Amazon is investing $1B in a hot new tech role. Heres what the job entails.

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News Source : Business Insider

News Summary

  • AWS Forward Deployed Engineering will be a new team of AI engineers.
  • Early customers include the Allen Institute, Cox Automotive, the NBA, the NFL, Ricoh, and Southwest Airlines.
  • The position embeds engineers directly with customers to build software tailored to their needs.
  • Job postings for forward-deployed engineers have surged since January 2025, according to Indeed data..
  • Companies including Anthropic, OpenAI, Palantir, Stripe, and Google Cloud have all expanded hiring for the role.
Amazon launches AWS Forward Deployed Engineering with a $1B investment, making it the hottest new job in tech.

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