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https://www.insightpartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/blog-hero-—-onsite-scaled.jpg25601440Many leaders we talk to want a forward deployed engineering (FDE) team, yet far fewer know how to build one. The role sits at the intersection of software engineering, product, and consulting, and the people who do it well are scarce, expensive, and hard to interview for. Our first installment in this series explained what […]