# Forward-Deployed Engineering (FDE) — Icalia Labs Blog

> Forward-deployed engineers: senior engineers who work inside the customer's team and ship against real production problems.

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# Forward-Deployed Engineering (FDE)

Forward-deployed engineers: senior engineers who work inside the customer's team and ship against real production problems.

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