Roles we place
Forward deployed roles, defined clearly.
Most FDE job descriptions ask for everything at once. These are the roles enterprises actually hire for, what each one does, and the skills we match on.
All roles
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 roleWhich one do you need?
Start from the problem, not the title
Nothing is built yet, and nobody agrees what to build
Start with a Deployment Strategist, often with one engineer.
The use case is clear, but it will not run in your environment
A Forward Deployed Engineer.
It runs, but the answers are not good enough to trust
A Forward Deployed AI Engineer.
The data is the problem
A Forward Deployed Data Engineer.
It has to run somewhere hard: on premises, private or regulated
A Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer.
All of the above, with a deadline
An FDE hub.
Hire FDEs
Tell us the problem. We will match the engineers.
Someone who understands forward deployed work reads every brief and replies with a view on the engineers you need, how many, and the hiring option that fits.