The Dirty Secret of Forward Deployed Engineering
Conference Context
- Date/time: 2026-06-29 · 1:30pm-1:50pm
- Track/room: Forward Deployed Engineering · Track 8
- Speaker(s): Natalie Meurer
- Session type/status: session · confirmed
- Track: Forward Deployed Engineering
- Room: Track 8
- Session type: session
- Status: confirmed
Session Description
Since its origins at Palantir, the term "Forward Deployed Engineer" has described wildly different jobs, yet today it's one of the fastest-growing roles in AI. What happened? And what does that reveal about the future of engineering? Join Nat Meurer, Head of Agent Engineering at Sierra, for a historical tour of one of tech's most misunderstood roles, and why its biggest contradiction may explain where the industry is headed next.
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The Dirty Secret of Forward Deployed Engineering ## Conference Context - Date/time: 2026-06-29 · 1:30pm-1:50pm - Track/room: Forward Deployed Engineering · Track 8 - Speaker(s): Natalie Meurer - Session type/status: session · confirmed - Track: Forward Deployed Engineering - Room: Track 8 - Session type: session - Status: confirmed ## Session Description Since its origins at Palantir, the term "Forward Deployed Engineer" has described wildly different jobs, yet today it's one of the fastest-growing roles in AI. What happened? And what does that reveal about the future of engineering? Join Nat Meurer, Head of Agent Engineering at Sierra, for a historical tour of one of tech's most misunderstood roles, and why its biggest contradiction may explain where the industry is headed next.
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