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Frontier Nights: From Software Engineer to Forward Deployed Engineer

OCT14
19:00 · Europe / London

About this event

The Frontier Nights event series is kicking off with an evening of food, drinks and conversations about one of the most interesting career moves in tech: Software Engineer to Forward Deployed Engineer.
Plenty of people are talking about the Forward Deployed Engineer role, but what is actually like? How is it different to being a Software Engineer? What does it take to make the move from building software to deploying with customers, solving complex problems alongside the business?
There’s no better way to understand it better than hearing from the people who’ve been on both sides!
On the panel, we will be joined by:
Debby Wehner - Forward Deployed AI Engineer @ AWS
Francis Webb - Forward Deployed Software Engineer @ Ministry of Justice
Josh Pattman - Forward Deployed Engineer @ SolveAI
Vishnu Chopra - Forward Deployed Engineer @ OpenAI
and moderated by Isy Lynch, Head of Forward Deployed Engineering @ SolveAI.
Learn about their journey to becoming an FDE, what’s surprised them about the role, and even what they miss about software engineering.
This event is for engineers who are curious about the FDE motion and want to hear the real, unfiltered version from people who’ve lived in both roles.
Agenda
19:00 Arrivals with food and drink flowing
19:30 Panel talk begins
20:15 Continue the conversation with drinks
21:30 Departures
About SolveAI
Most enterprise problems never get solved in software, because the person who understands the problem and the person who can build the fix are never the same person. SolveAI closes that gap.
Our platform lets the people closest to the problem build real, production-grade software by describing what they need in plain English.
Backed by GV and Accel, built by an ex-Palantir team, and already live with enterprise customers.

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