Forward Deployed Engineers,
Without the Six-Month Search.
Senior AI systems engineers embedded in your company, full-time or fractionally. They own discovery, system design, build, production rollout and adoption. Unlike consultants, they do not stop at recommendations. Unlike architects, they stay through implementation.
What an FDE's Week Actually Looks Like
Discovery with operations lead. What breaks, where, and why. Root cause mapped.
Working proof of concept on live production data, not sample files.
Security and compliance review with IT. Data flows and enclave boundaries documented.
Production integration directly into CRM, ERP, and internal ticketing tools.
Adoption session with the frontline team. Evals updated with the week's edge cases.
Not a Consultant. Not a Solutions Engineer. Not a Generic Contractor.
| CAPABILITY | Consultant | Solutions Eng | Contractor | Kodense FDE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owns Discovery | Yes | Partly | No | Yes |
| Writes Production Code | Rarely | No | Yes | Yes |
| Deploys into Your Environment | No | Demo only | Sometimes | Yes |
| Accountable for Adoption & Metric | No | No | No | Yes |
| Stays After Go-Live | No | No | If paid | Yes, by design |
| Cross-Industry Deployment Patterns | Sometimes | Product-specific | No | Yes |
Deploy senior AI engineers in your repositories next week.
Fixed 30-to-60 day engagements. We join your Slack, clone your repos, build your agents, and remain accountable until the target P&L metric is moving.