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