FDE Course · 4 Weeks · Online
Learn to be a forward deployed engineer.
Companies in every industry are now hiring FDEs. AI labs, software vendors, and businesses rolling out AI in their own operations all need engineers who can do this work.
A fully online course that helps software engineers build the skills they need to work as forward deployed engineers. Designed and taught by experts who have built and operated FDE teams.
Forward Deployed Engineering course
Monday, 16 November 2026
Mon & Wed, 7:00–9:00 PM (GMT+7)
Online
4 weeks · 8 live sessions
Regular price 8,000,000 VNDNow 2,000,000 VND
What a forward deployed engineer does
A forward deployed engineer (FDE) works on site with a customer instead of behind a ticket queue. They learn the customer's workflows in depth, build solutions with the people who will use them, and keep iterating until the solution works in production. The role combines product and engineering, and the best FDEs start from the result the customer wants and work back to the technology.
What you will learn in 4 weeks
The course is built on product engineering: working across business, product, user experience, and engineering instead of writing code in isolation. Across eight live online sessions, two hours each, you take a real business case from user research to a working prototype and a pitch, using AI tools for the build.
Sessions
Week 1
Introduction to FDE: AI orchestration and workflows
Learn how FDEs work, and set up AI coding agents and workflows so you can get from a problem to working software quickly.
Product and user validation
Read user research and product data together to find the root problem, then write it as a hypothesis you can test.
Week 2
Business viability
Learn how SaaS businesses make money, how to work out return on investment, and which metrics tie an engineering decision to revenue and cost.
Trade-offs and engineering feasibility
Estimate engineering capacity, decide between building and buying, and take on technical debt on purpose when speed to market matters more.
Week 3
Managing the customer feedback loop
Capture, sort, and act on customer feedback after launch so the product gets better with each round.
Storytelling, impact, and stakeholder negotiation
Structure a product story, write success as a measurable KPI, and negotiate scope and timelines with people who don't code.
Week 4
User flows and prototyping
Map the user journeys that matter and build a working prototype that shows the business value.
Testing and guardrails
Set up testing, guardrails, and monitoring that keep a deployed system, AI features especially, safe and accurate in production.
What you'll gain
Turn user data into hypotheses
Find the real friction in product and user data, and turn it into a hypothesis you can test.
Defend trade-offs in business terms
Justify choices like build vs. buy with cost and customer value, not only technical merit.
Communicate across tech and business
Turn technical work into a clear business case that stakeholders will back.
Steer by business metrics
Set KPIs, measure the impact of what you ship, and use the data to guide the roadmap.
Who teaches it
Designed by tech leaders who have set up and operated FDE teams. Taught by industry experts across product, engineering, and business communication.
Ken Tuan
Product Instructor
Phuc Nguyen
Engineering Instructor
Lam Phan
Engineering Instructor
Xuan Nguyen
Communication Instructor
Who it's for
The course is for software engineers who want to move into FDE work. You can already build software, and you want a say in what gets built. You will learn to find the real problem with the people who have it, and to make the case for your work in business terms.
Why join
- More career options. FDE roles are in demand, and the final showcase puts your project in front of business stakeholders and potential employers.
- A wider skill set. Add product strategy, user research, and business viability to your technical base.
- Skills for the AI era. Learn to direct AI workflows, along with the work AI doesn't do for you: strategic thinking, customer validation, and stakeholder negotiation.
What our students say
Instead of rushing to build a demo, we spent four weeks validating the problem, speaking with users, and refining our product hypothesis with guidance from experienced mentors. The programme taught me to care less about impressive technology and more about whether the product solves a real problem.
It basically forced me into shipping and thinking about the product: the business plan, scoping out the features and actually shipping it, and answering the hard questions.
Every roundtable offered meaningful and practical insights that helped me develop a stronger business mindset, build a clear presentation framework, and improve my presentation skills.
The use case the sixonefour labs' team prepared was very good, practical, and well prepared. It gave us a chance to learn to spot the right problem to solve.
Fee and dates
The course is offered at a highly subsidized rate of 2,000,000 VND per learner, which covers all eight live sessions, the weekly assignments, and a place at the final showcase. Classes run every Monday and Wednesday from 7pm to 9pm (GMT+7), starting 16 November 2026.
- Fee (subsidized)
Regular price 8,000,000 VNDNow 2,000,000 VND- Starts
- 16 November 2026
- Duration
- 4 weeks
- Schedule
- Monday & Wednesday, 7-9pm (GMT+7)
- Format
- 8 live online sessions, 2 hours each
- Showcase
- Online, date to be confirmed