Do forward deployed work? Get placed where it matters.
We place forward deployed engineers and deployment strategists with enterprises putting AI into production: on contract, contract to hire, or in permanent roles.
Roles
The roles we place
Forward Deployed Engineer
Builds and ships AI applications and agents inside your systems.
About this roleForward Deployed AI Engineer
Makes model behavior reliable in production: evaluation, retrieval, guardrails.
About this roleForward Deployed Data Engineer
Gets your data into a state AI can use: pipelines, quality, access.
About this roleForward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer
Deploys and runs AI platforms in hard environments: private, on-premises, regulated.
About this roleDeployment Strategist
Finds the problem worth solving, sets the measure, and drives adoption.
About this roleFDE Hubs
A deployment strategist with a small team of engineers, working as one unit.
About this roleHow it works for you
Four steps, and you choose what to pursue
Apply
A link to your work and a few lines on something you shipped. No cover letter.
Talk about your work
A conversation about what you built, what was hard and what you would change.
A working session
A problem that looks like the job, worked through together. No puzzles.
Get matched
We bring you briefs that fit what you have done. You decide which ones to pursue.
What we look for
- Production code on infrastructure you did not own
- Time spent with users who were not engineers
- Integrations with systems you did not design
- Finding the real problem behind a vague request
- Explaining trade-offs so a non-engineer can decide
What you can expect from us
- We never charge engineers a fee to apply or to be placed
- Briefs described honestly, including what is hard
- No placement without your agreement
- Rates and terms agreed before you interview
- A straight answer if we cannot place you
Recruitment fraud notice
We only email from addresses ending in @fastfde.ai. We never ask candidates for payment, bank details or identity documents over chat apps or personal email, and we do not offer jobs without a conversation. If someone claiming to be from FastFDE does, do not respond, and tell us at hello@fastfde.ai. Read the full notice.
Equal opportunity
We consider applicants on the work they have done and the skills a role needs, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Read our statement.
Apply
Show us something you shipped
Apply with a link to your work and a few lines on something you put into production.