Forward deployed engineer recruiting
The engineer you send to your biggest customer.
Profiles to review in 24 hours, first meetings in 14 days. 15% of first-year base, only if you hire.
“Forward deployed” covers four different engineers. First, we map yours.
Two classes describe what they own once they're on site. Two describe the road that got them there. The good ones carry a second class.
Integrator
Do they own getting your product wired into the customer?
Data pipelines, APIs, auth and SSO, legacy systems and on-prem installs. The work between “signed” and “live”.
Applied AI
Do they own the thing the customer actually uses?
Agents, workflows and custom apps built on your platform for one customer, plus the evals that prove they work.
Builder
Did they ship product before they shipped for a customer?
Came from software engineering: founding engineer, product engineer, platform. Writes production code first and travels second.
Consultant
Did they sit across from customers before they built for them?
Came from solutions or sales engineering, technical consulting or implementation. Knows how to run a room and a rollout.
How a search runs
Of first-year base. Paid once they've started with you.
No retainer, no deposit. Search firms usually charge 20% or more; the map has done most of the work before your search starts. And if they leave in the first 90 days, we search again at no fee.