Free · 75-minute live workshop on Zoom
Can you pass the FDE decomposition round?
Forward Deployed Engineer interviews often include a decomposition round: an ambiguous enterprise problem you break down live. In this free workshop we work one together, from the first clarifying question to the eval plan.
What a Forward Deployed Engineer does
FDEs take ambiguous customer problems, scope them, prototype fast, prove them with evals and ship inside the customer's systems. Companies like OpenAI, Anthropic and Palantir hire for this role, and the interviews often include a decomposition round on an ambiguous enterprise problem. That round is what this workshop practises.
Who it's for
Working software engineers
You build and ship code and want to move closer to customers and applied AI.
QA and automation engineers
You already think in test cases and failure modes, which is the heart of evals.
Data and ML people
You know models and data, and want to turn that into AI systems customers rely on.
What happens in the 75 minutes
All live. One brief, worked end to end.
- 1
An ambiguous enterprise AI brief
We start the way the decomposition round does: a vague request from a customer.
- 2
Clarifying questions
Which questions to ask first: users, workflow, data, constraints and what 'done' means.
- 3
Scope a pilot with a success metric
Cut the problem down to a pilot you could ship, with a metric that proves it worked.
- 4
Sketch the architecture
Retrieval, tools, model calls, guardrails, and how it fits into the customer's systems.
- 5
Prove it with evals
Design the eval set and checks you'd use to show the pilot works and keeps working.
What you leave with
- A step-by-step decomposition framework you can use in interviews and on the job
- A one-page checklist: clarifying questions, scope, success metric, architecture, evals
- A worked example of an enterprise AI brief, broken down live
- A clear picture of what the FDE role asks of you
Taught by Ankit
Senior Software Architect with 22+ years in software development, QA, automation and DevOps. He has designed Python-based automation frameworks and trains working professionals to build real AI systems.
The 6-week FDE cohort
$999A live 6-week cohort that goes deeper: taking ambiguous customer problems from scoping to a working prototype, proving it with evals, and practising the interview rounds. Join the waitlist to hear first when dates are set.
FAQ
Is the workshop free?▾
Yes. The workshop is free.
Will there be a recording?▾
No. It's live only, so join on the day.
Are there prerequisites?▾
Some Python is helpful. You don't need to have worked as an FDE.
How long is it and where is it held?▾
75 minutes, live on Zoom.
When is the next session?▾
The date will be announced soon. Message Sachin on WhatsApp to reserve your spot and you'll get the date as soon as it's set.
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