Certified Forward Deployed Engineer
ADaSci · 30-hour self-paced certification
COST US$164.99 · CHECKED 19 Oct 2026
View spec →Every FDE course, bootcamp & channel
One independent index of paid and free ways to learn the Forward Deployed Engineer role: programmes, university diplomas, fellowships, YouTube channels, podcasts, reading and job boards.
01 · FDE-specific courses
Courses that name the role
SELF-PACED · CERT
LIVE ONLINEishatrainingsolutions.org
FDE Master Programme
Isha Training Solutions · Builds practical AI applications
COST ₹9,900 (list ₹19,900) · CHECKED 19 Oct 2026
View spec →INSTRUCTOR-LEDacademy.xebia.com
FDE Level 1 – Foundation
Xebia Academy · Technical and consulting tracks
COST On request · CHECKED 19 Oct 2026
View spec →SELF-PACEDeducative.io
Forward Deployed Engineer
Educative · Interactive text-based course
COST Subscription · CHECKED 19 Oct 2026
View spec →SELF-PACEDudemy.com
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Udemy · Video course on the FDE role and core skills
COST Varies (frequent sales) · CHECKED 19 Oct 2026
View spec →SELF-PACEDudemy.com
Forward Deployed Engineer Mastery
Udemy · A second FDE-titled video course on the platform
COST Varies (frequent sales) · CHECKED 19 Oct 2026
View spec →COACHING
FDE Career Guide & Coaching
Sundeep Teki · Career guide plus one-to-one coaching packages.
COST US$69–5,499 · CHECKED 19 Oct 2026
02 · Bootcamps, diplomas & fellowships
Long-form routes
Cohort-based routes with selection, mentoring and placement support.
| TYPE | PROGRAMME | FORMAT | LENGTH | FEE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY | PG Diploma in AI-ML & Agentic AI EngineeringIIT Gandhinagar · with Futurense · Residential on campus, 510 hours, 60 seats, Apply via AINPT | Residential, full-time | 5.5 months | ₹6,47,500 incl. stay | Listing → |
| SPECIALISATION | AI Forward Deployed Engineer ProgramScaler · FDE track for working engineers, EMI available | Online, live | 12 months | ₹3,99,000 EMI available | Listing → |
| UNIVERSITY | Advanced Certificate in AI Forward Deployed EngineeringIIT Delhi CEP · delivered by InterviewBit Varsity · 145 hours, Delivered by InterviewBit Varsity | Online | 6 months · 145 hrs | ₹1,65,000 + GST | Listing → |
| BOOTCAMP | AI FDE ProgramCodeKerdos | Online | Not stated | ₹89,999 | Listing → |
| BOOTCAMP | Forward Deployed Engineer CourseSchool of Core AI · 20 weeks | Cohort | 5 months | ₹65,000 | Listing → |
| UNIVERSITY | PG Certificate in Forward Deployed AI EngineeringCEC IIT Roorkee · with Futurense · 85+ hours | Online | 3 months · 85+ hrs | ₹45,000 + GST | Listing → |
| BOOTCAMP | Certified FDE BootcampGSDC | Online | 90 days | US$290 offer price | Listing → |
| BOOTCAMP | PGP in FDE & Applied AI SolutionsFDE Academy (Futurense) · 8 months (32 weeks), Technical and consulting tracks per phase, Optional IIT certification add-on | Cohort | 8 months | On request | Listing → |
| FELLOWSHIP | AI Deployment Fellowshipa16z · Fellowship for forward deployed builders | Selective | See programme | — |
Fees and lengths as published by each provider, checked 19 Oct 2026 and re-checked monthly. "+ GST" means 18% GST is added at checkout. Listing order is never paid. Compare every programme field by field on the Courses hub.
05 · Free courses
Free building blocks
Free courses for stage 4 of the roadmap: LLM apps, agents and retrieval.
FREE · CERTIFICATEhuggingface.co
AI Agents Course
Hugging Face · Units on agent concepts, frameworks and hands-on builds.
Roadmap: STAGE 4 · AGENTSSTART FREE ↗FREEdeeplearning.ai
Short courses
DeepLearning.AI · Hour-long courses on RAG, agents, evals and LLM tooling.
Roadmap: STAGE 4 · APPLIED AIBROWSE ↗FREE TO AUDITcoursera.org
Fundamentals of AI Agents Using RAG and LangChain
Coursera · Retrieval and agent basics with LangChain.
Roadmap: STAGE 4 · RAGVIEW ↗06 · YouTube
Channels
Andrej Karpathy
Deep, from-scratch explanations of how LLMs workSTAGE 4DeepLearning.AI
Talks and course previews on applied AISTAGE 4Hugging Face
Open models, agents and course walkthroughsSTAGE 4AI Engineer
Conference talks from teams shipping LLM productsSTAGE 4–6freeCodeCamp.org
Long free courses on Python, SQL, APIs and cloudSTAGE 1–3ByteByteGo
Animated system design explainersSTAGE 3–5FDE video roadmap (curated)
Developer Educators · free playlist of FDE tutorial videosALL STAGES
Deep, from-scratch explanations of how LLMs workSTAGE 4DeepLearning.AI
Talks and course previews on applied AISTAGE 4Hugging Face
Open models, agents and course walkthroughsSTAGE 4AI Engineer
Conference talks from teams shipping LLM productsSTAGE 4–6freeCodeCamp.org
Long free courses on Python, SQL, APIs and cloudSTAGE 1–3ByteByteGo
Animated system design explainersSTAGE 3–5FDE video roadmap (curated)
Developer Educators · free playlist of FDE tutorial videosALL STAGES
07 · Podcasts
Podcasts
Vanishing GradientsData science and AI engineering conversations, including LLM evalsLatent SpaceInterviews with AI engineers and founders
08 · Essential reading
Reading
WTF is a forward deployed engineer?PostHog blogWhat is a forward deployed engineer? A complete guideParaformForward deployed engineeringPooya GolchianTechnical depth for forward deployed engineersAmit Kothari
09 · Job boards
Where FDE roles are posted
10 · Communities
Communities
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