The best engineering teams we have worked with do not outsource projects. They embed someone who understands the product, the codebase, and the people. A Forward Deployed Engineer sits inside your workflow, ships production code, and leaves things better than they found them. We offer exactly that relationship, on a flexible contract.
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Hire a forward deployed engineer →What a Forward Deployed Engineer actually does
They attend your standups, read your runbooks, open PRs against your repos, and answer questions in your Slack. They do not hand you a deck and disappear. They fix the flaky test, refactor the slow query, wire up the model gateway, and document the decision so the next engineer can maintain it.
At Vibe Coding Agency, the default Forward Deployed Engineer is Andrew, the principal engineer. For larger scopes we bring in specialists in security, infrastructure, data science, and AI research. You always know who is doing the work.
How the engagement works
- Start with a single week. We join your rituals, ship a real ticket, and decide together whether the fit is right.
- Hourly or retainer. Pay as you go at $149/hour, or lock in 10 hours/month for $899 on a monthly retainer.
- No recruiting overhead. No job posts, no interviews, no benefits admin. We sign an NDA and start within days.
- Clear handoffs. Every change includes tests, docs, and a runbook so your team owns it.
When this makes sense
A Forward Deployed Engineer is the right fit when you have more important work than staff, when a full-time hire would take three months, or when you need senior judgment on AI infrastructure, security, or systems design without adding headcount. We are especially useful for teams that are shipping AI features and do not yet have in-house ML ops or safety expertise.
What you get in the first 30 days
Most clients see their highest-leverage bottleneck cleared within the first month: an inference pipeline that actually scales, a security review before a launch, a refactor that unblocks the team, or a prototype that proves whether an AI feature is worth building. We ship code, not recommendations.
If you want to see whether a Forward Deployed Engineer fits your team, book a call or email hello@vibecodingagency.com. We will reply within one business day.
Ready to hire?
$149/hour or a $899/month retainer covering up to 10 hours of embedded senior engineering. No account managers, no handoffs.
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