Field notes
Field notes are the club's own short articles on forward deployed engineering in Switzerland: what the work is, where it is done and what practitioners learn in customer environments. Each note states its sources and the date it was last checked. 3 notes are published. The newest is first.
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Notes on forward deployed engineering in Switzerland.
How do you prepare for a forward deployed engineer interview?
Published accounts of forward deployed engineer interviews describe three tests. The first is the same engineering bar as for a software engineer. The second is an open problem that the candidate has to frame as a customer would meet it. The third is an account of real work the candidate has shipped. This note gives each with its source.
How is a forward deployed engineer different from a solutions engineer?
A forward deployed engineer writes production code inside a customer's environment after the sale, and feeds what is learned back into the product. A solutions engineer or sales engineer mostly advises, demonstrates and supports the sale. Published sources agree on that line, and they also show that many postings blur it.
5 min readWhat do forward deployed engineer postings in Switzerland ask for?
On 14 November 2026, FDE Club read ten open forward deployed engineer postings at nine employers in Switzerland. All ten name Zurich and one also names Geneva. Three require German or French, nine state how much travel to expect, and none states a pay figure. Each posting is linked below.
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