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  "Deployment strategist",
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 "definition": "An engineer who works inside a business unit to build a working solution for the company through to production.",
 "scopeNote": "An FDE often identifies the goals and steps that make up a job, which is the groundwork Agentic needs.",
 "tier": "explain",
 "group": "People and roles",
 "broader": [],
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  "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/internal-fde"
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   "type": "confused"
  },
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/ai-champion",
   "type": "confused"
  },
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/use-case-owner",
   "type": "related"
  }
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 "links": [
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/agentic",
   "label": "maps the steps for",
   "direction": "out"
  }
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 "modified": "2026-10-22",
 "markdown": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/forward-deployed-engineer.md",
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