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What I learned as a forward-deployed engineer working at an AI startup

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My first six months at Baseten exposed me to a huge range of exciting engineering challenges as I learned how to make an impact as a forward-deployed engineer.

In January 2024, I started working full-time as a forward-deployed engineer (FDE) at Baseten. Baseten enables customers to deploy and run inference on cutting-edge generative AI models. My role as an FDE is to work with customers to deliver cutting-edge ML solutions at scale using Baseten. In the past 6 months, I've learned a lot about the kinds of challenges customers face when deploying generative AI for production use cases. I quickly realized that there's a world of difference between a weekend project posted to X and incorporating AI and ML in a way that works and scales for millions of u

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