THE PULSE: FORWARD-DEPLOYED ENGINEERING HEATS UP AGAIN

Summary from the TLDR Dev newsletter

Demand for Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) is growing at major firms, but while Google hires them internally, OpenAI and Anthropic are creating separate deployment entities, meaning those FDEs might not share in the AI labs' core upside. The role itself now acts more like a solutions architect, focused largely on integration and client management, which appeals strongly to new graduates but less so to experienced developers preferring product building over consulting work.