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Forward Deployed
Forward Deployed

Learning Path

Forward Deployed Engineer

The full core: systems, design, delivery, stories and mock interviews.

For: Forward Deployed Engineer candidate. Mixed background, interview in two to eight weeks.

About 169 hours of required and recommended study · 39 required, 5 optional, 6 later

Ready When

  • Every required module completed: lessons read and confidence rated 3 or more.
  • Two full technical worksheets answered inside 45 minutes each.
  • Four timed mock interviews scored on the rubric, with no dimension below 3.
  • Eight to twelve stories in your story bank, each told aloud in under three minutes.

When to Skip

Any module you can explain without notes and rate 4 or more for confidence.

Modules, Track by Track

Work through the tracks in this order. Each module shows its flag on this path and your status.

Required
Study this module; the path assumes it.
Recommended
Study it if you have time; it strengthens the core.
Optional
Fill a gap only if you need it.
Later
Part of this path once it is written; it has no lessons yet.
Skip
Not part of this path.

  1. T0Orientation

  2. T1Engineering Foundations for AI

  3. T2LLM and Retrieval Fundamentals

  4. T3Agentic Systems

  5. T4Production AI Systems

  6. T5AI Systems Design

  7. T6Forward Deployed Engineering

  8. T7Communication and Behavioural

  9. Interview Practice and Revision

  10. T8Capstone and Portfolio

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