Forward deployed engineering

    Forward Deployed Engineers for Databricks & Microsoft Data and AI

    Engineers who embed in your team in Dubai and across the UAE, build on your own data and systems, and stay until it works in production.

    What an FDE does

    Engineering that sits inside your team

    Embed with your team

    Join your stand-ups, tools and channels, and work as part of your team rather than from the outside.

    Scope with stakeholders

    Sit with business and technical owners to agree what needs to be built and what good looks like.

    Build and ship

    Write the pipelines, models, reports and integrations on your own data and systems, and get them into production.

    Hand over

    Document the work and transfer knowledge so your team can run and extend it.

    Where we fit

    Platforms our engineers work on

    Databricks lakehouse, ML & GenAI

    Lakehouse pipelines, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, MLflow models and GenAI / RAG applications.

    Microsoft Fabric

    OneLake lakehouses, warehouses, Data Factory pipelines and Direct Lake models.

    Power BI

    Data models, DAX, dashboards, security and report performance.

    Azure data

    Azure data services, storage, integration and the platform around your analytics.

    Copilot & Power Platform

    Copilot rollouts, Copilot Studio agents, Power Apps and Power Automate solutions.

    Engagement options

    Choose how you work with us

    Remote, on-site in Dubai or hybrid — we suggest starting remotely where possible.

    Single engineer

    One forward deployed engineer embedded with your team for a defined goal.

    Small pod

    A small group — for example an engineer and an architect or analyst — for broader delivery.

    Short-term project

    A focused build with a clear scope, such as a pipeline, model or production fix.

    Ongoing

    Continued engineering capacity alongside your team as the platform grows.

    How it works

    From brief to production

    1. 1

      Brief

      Tell us the problem, platform, timing and how you'd like to work.

    2. 2

      Match

      We match an engineer whose skills fit your stack and share their profile.

    3. 3

      Start

      The engineer joins your team remotely, on-site in Dubai or in a hybrid mode.

    4. 4

      Review

      We review progress with you regularly and adjust scope or team as needed.

    Hire by role

    Need a specific role instead?

    FAQ

    Questions about forward deployed engineers

    Request an engineer

    Tell us about the work, your platform and how you'd like to engage. We'll come back with a suitable match.

    Ask on WhatsApp instead

    Your details go only to our team at support@instrovate.ae.