FDE resources
If you are applying for or hiring into forward deployed engineering, start with the question you need to answer.
For your job search
- What does a forward deployed engineer do?
- Forward deployed engineer vs software engineer
- Forward deployed engineer vs solutions engineer
- Portfolio projects that show FDE work
- Planning your first 90 days as an FDE
- Do you need a degree to become an FDE?
- How to become a forward deployed engineer
- Skills to build for FDE work
- How to prepare for an FDE interview
- How to describe FDE experience on your resume
- How to compare FDE job offers
- How to find FDE jobs
- How FDE roles differ across companies
- FDE jobs: Austin vs. New York metro
- FDE jobs: New York metro vs. the San Francisco Bay Area
- FDE jobs: Seattle area vs. the San Francisco Bay Area
Your experience
Software engineering
How software engineering carries into customer work.
1,693 postings · 808 companies
From software engineering to FDE →Solutions and customer engineering
What to show from customer and integration work.
554 postings · 323 companies
From solutions and customer engineering to FDE →Implementation and data engineering
What to show from integration and data work.
765 postings · 369 companies
From implementation and data engineering to FDE →Forward deployed engineering
What to compare before your next FDE role.
171 postings · 123 companies
Choosing your next FDE role →Consulting
What to show from client delivery work.
310 postings · 198 companies
From consulting to FDE →What the job data shows
- Which skills do FDE job postings mention?
See which technologies FDE postings name and decide which one to learn for the work you want.
- How much experience do FDE jobs require?
See how many years FDE postings ask for and decide whether a stated minimum rules you out.
- Remote work and travel in FDE roles
See how many FDE postings allow remote work or require travel, and what to confirm before relying on a label.
- What kind of coding do FDE postings describe?
See what kind of coding FDE postings describe: production code, configuration, or prototypes.
- Company stage in FDE job postings
See which company stages are hiring FDEs and why stage is not a proxy for the work.
- Individual contributor, technical lead, or people manager?
See how many FDE postings are individual contributor, technical lead or people manager roles.
- Visa sponsorship in FDE job postings
See how many FDE postings state visa sponsorship and what to ask the employer.
For hiring teams
- How to hire a forward deployed engineer
- Where to find FDE candidates
- How to set compensation for an FDE role
- How to interview FDE candidates
- FDEs, solutions engineers or professional services?
- How to organize an FDE team
- How to write an FDE job description
- Production AI FDE job description template
- Data and integration FDE job description template
- First FDE hire job description template