Forward deployed engineering heats up again
The demand for forward deployed engineers (FDEs) is on the rise, with major tech companies like Google and OpenAI actively recruiting. Google has streamlined its hiring process for FDEs, while OpenAI has established a new entity to focus on deploying AI solutions. Anthropic is also following suit by creating a consulting company to integrate AI into mid-sized businesses.
- ▪Google is doubling down on FDEs and has simplified its interview process to as few as two interviews in two days.
- ▪OpenAI announced The OpenAI Deployment Company, which will focus on deploying AI solutions and has acquired Tomoro, a company with 150 FDEs.
- ▪Anthropic is creating its own FDE consulting company to help mid-sized companies integrate AI into their operations.
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The Pulse: Forward deployed engineering heats up again Hi, this is Gergely with a bonus, free issue of the Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter. In every issue, I cover Big Tech and startups through the lens of senior engineers and engineering leaders. Today, we cover one out of five topics from last week’s The Pulse issue. Full subscribers received the article below seven days ago. If you’ve been forwarded this email, you can subscribe here.Last August, we covered a sudden trend of high demand for forward deployed engineers (FDEs), and now there are signs demand is increasing more.Google: FDE recruitment spikeGoogle is doubling down on FDEs and making the interview process much simpler.
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