--- title: Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Course | Get In Tech Toronto url: https://getintech.ca/course/forward-deployed-engineer description: Learn the job AI companies are hiring for: work beside a customer, scope their problem and ship a working AI solution in their environment. Live cohort. --- [All courses](https://getintech.ca/courses) Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) AI Intermediate New # Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Forward Deployed Engineers sit with a customer, find the problem worth solving and ship an AI solution inside the customer's own systems. It is one of the fastest growing roles at AI companies because it needs both engineering and customer skills. Over four weekends you work a realistic customer case from the first discovery call to a production handover. - Live cohort, online - 4 weekends, 8 live classes of 1.5 hours - Intermediate level - Certificate you can verify - Recordings included CA$399 plus tax Starts January 9, 2027 When Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00 to 11:30 AM ET Length 4 weekends, 8 live classes of 1.5 hours View the curriculum Share[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A//getintech.ca/course/forward-deployed-engineer)[X](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A//getintech.ca/course/forward-deployed-engineer&text=Forward%20Deployed%20Engineer%20%28FDE%29%20%7C%20Get%20In%20Tech)[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//getintech.ca/course/forward-deployed-engineer)[WhatsApp](https://wa.me/?text=Forward%20Deployed%20Engineer%20%28FDE%29%20%7C%20Get%20In%20Tech%20https%3A//getintech.ca/course/forward-deployed-engineer)[Email](mailto:?subject=Forward%20Deployed%20Engineer%20%28FDE%29%20%7C%20Get%20In%20Tech&body=https%3A//getintech.ca/course/forward-deployed-engineer) OutcomesCurriculumWho it is forScheduleMatching jobsFAQ ## What you will be able to do - Scope a customer problem and turn it into a buildable AI use case - Build a working prototype with LLMs, APIs and the customer's data - Evaluate, harden and hand it over to production - Run discovery calls and demos with technical and business people Hands on project Capstone: scope, build, evaluate and demo an AI assistant for a realistic customer case, with a handover document. ## Curriculum 8 modules, 24 topics 01 Class 1: The FDE role and the customer 3 topics - What FDEs do day to day and how teams hire for it - The life of a customer engagement, from first call to handover - Reading a customer's systems, data and constraints 02 Class 2: Discovery that finds the real problem 3 topics - Running a discovery call with technical and business people - Turning pain points into a scoped AI use case - Writing the one page problem statement and success measure 03 Class 3: Building blocks of an AI solution 3 topics - LLM APIs, prompts and structured output - Retrieval over the customer's documents and data - Tools, function calling and when an agent fits 04 Class 4: Prototype in the customer's environment 3 topics - Working with real data access, permissions and secrets - Building the first working slice in a day - Demo design: show value in ten minutes 05 Class 5: Evaluation before anyone trusts it 3 topics - Building a test set from real customer examples - Measuring quality, cost and speed - Fixing the failures that matter most 06 Class 6: Hardening for production 3 topics - Security reviews, data handling and audit logs - Monitoring, alerts and fallbacks - Handing over to the customer's engineering team 07 Class 7: Communication under pressure 3 topics - Status updates, scope changes and saying no - Escalations and difficult stakeholder moments - Writing the handover document 08 Class 8: Capstone demo and interview prep 3 topics - Present your capstone to a mock customer panel - FDE interview formats: case, coding and customer role play - Feedback and a plan for your next 30 days Tools you will use - Python - LLM APIs (Claude, OpenAI) - Vector search - MCP - Git and GitHub - Cloud notebooks ## Who this course is for - Software, data and solutions engineers who want a customer facing AI role - Consultants and technical account managers moving into AI delivery - Engineers preparing for FDE interviews at AI companies ## What to know first - Comfortable reading and writing Python or JavaScript - Basic use of APIs and the command line - No prior AI engineering experience needed ## Upcoming schedule Starts Saturday, January 9, 2027 Live sessions Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00 to 11:30 AM ET Format 4 weekends, 8 live classes of 1.5 hours CA$399 A certificate employers can check Every certificate has a code anyone can verify on getintech.ca. It also shows on your talent profile, so verified employers see it as a proven skill. Taught live by practitioners who do this work. [Meet the instructors](https://getintech.ca/instructors). ## Jobs that ask for these skills Real AI and tech jobs in Canada, from verified employers and employers' own careers pages. Open jobs in Canada [All forward deployed jobs](https://getintech.ca/jobs?q=forward%20deployed) [**Browse jobs that need Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) skills**Pay shown, apply on the employer's own site](https://getintech.ca/jobs?q=forward%20deployed) ## Questions about this course Do I need to be a senior engineer? No. You need to be comfortable with code and APIs. The course focuses on how to work with a customer and ship, which most engineers have never been taught. Will this help with FDE interviews? Yes. The last class covers the common interview formats, and your capstone gives you a real story to tell. Is the class live or recorded? Live, on a video call in Eastern time, with time for your questions. Every session is also recorded, and you keep the recordings for 30 days. Do I get a certificate? Yes. Finish the class and its exercises and you get a Get In Tech certificate with a code employers can check online. Can my employer pay? Yes. We invoice companies directly, and for three or more people from one team we can run a private session. Are prices in Canadian dollars? Yes. Prices are in CAD before tax. Sales tax is added at checkout based on your billing address. Can I get a refund? All sales are final, with no refunds. The one exception: if a PMP or BA cohort does not reach 10 students, you can move to the next cohort or get a full refund. ## Related courses [AI · Intermediate Agentic AI: Build and Run AI Agents Starts January 19 · CA$99](https://getintech.ca/course/agentic-ai)[AI · Intermediate Claude Code for Builders Starts January 25 · CA$99](https://getintech.ca/course/claude-code)[AI · Beginner Prompt Engineering Starts January 16 · CA$99](https://getintech.ca/course/prompt-engineering)