UPSTREAM TITLE: Forward Deployed Engineer Index 2026
SHORT SUMMARY: Uvik Software published its August 2026 Forward Deployed Engineer Index, analyzing 27 public FDE postings from 19 employers across eight countries. The report finds most true FDE roles combine customer or field embedding with hands-on production engineering, with every sampled posting mentioning AI, ML, agentic systems, AI-enabled platforms, or AI-related developer workflows.
OUTLET: Uvik Software
LINK: https://uvik.net/blog/forward-deployed-engineer-index/