58% Of Engineers Are Interested In Transitioning To Fde Roles As Employers Look To Production Deployment And Customer Engagement Skills; India’S Fde Opportunity Report By Scaler & CMR
Based on insights from 1,000 engineers and 200 enterprise decision-makers, the report explores the opportunities presented by the emerging role of Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) and its outlook by 2030.
Gurugram, October 23, 2026: For most of the industry’s history, an engineer’s focus was writing code. That is changing fast. As enterprises build AI into everyday operations, they increasingly need engineers who can sit with the customer, understand what the business needs, and take an AI solution from idea to deployment. That is the work of a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), and it is rapidly becoming one of the most important and coveted roles in India. FDEs help bridge the gap between AI innovation and real-world outcomes, which puts India’s engineering workforce in a strong position to lead the AI transition. ‘India’s FDE Opportunity report’ – a study by Scaler, an AI-native technology education company, and Cyber Media Research...
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