FDE & Applied AI Engineers
5.0 · 8 reviews
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74 members
$79/month
Break into Applied AI and Forward Deployed Engineering Roles
💼 FDE at Notion | Ex-Google, ex-Bloomberg SWE
📕Author of The Forward Deployed Engineer (O'Reilly)
🤝Partnered with LinkedIn
🎤Sat in 30+ AI Interviews
⏳ 7 spots left @ $79. Price rises after.
I left Google, spent a year figuring out the role everyone is racing to hire for, and documented the real work from inside. No theory, no hype, just what ships and gets people hired
What you get:
🎯 Recruiter intros to companies like Cursor, Palantir, Decagon & more. No resume screen.
🏗️ 7 modules: RAG, MCP, agents, evals
💻 9 Python files + 3 GitHub repos
📓 Weekly journal from my FDE work
📞 1:1 Weekly Q&A + async peer network
For you if:
✅ Starting fresh and ready to put in the work
✅ You can write code and work with APIs or are willing to get there fast
✅ Pivoting from SWE, TPM, PM, or consulting
Extras:
💎 Career Expert Sessions
💎 Guest Q&As
Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic are hiring FDEs now
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5.0 · 8 reviews
Alejandro moro FERNANDEZ
I joined not many weeks ago and having a great time engaging with Paden and the rest of the community. Feels really great having some light thrown at these new roles created by the AI boom as sometimes the requirements are quite loose or obscure and Paden does a good job at sharing practical tips on how to tackle them
17d ago · Still a paying member after 1 month
Gabriel Majivu
I recently joined this community and it was a great decision. I have already got some practical approaches on building knowledge in Applied AI and FDE space to complement my SWE background. Paden has lots of great industry relevant feedback and the community is also vibrant and supportive as we all learn together. I look forward to spending more time here as I continue to learn and build.
19d ago · Still a paying member after 1 month
Wilfried T
A practical and relevant community for anyone interested in Applied AI and FDE. Paden shares practical, industry-relevant guidance, and the discussions are very actionable. A useful space for learning and staying close to what companies are actually looking for.
20d ago · Was a paying member for 4 months
Carson Barnes
Paden is incredibly helpful and making obvious efforts to do everything possible in making this community beneficial for it's members. There are plenty of great folks here. I am quite confident being a part of this community will help in future pursuits. Especially when it comes to being well prepared and educated.
20d ago · Still a paying member after 4 months
Michael Gee
I rarely give 5 stars to anything unless I believe in it. I genuinely think his roadmap is very well thought out and his clarity in what he does as an FDE has given me a lot more guidance in how to become an FDE. He also shouted me out on LinkedIn just because I had randomly been posting about some of the discoveries I found. He also gave me a roadmap in keeping me accountable in setting my goals and messages me pretty frequently just to keep up with my progress.
26d ago · Still a paying member after 2 months
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