CLIENT-FACING ROLES
FDE vs technical consultant
Quick answer
A technical consultant delivers projects for clients across technologies; an FDE owns one product's code and its deployments end to end.
| TECHNICAL CONSULTANT | FORWARD DEPLOYED ENGINEER | |
|---|---|---|
| MAIN OUTPUT | Advice, designs, project delivery | A working deployment inside one customer's systems |
| CLIENT TIME | Similar than an FDE | High: discovery, demos and handover every week |
| WRITES PRODUCTION CODE | Rarely | Yes |
| PAY | See FDE salary in India for bands by experience and city. | |