Forward Deployed Engineering vs IT Staff Augmentation: What 133 Companies Told GoodFirms
GoodFirms surveyed 133 AI and software companies in 2026 on forward deployed engineering. I contributed to the research. Here is what the data says about accountability, pricing, hiring — and why AI is expanding the FDE role rather than replacing it.
- Category: AI & Technology
- Published 2026-08-10 · 2 min read
- Topics: Forward Deployed Engineering, Staff Augmentation, Enterprise AI, GoodFirms Research
- The model buyers are actually asking for GoodFirms surveyed 133 AI and software companies — pre-seed startups through public enterprises — for its 2026 research on Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) versus IT staff augmentation. I contributed to that research as Director of Sales & Business Development at ORTEM…