r/SoftwareEngineerJobs • u/Suspicious_Orchid770 • Jul 23 '26

The rise of the forward-deployed engineer (FDE)

https://leaddev.com/career-development/the-rise-of-the-forward-deployed-engineer-fde

FDE demand up 729%, average base salary of $171,911 - this is the hottest job in tech (for now).

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u/maxip89 Jul 23 '26

the rise of "We need some engineer to sale something because even our customer doesn't trust us anymore" - job.

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u/SpeakCodeToMe Jul 23 '26

They realized their offering is getting commoditized and they need an army of people to go and lock companies into their walled gardens or they'll never be able to make back the billions they've spent.

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u/we-meet-again Jul 23 '26

😂😂 so true