Interview KickstartAbout FDE INDIA
Forward Deployed Engineering careers in India.
Forward Deployed Engineering is one of the fastest-growing engineering roles, and the Indian market for it is moving quickly — across AI startups, global capability centres, consulting firms and IT services. FDE INDIA exists to give Indian engineers a clear, current and honest picture of that market.
What we publish
- FDE Pulse (Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday): who is hiring, layoffs vs FDE hiring, salary moves and trend shifts.
- Guides: what an FDE does, the skills that matter, company-wise KRAs, experience expectations and adjacent roles.
- The FDE Alignment Checker: an AI review of your resume against what Indian employers ask for, powered by Interview Kickstart.
How we work
Posts are researched with AI-assisted web search and reviewed by our team before they go live. Every hiring figure links to its source. Where sources disagree we say so, and we only claim one thing caused another when a source says it did.
Who we are
FDE INDIA — AI Enthusiast · Program Manager. Tracking Forward Deployed Engineering hiring across India and turning it into practical, source-backed career guidance.
FDE INDIA is run in partnership with Interview Kickstart, which powers the Alignment Checker and offers career guidance to readers who ask for it.
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