Forward Deployed Engineering
Engineers embedded in your operation
A forward deployed engineer works with your team, learns the real workflow, and implements software inside the systems you already run. Built for established companies, not as a substitute for a first product.
moblers has delivered software since 2007. Forward Deployed Engineering is how that experience sits inside a company that already has systems, a team, and a budget: one senior engineer, or a small pod, works beside your people until the software is in use.
Startups that need a first product still use moblers’ software development and MVP work. This page is for organizations that need an engineer in the operation, not a team that disappears after a handoff.
What the engineer does
Find the operational problem
The engagement starts with the people who do the work. The engineer maps the workflow, the systems already in place, and the gap that software can close.
Build in your environment
The software is implemented with your stack and your constraints: existing data, existing tools, and the way your team already ships.
Stay through improvement
After the first release, the same engineer keeps working with your team as the workflow changes. This is not a one-time handoff followed by a ticket queue.
Who it is for
Established companies with existing systems and a team that will work alongside the engineer. Typical situations: an internal workflow that off-the-shelf software does not fit, an AI use case that has to land inside current tools, or a product already in the market that needs a senior engineer next to the operators.
If you are founding a first product and do not yet have an engineering team, start with software development or an MVP. Those engagements are still available, and they are the better fit.
Three ways to start
Scope, seniority, and commercial terms are confirmed in a proposal. moblers does not publish a rate card for this offer.
Discovery sprint
A short engagement to identify the operational problem, the systems it touches, and a first working slice. You leave with a clear next step, whether that is an embedded engineer or a build with your own team.
Embedded engineer
One senior engineer working with your team: discovery, implementation inside your environment, integration with the systems you already run, and ongoing improvement.
Small pod
A forward deployed engineer plus the developers, QA, or architecture support the work needs. The pod stays small and stays with your team, rather than becoming a separate delivery organization.
How an engagement runs
- Discover the workflow with the people who run it, and name the problem worth building for.
- Plan the first slice, including where AI helps and where the existing system must stay in control.
- Build inside your environment and integrate with the systems already in use.
- Test with the operators who will use the software, not only with a staging checklist.
- Launch the slice into the real workflow.
- Evolve it with the same engineer as the operation changes.
Forward Deployed Engineering questions
Is Forward Deployed Engineering the same as staff augmentation?
No. Staff augmentation adds a developer to a backlog you already own. A forward deployed engineer starts from the operational problem, implements the software in your environment, and stays through improvement with your team.
Who is this offer for?
Established companies that already have systems, a team, and a budget for an embedded engineer or a small pod. Startups building a first product should use moblers’ software development and MVP services.
Does moblers publish prices for this offer?
No. A discovery sprint, an embedded engineer, and a small pod are the three shapes. Scope and commercial terms are confirmed in the proposal.
Does this replace moblers’ other services?
No. Mobile, web, AI, MVP, product, and QA work stay available. Forward Deployed Engineering is an additional way to work with companies that already operate a system.
Talk through the operation first
Describe the system and the team. We will tell you whether an embedded engineer, a discovery sprint, or a different moblers service is the right start.