So, what exactly are FDEs — are they techy lone rangers like the ones OpenAI, Google and Microsoft are hiring? Turns out it’s not so much about individual engineers who swoop in to design and roll out AI deployments; it’s more about a team of engineers working together at customer sites.
At least, that’s the view at Amazon Web Services (AWS).
In fact, according to Taimur Rashid, managing director of the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, the FDE concept pre-dates the current generative AI (genAI) gold rush. The same kinds of engineering teams were needed for the earlier machine-learning and cloud eras to help companies with deployments.
Taimur Rashid, managing director of the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center,
Rashid recently talked about how AWS sees FDEs as a profession in a conversation with Computerworld. And he weighed in on the desired job skills the company seeks in this increasingly AI-centric era.
