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Forward deployed AI engineer

I join your team, in your Slack and your repo, find the work worth automating, ship it, and stay on call once it's live.

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The short answer

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A forward deployed engineer works inside your team instead of building from a distance. I join your Slack, your repo and your standups, find the work worth automating, build it into your real systems and stay on call after launch. It's quoted per month, and the first two weeks show you whether it's working.

Typical budget
Quoted after a call
Timeline
Monthly, from a 2 week start
How it's quoted
Quoted per month after a short call. Part time or full time, on your hours.

I don't send a deck. I join your standup.

Most AI projects don't fail because of the model. They fail in the gap between the people who know the work and the people writing the code. A forward deployed engineer closes that gap by sitting on both sides of it.

So I work as part of your team. I join your Slack and your standups, watch how the work is done today, pick the part worth automating, build it into your real systems and stay on call once it's live. Agents, chatbots, MCP servers, security fixes: whatever the job needs, one person answers for all of it.

A good fit if

What you get

How a project runs

  1. Weeks 1 to 2

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    I join your tools and sit with the people who do the work. By the end of week two you get a short plan.

  2. Month 1 onwards

    Ship

    The first workflow goes into production in slices, with a person reviewing until the logs say it's safe.

  3. Ongoing

    Widen

    The next workflow, the next team. Each one measured against how it was done before.

  4. Ongoing

    Stay on call

    Live systems break. I'm there for the debugging, the model upgrades and the integration nobody documented.

All of it is under NDA. The private ledger lists it by role, stack and size. See the ledger

Questions people ask

What is a forward deployed engineer?

An engineer who works inside the client's team instead of building from a distance. The title comes from Palantir, which sent engineers to sit with its customers. The job is part engineering, part finding out what the business actually needs.

How is it different from hiring a freelancer for a project?

A project freelancer builds what's in the spec and moves on. A forward deployed engineer helps write the spec, builds it, and stays accountable once it's live, including the messy weeks after launch.

Do you work on our hours?

Yes. I'm in Surat, India, and I move my day to overlap with yours, from US mornings to Australian evenings.

Full time or part time?

Either. Some teams have me most of the week, others a few days. We agree it up front and adjust as the work changes.

Is this only for AI work?

Mostly, but not only. The same setup covers security fixes, upgrades and the product around the AI. Whatever is in the way of it running in production.

How much does a forward deployed engineer cost?

It's quoted per month after a short call, based on how much of the week you need. Monthly, from a 2 week start.

What do you need from us to start?

One person who owns the problem, access to the tools the work touches, and a channel in your Slack or whatever your team uses.

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Tell me what you're trying to fix.

I read every message myself and usually reply the same day. A rough idea is enough to start.

Or send a short brief

Hours

Your hours work for me.

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    Me

I keep flexible hours and move my day to overlap with yours, whether that's a morning standup in New York or a late release in Sydney.