FDE Path
Forward Deployed Engineer — career training path
26 lessons
Curriculum
Module 1 · Customer Engineering Documentation
- Documenting the business you’re about to change14 min
- Process capture in practice35 min
Module 2 · AI Data Journeys & Lineage
- From business process to AI data journey16 min
- Map data lineage from day one38 min
Module 3 · PRD, Design & Test Specs
- Blueprints that start from business value15 min
- Stage 1 knowledge check5 min
Module 4 · Scalability, Security & Compliance
- Enterprise audits are the real bar16 min
- Harden a service for audit40 min
Module 5 · The Complex AI Stack
- Ontologies, knowledge graphs & vector stores18 min
- Stand up the knowledge layer45 min
- Tour the FDE toolbox12 min
Module 6 · Context Management & Memory
- Context and memory engineering14 min
Module 7 · Fit-K8s-Anywhere & Private Endpoints
- Ship onto Kubernetes and private endpoints42 min
- Stage 2 knowledge check5 min
Module 8 · Success Criteria Alignment
- Define strict success criteria for agents15 min
- Write the success-criteria contract32 min
Module 9 · Continuous Delta-Based Evaluation
- The delta-based evaluation framework17 min
- Build a delta-eval harness44 min
Module 10 · Reliability Engineering & Observability
- AI-native observability from the ground up14 min
- Stage 3 knowledge check5 min
Module 11 · Beyond Lift-and-Shift
- Why rebuilt legacy workflows fail for AI14 min
- Redesign a workflow AI-native38 min
Module 12 · Change Management & Workflow Re-design
- Intentional change management15 min
Module 13 · User Training & Ecosystem Orientation
- Deep user training & ecosystem orientation13 min
- Stage 4 knowledge check5 min
Module 14 · Capstone Brief
- Capstone brief: carry a problem through all four stagesSelf-paced