New tech roles: Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Member of Technical Staff (MTS), GTM Engineer & more | Jack & Jill
Founders Associate, Founding GTM, MTS, Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM Engineer, Talent Engineer, Founding Operator: the new generation of startup titles and where they came from.
Long-standing role titles in tech (SDRs, AEs, PMs, Fullstack Engineers) no longer describe jobs at many frontier tech organisations. We take a look at why this matters, and the next generation of roles forming at some of the fastest-growing companies in the ecosystem. Scroll ↓ At Jack & Jill, we work with hundreds of startups, scaleups and AI labs. The best hires are more 1) cross-functional, 2) leveraged and 3) discerning than ever before. We're seeing a blurring of lines, with old functions breaking down. In a world where the cost of building software trends down towards zero, being a…
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