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Level 4Forward Deployed Engineering

FDE Path

Forward Deployed Engineering

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L4 · Forward Deployed Engineering
1

Software Engineering

The engineering craft customers assume y…

2

AI Engineering

The LLM, RAG and agent skills you will d…

3

Technical Discovery

Find the real problem, score use cases a…

4

Solution Architecture

Design under real constraints: permissio…

5

Rapid Prototyping

Prototypes that prove value quickly with…

6

Customer POC

Scope a pilot that cannot drift, and mea…

7

Production Deployment

Ship to real users inside the customer's…

8

Enterprise AI

Security reviews, executive communicatio…

9

Agent Deployment & Identity

Always-on agents with their own identiti…

10

Operating & Evaluating Agents

Evaluations, audit logs, cost controls a…

11

FDE Capstone

Run an end-to-end customer engagement on…

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Overview

Work at the intersection of customer, product, engineering and AI. Master discovery, solution architecture, rapid prototyping, customer POCs, productionisation and enterprise AI deployment.

Learning outcomes

  • Run effective technical discovery with enterprise customers
  • Design solution architecture under real constraints
  • Ship customer-specific POCs rapidly
  • Productionise bespoke implementations
  • Communicate technical solutions to stakeholders

Stages

1
Software Engineering

The engineering craft customers assume you have.

2
AI Engineering

The LLM, RAG and agent skills you will deploy for customers.

3
Technical Discovery0%

Find the real problem, score use cases and check the data.

FDE Engineering Fundamentals
4
Solution Architecture0%

Design under real constraints: permissions, data residency, cost.

FDE Engineering Fundamentals
5
Rapid Prototyping0%

Prototypes that prove value quickly without becoming throwaway work.

FDE Engineering Fundamentals
6
Customer POC0%

Scope a pilot that cannot drift, and measure it with the customer's data.

FDE Engineering Fundamentals
7
Production Deployment

Ship to real users inside the customer's environment.

8
Enterprise AI0%

Security reviews, executive communication, handover and saying no.

FDE Engineering Fundamentals
9
Agent Deployment & Identity0%

Always-on agents with their own identities, scoped credentials and approval rules.

FDE Engineering Fundamentals
10
Operating & Evaluating Agents

Evaluations, audit logs, cost controls and incident response for agents in production.

11
FDE Capstone

Run an end-to-end customer engagement on a realistic scenario.

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