Forward Deployed Engineer

What It Is

Work as an independent "forward deployed engineer" (FDE), going on-site or remote with a business to deeply understand their actual workflows, then design and build the specific AI agents and automations that fit their exact processes, rather than selling a generic off-the-shelf AI tool.

The Pitch

Voss frames the opportunity around a shift in where AI's value lives: since every company now has access to roughly the same underlying AI models, the real edge is in how well that intelligence gets applied to a specific business's actual workflows, not the intelligence itself. He lays out a concrete 30-day roadmap to build the skill (build a working agent, harden it with guardrails and error handling, make it measurable, then rehearse pitching it) and a business model built around auditing a client's workflows first, sometimes for free to build trust, then charging for implementation, either a one-time fee or an ongoing monthly rate.

Who It’s Best For

Someone with real technical comfort who's also a strong communicator, since Voss frames the job as equal parts engineering and the consulting-style skill of extracting how a business actually works from the people doing it.

The Truth (as we see it)

Voss discloses he runs his own company (Verity Agents) doing this work for large enterprise clients, so the roadmap is shaped by what's worked at that scale, not necessarily a solo freelancer's exact experience. He's candid that this is genuinely technical, multi-week work, not a quick weekend project, and recommends doing the first few client audits for free specifically to de-risk trust before charging real money.

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