomes associated with customer-specific projects.
FDE talent can support projects involving AI implementation, product integrations, customer-specific development, workflow automation, technical deployment, and other complex use cases that require hands-on engineering.
Whether you’re hiring your first FDE, building an AI team, or exploring what an FDE could look like in your organisation, explore our AI talent pool and find the right fit for your organisation.
