FDE-001-A · Capability assessment · v1.0

Forward-Deployed Engineer self-assessment

Seventy skills across seven branches, mapped to six proficiency levels. Check what you can do competently in a deployed context - not what you've read about. Results stay in this browser.

Skills70 Branches7 LevelsLV0 → LV5 Time~5 min

That's the assessment.

Your current standing is on the left. Coverage is balanced when no branch trails by more than ~20%.

References

  1. Job postings for this tech role have grown more than 700% in the last year - Business Insider, 2026.
  2. An OpenAI exec explains how his growing team helps companies move from AI hype to adoption - Business Insider, Nov 2025.
  3. The new hot job in AI: forward-deployed engineers - Financial Times, 2025.
  4. The Palantir job that grows startup founders - Business Insider, Jun 2025.
  5. Anthropic and OpenAI are following Palantir's playbook - MarketWatch, 2025.
  6. The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025 - MIT Project NANDA, Jul 2025.