1.forward deployed engineer
Aka FDE. An individual who helps an org get the most out of AI capabilities by rapidly converting discovered intelligence patterns into software. For AI tools, they identify where that org uses intelligence and delivers on the AI promise.
An FDE
(1) audits to see how to rebuild from the ground up around a particular product or AI;
(2) sets up evaluations to make sure the automation/AI-use will be at least as good as humans; and
(3) deploy that so the systems are real and stay good.
To do this, the FDE is at the intersection of communication, intelligence, product, engineering, and AI. They effectively apply diplomatic pragmatism, effectively selling what they are doing based on their ability to scrutinize and quickly identify, create, deliver, and articulate the value they deliver.
An FDE
(1) audits to see how to rebuild from the ground up around a particular product or AI;
(2) sets up evaluations to make sure the automation/AI-use will be at least as good as humans; and
(3) deploy that so the systems are real and stay good.
To do this, the FDE is at the intersection of communication, intelligence, product, engineering, and AI. They effectively apply diplomatic pragmatism, effectively selling what they are doing based on their ability to scrutinize and quickly identify, create, deliver, and articulate the value they deliver.
That forward deployed engineer (FDE) does what might have taken a team of 2-5 in the past. But at a fraction of what such a team would cost today. Which would be hard to do efficiently with a team much larger than that. With a solution that would have been impossible a few years ago. I guess that's why we brought them in.