Small Teams, Big Enterprise: Inside Forward-Deployed Engineering
How can small engineering teams make a meaningful impact inside large enterprises? Forward-deployed engineering brings together technical delivery, product judgment, and business understanding—but making it work takes more than writing code.
Join us for a small-group conversation with technology leaders about AI, engineering, and the evolving role of FDE. Tingxi - founder at sixonefour labs - will facilitate the discussion, inviting participants to share experiences, compare approaches, and explore what works in practice.
Together, we’ll discuss how teams navigate organizational complexity, identify problems worth solving, and turn technical capabilities into business outcomes. We’ll also explore how FDE teams collaborate with existing engineering and operations teams, and the skills engineers need to take ownership beyond delivery.
Bring your questions, experiences, and challenges. This is an opportunity to learn from peers and contribute your own perspective.
What we’ll explore
For engineers:
What FDE work looks like and how it differs from other engineering roles
How to work more effectively with users, business owners, and operations teams
The product judgment and communication skills needed to own outcomes
For technology leaders and business owners:
Where a small FDE team can add value alongside existing teams
How to choose the first problems and define meaningful success
Lessons from introducing AI into real engineering and business workflows
Format
An in-person, facilitated discussion with technology leaders, with space for shared experiences, questions, and practical takeaways.
About sixonefour labs
sixonefour labs trains engineers for roles like FDE, where writing code is only part of the job. Engineers learn to work with users and business owners, decide what is worth building, direct AI tools to build it, and own the outcome after it ships.