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Government
Public-sector delivery: accreditation, accessibility as law, records, procurement and decisions that stay human.
4 lessons · about 6.9 h beyond the FDE path
What the job asks for
11.5%of US FDE postings (89)
Titles seen
- Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector
- Forward Deployed Software Engineer
- Forward Deployed Engineer, Federal
- Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, New Grad
What they ask for
- Security clearance (Secret or TS/SCI)8 of 10
- Observability and production reliability4 of 10
- Prototype to production4 of 10
- Cloud platforms4 of 10
- TypeScript and front ends4 of 10
- Accreditation evidence (RMF, ATO, STIGs, CMMC)3 of 10
Most postings: Palantir 36 · Databricks 19 · Saronic Technologies 4 · Vannevar 4 · Anduril 3
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The lessons
Practise
Prove it: interview drills
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