Talent · Forward Deployed
Forward Deployed Engineer
An engineer who sits with your team, works in your codebase and takes one AI or integration use case from a working idea to something your staff rely on every day.
What they do
- Joins your standups, chat channels and code review in week one
- Builds agents, document search and integrations on your real data
- Connects models to your ERP, CRM, Tally exports and internal APIs
- Writes tests, monitoring and runbooks so your team can trust the output
- Sits with the people using it and ships small fixes every week
When to bring one in
- Your AI pilot looked good in a demo and then stalled
- The problem is still loose and needs working out with users
- Nobody on your team has shipped an agent or LLM system yet
- Getting into older internal systems is the hard part of the job
Specification
- Core skills
- Agentic AI design, RAG and retrieval, Python and TypeScript, API and system integration, Evaluation and observability, Client communication
- Tools
- Claude Agent SDK, LangGraph, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, LlamaIndex, FastAPI, Next.js, PostgreSQL, pgvector, Docker
Seniority
Mid level3 to 5 years
Builds features inside a use case someone else has scoped
Senior5 to 8 years
Owns one use case with the client, from scoping to support
Lead8+ years
Runs a pod and sets the technical approach across several use cases
Request
Request a Forward Deployed Engineer
Tell us about the project, stack and domain. We will share matched profiles, usually within one to two weeks.
How is an FDE different from a regular developer?
A developer usually builds to a specification someone hands over. An FDE helps write that specification with your users, builds the thing and stays answerable for it once it is live.
Where are your FDEs trained?
In our 500 hour Forward Deployed Professional programme, then on live client work with a senior mentor before they lead anything on their own.
Start a conversation
Tell us what you are trying to build.
Share the problem in a short call. You leave with a clear view of the approach, the team and the cost.
A specialist replies within one working day. The first conversation is free.