Why This Course, Why Now
Forward Deployed Engineers sit at the intersection of software engineering, applied AI, and customer delivery — and demand is outpacing supply by a wide margin.
~730% YoY Job Posting Growth
FDE job postings have grown roughly 730% year over year, even as broader software hiring has slowed.
$150K–$195K+ Typical Base Salary
US base salary range for FDE roles, with total comp running well beyond that at leading AI companies.
Palantir · OpenAI · AWS
Major players — from AI labs to enterprise giants like Amazon and Microsoft — are standing up dedicated FDE teams.
"Hottest Role in Tech"
Widely described as one of the hardest roles to hire for — and one of the best times to learn it.
Figures reflect 2026 market data compiled from Indeed, Glassdoor, ZipRecruiter, and industry hiring reports. Actual compensation varies by company, location, and experience — figures are estimates, not guarantees.
What You'll Learn
This is a build-focused FDE program that takes you from AI fundamentals to production deployment. By the end you'll be comfortable with:
- AI, ML & GenAI Foundations — the core building blocks of modern AI systems
- Prompt Engineering — structure, few-shot techniques, and output quality
- Data, RAG & Retrieval Systems — vectorization, embeddings and retrieval architecture
- Model Selection & Fine-Tuning — choosing and adapting the right LLM, including PEFT and RLHF
- Agentic AI — how AI agents reason, act and coordinate using LangGraph and CrewAI
- AI Security & Adversarial Resilience — prompt injection, red teaming and mitigation
Who This Course Is For
Built for technical professionals ready to move into one of the highest-paid, fastest-growing roles in AI.
QA Engineers & SDETs
Build on your existing QA and automation experience and move into applied AI, RAG, agentic systems and enterprise AI deployment.
Software Engineers & Developers
Engineers who want to specialize in the applied, customer-facing AI skills that FDE roles demand.
Career Transitioners
Technology professionals building practical, production-grade AI skills and a certificate to back them up.
Training Format
- Live, instructor-led sessions
- Hands-on activities every module
- Practitioner-built curriculum from real production AI work
- Certificate of completion
Course Curriculum
Week 1: Foundations of AI, ML & GenAI
Week 1- AI vs. Machine Learning vs. GenAI
- ML & RAG pipeline concepts
- Core building blocks of modern AI systems
Week 2: Prompt Engineering, Bias & Output Quality
Week 2- Prompt structure, types & few-shot techniques
- Bias and hallucination in model outputs
- Evaluating and improving inference quality
Week 3: Data, RAG & Retrieval Systems
Week 3- Vectorization & embeddings
- RAG architecture & retrieval techniques
- Data pipelines and annotation
Week 4: Model Selection & Fine-Tuning
Week 4- Choosing the right LLM for the job
- Fine-tuning techniques & PEFT
- RLHF and training at scale
Week 5: Agentic AI — Concepts, Capabilities & Architectures
Week 5- How AI agents reason and act
- Core agent capabilities & autonomy
- LangGraph, CrewAI & multi-agent systems
Week 6: AI Security & Adversarial Resilience
Week 6- Enterprise AI & LLM security
- Prompt injection & adversarial attacks
- Red teaming & mitigation strategies
Program at a Glance
- 6 Weeks — Structured program
- 16 Modules — End-to-end coverage, AI fundamentals to deployment
- Certificate — Awarded upon completion
- Practitioner-Built — Curriculum built from real production AI experience
Tools & Frameworks Used Throughout the Course
Agentic AI Frameworks
Retrieval & Data
Model Development
AI Security
Live FDE Training in Dallas–Fort Worth
QAGURU99 delivers this Forward Deployed Engineer program live and instructor-led from our training location at 860 Hebron Parkway, Suite 701, Lewisville, TX 75057 — serving working professionals across the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, with live online access available. Whether you're in Lewisville, Carrollton, Plano, Frisco, Irving, Richardson, Denton or Dallas, you can join a live cohort and build real, production-ready AI skills with hands-on guidance.
Frequently Asked Questions
A Forward Deployed Engineer sits at the intersection of software engineering, applied AI, and customer delivery — building and deploying production AI systems directly with clients. It's one of the fastest-growing, highest-paid roles in tech today.
No prior AI/ML experience is required. The course starts with AI, ML and Generative AI foundations before moving into prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning, agentic AI and security.
You'll cover 16 modules across 6 weeks: AI/ML/GenAI foundations, prompt engineering and output quality, data/RAG/retrieval systems, model selection and fine-tuning, agentic AI architectures, and AI security and adversarial resilience.
Classes are live and instructor-led, delivered over a structured 6-week program with hands-on work throughout.
Yes — you'll receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the 6-week program.
QAGURU99 is based at 860 Hebron Parkway, Suite 701, Lewisville, TX 75057, and serves working professionals across the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, with live classes available online.
The curriculum is built by practitioners who ship production AI systems for real clients — not theory-only instruction.