NYC Tech Talk + Rooftop Happy Hour: Applying the "Forward Deployed Engineering" Model to American Healthcare
FDE at Candid Health: Delivering outcomes to world-class healthcare providers with best-in-class AI and product infrastructure.
What is Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE), and why is it vital to fixing America's healthcare billing crisis? Join Candid Health’s Head of Forward Engineering and other members of our team for an evening of technical deep-dives, real-world engineering storytimes, interactive fireside chats, and drinks.
At Candid Health, our mission is to eliminate the administrative waste and complexity of medical billing, ensuring that healthcare providers can focus on what matters most: patient care. But scaling a modern revenue cycle management platform requires more than traditional software engineering. It demands a specialized force that can operate directly at the intersection of complex customer architecture, cutting-edge AI tools and models, and our core product. Enter Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE).
Whether you’re an engineer curious about what the FDE path looks like, a technical leader scaling hybrid engineering teams, or simply looking to network with a world-class tech team over a drink, this event is for you.
What We’ll Cover:
The Blueprint: What exactly is an FDE at Candid Health, why does the function exist, and where is it heading?
The Problems We Solve: A look at how FDEs untangle messy problems and requirements, build Agents and systems, to turn healthcare chaos into elegant automation.
Real-world Storytimes: First-hand accounts from our team on the front lines—including the unexpected technical hurdles they’ve solved and the wins that keep them going.
Agenda:
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM: Check-in, Grab a Drink & Mingle
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM: Keynote: The Evolution of FDE at Candid
Presented by our Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
7:00 PM – 7:30 PM: FDE Storytime & Fireside Chats
Real stories from the front lines of healthcare tech, featuring members of the FDE team.
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM: Rooftop Happy Hour & Networking
Stick around for drinks, bites, and candid conversations with the team.