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What Do AI Forward Deployed Engineers Actually Do?
Part of How to break into AI Forward-Deployed Engineering in 2026
60 min
Oct 3, 2026 3:00 PM
Virtual (Zoom)
In this video
What you'll learn
How to turn a customer problem into a scoped AI project
Learn how FDEs gather requirements, consider trade-offs, set timelines and deliver projects to customers.
What are the building blocks of every AI deployment
See how harnesses, context, retrieval, memory, and tools work together in a customer-facing AI application.
How to connect an agent to real business systems
Understand the role of APIs, MCP, and permissions - and where managed cloud agents fit in the architecture.
Why this topic matters
Learn whether the AI FDE role is the right one for you!
Get an inside look at how AI FDEs take projects from customer discovery to real-world deployment.
Understand how they scope a customer’s workflow, choose an agent architecture, and connect AI systems to the data, tools, and business systems customers already use.
