UPSTREAM TITLE: When to Hire Forward Deployed Engineers for AI Product Growth
SHORT SUMMARY: Amplify presents an operating framework for when AI product companies should hire forward-deployed engineers: when customer value repeatedly depends on custom production engineering that can become reusable product knowledge. It recommends measuring deployment blockers, enforcing boundaries against indefinite bespoke support, and scoring FDEs on both customer outcomes and product leverage.
OUTLET: Amplify
LINK: https://amplifyit.io/blog/when-to-hire-forward-deployed-engineers-for-ai-product-growth