How it works

Stop hiring FDEs on a gut call.

A forward deployed engineer is two people in one: an engineer and a client manager. We test both, before anyone reaches your team.

Challenge-based vetting

We screen the engineering depth and the customer-facing polish.

Code quality rating

Scored on input handling, architecture, and error handling, not algorithm puzzles.

AI collaboration trace

We map how they worked with AI during the challenge, not just the final diff.

Roleplayed discovery calls

A recorded call tests whether they push back on bad requirements, under pressure.

Product walkthrough demos

A structured walkthrough of their solution, recorded before you ever meet them.

Background authenticity

Then we check it's real.

Git report card

Commit history traced for real, iterative work, not a single copy-paste dump.

LinkedIn authenticity check

Experience and network cross-checked against verifiable colleagues and history.

AI-synthesized resume summary

Reduced to stack, projects, and shipped outcomes, with the buzzwords cut.

What you review

All you do is review. We do the rest.

1
Shipped MVPs

The actual working prototype, delivered inside their sandbox.

2
Discovery calls

Recorded roleplay proving they can manage a client, not just write code.

3
Time-bound results

Pre-vetted hires, ready for client deployment on day one.

Talk it through

Or skip the shortlist and ask me directly.

Before you pick a time

Thirty minutes, and I'll keep it to these three.

  1. 1

    How you hire FDEs today

    10 min

    Your process, your last bad hire, the req that stayed open too long. I mostly listen.

  2. 2

    The vetting process, and where it's wrong

    10 min

    The challenge-based vetting on this site. Push back on it, that's the useful part.

  3. 3

    Whether this is worth anything to you

    10 min

    If a vetted pipeline isn't worth much to you, say so and we save the half hour.

What this isn't: a demo, a pitch, or a sales call. I'm working out whether this is worth building, so bring a real req if you have one.

Yash Raj Singhvi, FDE Pursuer

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