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2026-07-14
SHORT SUMMARY: Based on what I first heard it described as, yeah,
TYPE: comment
ON: What are Forward Deployed Engineers, and why are they so in demand? (2025)
QUOTE: """some custom code to meet a specific customer's needs. An FDE is supposed to be closer to a regular software engineer…it's the tools they've been given to work work. A FDE should have the leeway and skills to go talk to"""
USER: superfrank
2026-07-14
SHORT SUMMARY: Looking at the official description of a Forward Deployed Engineer
TYPE: comment
ON: What are Forward Deployed Engineers, and why are they so in demand? (2025)
QUOTE: """Solutions Architect is. Is the nominal difference between an archetypal FDE and an archetypal SA greater than the difference in the"""
USER: lolinder
2026-07-14
SHORT SUMMARY: If you are not issued body armor and K&R insurance
TYPE: comment
ON: What are Forward Deployed Engineers, and why are they so in demand? (2025)
QUOTE: """If you are not issued body armor and K&R insurance FDE seems like the wrong term. (the use of "engineer" for"""
USER: hedgehog
2026-07-14
SHORT SUMMARY: The distinction really kinda depends on the situation. FDEs have
TYPE: comment
ON: What are Forward Deployed Engineers, and why are they so in demand? (2025)
QUOTE: """to a year or so or you'd hire a dedicated FDE for that given deployment/site. AFAICT it became a lot less…remote debugging and live video conferencing but you still see FDE roles in the traditional sense from time to time. But"""
USER: OneDeuxTriSeiGo
2026-07-14
SHORT SUMMARY: I saw those comments and thought that too, but in
TYPE: comment
ON: What are Forward Deployed Engineers, and why are they so in demand? (2025)
QUOTE: """to make ai automation software could overlap completely with what FDE's are doing. FDE is associated with that specifically as opposed to any other"""
USER: yieldcrv
2026-07-13
SHORT SUMMARY: Peanuts. That's not even enough to pay $1M per employee.
TYPE: comment
ON: Microsoft commits $2.5B, 6k employees AI implementation unit
QUOTE: """enough to pay $1M per employee. > We have robust FDE partnerships with our Global SI partners, including Accenture So top"""
USER: lostmsu
2026-07-07
SHORT SUMMARY: Ditto | Engineering & Product | Remote (US: Atlanta, Austin,
TYPE: ask hn
ON: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2026)
QUOTE: """Public Sector (U.S. persons) — Senior SWE: Autonomy · Systems FDE · Portal (ATL/remote) · FDE (SF, on-site); SWE, Public Sector Application Core Technologies — Senior"""
USER: kylixz
2026-07-07
SHORT SUMMARY: Lunt | Databricks Eng (Solutions Architect, FDE) | Remote, US
TYPE: ask hn
ON: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2026)
QUOTE: """Lunt | Databricks Eng (Solutions Architect, FDE) | Remote, US Only | Full time or full time"""
USER: hank2000
2026-07-06
SHORT SUMMARY: Coder | https://coder.com/ | Multiple roles | Multiple locations |
TYPE: ask hn
ON: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2026)
QUOTE: """Coder | https://coder.com/ | Multiple roles | Multiple locations | Full-time Coder is an AI software development company leading the"""
USER: connorb-coder
2026-07-06
SHORT SUMMARY: Puntt AI | SF Hybrid (M/W/F in our new office)
TYPE: ask hn
ON: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2026)
QUOTE: """Puntt AI | SF Hybrid (M/W/F in our new office) – no visa sposorship. | Founding Forward Deployed Engineers |"""
USER: MeaningfulAI
2026-07-06
SHORT SUMMARY: Ask HN: Do you guys struggle with finding a right
TYPE: ask hn
ON: Ask HN: Do you guys struggle with finding a right person for your FDE role?
QUOTE: """you guys struggle with finding a right person for your FDE role?"""
USER: getelementbyiq
2026-07-06
SHORT SUMMARY: Palantir's software stack is not really that complex, and their
TYPE: comment
ON: Al Vigier: Canada's AI strategy shouldn't include secret Palantir bills
QUOTE: """Palantir's software stack is not really that complex, and their FDE workforce is famously… undereducated. Canada should be able to pull"""
USER: bigyabai
2026-07-03
SHORT SUMMARY: The bigger story here is that the AI agents were
TYPE: comment
ON: Zuckerberg 'Admits' Meta's Layoffs Were Ineffective
QUOTE: """The bigger story here is that the AI agents were not effective. This is a huge admission and explains why"""
USER: bwfan123
2026-07-03
SHORT SUMMARY: > fact that the mechanism is clearly weaponized for marketing
TYPE: comment
ON: Please stop the AI confidence theater
QUOTE: “””fact that the mechanism is clearly weaponized for marketing There is a lot of dumb money chasing the AI…we see Anthropic, OpenAI, and Microsoft creating giant teams of FDEs (forward deployed engineers)”””
USER: bwfan123
2026-07-03
SHORT SUMMARY: Confido | Forward Deployed Engineer | $200-270k BASE | ON-SITE
TYPE: ask hn
ON: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2026)
QUOTE: """Confido | Forward Deployed Engineer | $200-270k BASE | ON-SITE (NYC, Chelsea) | Full-time We manage over $3B for CPG"""
USER: maddie-confido
2026-07-03
SHORT SUMMARY: It depends but generally its a marketing focused role with
TYPE: comment
ON: Goodebye Forever Probably: Why I’m leaving developer relations
QUOTE: """It depends but generally its a marketing focused role with an inherent sales pitch – helping you to solve problems"""
USER: hilariously
2026-07-03
SHORT SUMMARY: Kinxshn | Forward Deployed Engineer – backend – python |
TYPE: ask hn
ON: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2026)
QUOTE: """Kinxshn | Forward Deployed Engineer – backend – python | REMOTE (Europe) | Full time | Funded We build AI"""
USER: brunorb8
2026-07-03
SHORT SUMMARY: obviously the dystopian future megacorps will acquire smaller corps through
TYPE: comment
ON: Amazon launches new $1B FDE org, following OpenAI and Anthropic
QUOTE: """obviously the dystopian future megacorps will acquire smaller corps through viral dependency, first embedding their eggsacs inside, then using the"""
USER: cyanydeez
2026-07-02
SHORT SUMMARY: Amazon launches new $1B FDE org, following OpenAI and Anthropic
TYPE: story
ON: Amazon launches new $1B FDE org, following OpenAI and Anthropic
QUOTE: """Amazon launches new $1B FDE org, following OpenAI and Anthropic https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/amazon-launches-new-1-billion-fde-org-following-openai-and-anthropic/"""
USER: mgh2
2026-07-02
SHORT SUMMARY: Yes I understand all that. I don't have secure boot,
TYPE: comment
ON: Since Linux 6.9, LUKS suspend stopped wiping disk-encryption keys from memory
QUOTE: """the case of an unattended sleeping computer using Linux with FDE enabled and the screen locked , it's not. I'm not"""
USER: bluebarbet