Forward deployed engineering

Intelligence is abundant. Integration is scarce.

Practical field tools for software engineers moving into forward deployed engineering—built to turn ambiguous customer problems into evidence, decisions, and working systems.

Field tools

Two free, browser-based exercises from From Software Engineer to Forward Deployed Engineer.

Tool 01

The FDE Readiness Diagnostic

Score your evidence across six weighted dimensions and identify the next gap worth closing.

Open diagnostic → Tool 02

The Ambiguous Case Practice Room

Practice structuring an unclear customer problem under time pressure, then check your reasoning against the rubric.

Start practice →