A Forward Deployed Engineer is an engineer who sits with the customer. The job is to build, customize, and connect complex systems. The engineer learns how things run, then build tools around. Some of it is engineering. A lot of it is consulting. He stays until the system runs without him.
The term was coined by Palantir, and AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic made it mainstream. The work is half technical and half business. It mixes new AI with traditional automation and digital transformation.
An FDE needs more than code. They read a business fast. They turn a vague ask into a working spec. They connect messy systems that were never built to talk. They work in front of the client and decide as they go.
Because the role is so new, no one has a clean way to measure it. No exam, no benchmark, no number proves one FDE is good. The only real signal is a track record. Someone who has done the work inside real businesses, over and over.
That track record is what I bring. Across 15,000 hours, 120 projects, and 100 clients, I have been deployed into other people's operations. I started deep in Atlassian and enterprise systems. I learned how real companies actually run. Then came automation, with Zapier and n8n, inside the tools those teams already used. Then clients changed what they wanted. They stopped asking me to connect tools. They asked for tools that could decide. So I followed the work into AI agents. The habit never changed. Sit with the team, learn the workflow, build inside their stack.
A few of the systems I have shipped:
- A real-estate agency's lead engine: n8n and Claude on AWS Bedrock, RAG over past winning conversations, Twilio SMS, human-in-the-loop review.
- A voice support agent: Twilio, OpenAI Realtime, and ElevenLabs, with live Google Calendar booking.
- A finance pipeline: email to invoice, syncing QuickBooks Desktop to Online. Ten times the volume, 99% parsing accuracy.
- A HubSpot support agent: refunds and tracking in several languages. Auto-send when confident, escalate when not.
Every one ran in the client's real environment, tested and handed back to their team. The credentials line up with the work: Claude Certified Architect - Professional, Atlassian Certified Expert, Zapier Expert, HubSpot, QuickBooks, Salesforce, and Claude Certified Professional. I am also an n8n verified creator, Top Rated Plus, with 100% Job Success. I am based in Singapore and cover US mornings and Asia business hours.
One client said it better than I can:
๐ฃ๏ธ "Bao Duy is a pleasure to work with! He is good at ensuring that the work is always done as expected and always delivers everything as expected!"
Tell me the workflow you want to automate. Tell me the SaaS system you want to connect. I will tell you the fastest path to a working proof.
๐ I'm in the UTC+7๏ธโฃ time zone, but work in any time zone.
Shanikumar S.
Full Stack Dev | Agentic AI | Custom LLM, RAG, OKF, Agent App | GEN AI
Singapore, Singapore
$25/hr$25 per hour4.8 (36) 54 jobs $90K+ total earnings
I build ๐๐-๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ and ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ that ship to production โ ๐๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ pipelines, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, and ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฅ integration. ๐๐+ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ full-stack development trusted by Fortune 500s, Growing business, and Startups.
I provide strategic and technical consulting for businesses, startups, and enterprises looking to leverage AI/ML, Generative AI, Agentic AI, Full Stack Development, Cloud Architecture, and Product Engineering.
๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ
โ 100% Job Success Score
โ Consistent 5โ Client Feedback
โ Full stack development with AI Integration
โ Experts for Agent Observability, AI Search Optimisation and AI Automation
โ Cross Platform AI Mobile Apps & Web Development
๐ก What I Do Best
โ Agentic AI | GenAI | LLM Routing | Orchestrate Multiple LLMs
โ Local LLM Fine-Tuning with Llama, Mistral, Qwen, Ollama, LM Studio
โ Agent Observability with Grafana , DataDog , Dynatrace
โ LLM performance monitoring, Latency reduction, & Cost Optimisation
โ Generative AI & LLM Application Architecture & Multi-Agent System Design
โ MCP (Model Context Protocol) Architecture & Implementation
โ Conversational AI with Wishper API, OpenAI, Langchain, LangGraph, CrewAI
โ AI RAG | OKF Pipeline, AWS Vector Database, Voice AI solutions
โ AI Workflow Automation with n8n, Make, Relevance AI & OpenClaw
โ Prompt Engineering, MLOps, Datascience & Scalable Agentic AI Deployment
What I deliver:
๐น ๐๐/๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ โ LLM integrations, RAG, OKF, Autonomous agents, OpenAI/Claude APIs, Fine-tuning, NLP, Computer Vision
๐น ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ( ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ) โ AEO , GEO , LLMO , AISEO , EEAT
๐น ๐๐๐ญ๐ & ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ โ Postgres, Vector DB (Pinecone, Chroma, Supabase), Docker, Kubernetes, AWS DevOps
๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ Workflow and CRM intelligence with n8n, Make, and Custom Pipelines
๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ค ๐ฐ๐๐ & ๐๐๐๐ฌ โ MERN , PERN , MEAN , Full Stack , Etc.
๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐-๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ โ Experiences including Flutter ( Website & Mobile Application ) & Progressive Web Apps. Experience to Run Local LLM in Mobile App.
I've taken several SaaS products from prototype to production, and my Upwork clients keep coming back because I focus on working software, clear communication, and hitting deadlines.
Whether you need an AI feature added to an existing product or a full app built end-to-end โ design, build, deploy. Please send me a message about what you're building and I'll tell you exactly how I'd approach it.
Top Skills & Expertise
๐ค ๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ & ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ
โข AI Agents & Multi-Agent Systems
โข MCP (Model Context Protocol)
โข OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama
โข LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen
โข RAG Pipelines & Knowledge Bases
โข Vector Databases (Pinecone, ChromaDB, Weaviate, S3 Vectors)
โข Prompt Engineering & Fine-Tuning
โข AI Workflow Automation
โข AI Chatbots & Virtual Assistants
โข Local LLM Deployment (Ollama, LM Studio)
โข Generative AI Applications
โข AI SaaS Platforms
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง & ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ
โข Python Development
โข Django REST Framework (DRF)
โข Odoo ERP Development
โข REST APIs
โข GraphQL APIs
โข Microservices Architecture
โข Celery & Redis
โข PostgreSQL
โข MongoDB
โข MySQL
โข Supabase
โข Docker
โข Kubernetes
โ๏ธ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ & ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ
โข React.js
โข Next.js
โข Angular
โข NestJS
โข Node.js
โข TypeScript
โข JavaScript
โข Redux
โข Zustand
โข Tailwind CSS
โข Material UI
โข Responsive Web Applications
โข SaaS Development
โข MERN Stack Development
โ๏ธ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ & ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ
โข AWS
โข Azure AI Foundry
โข CI/CD
โข Docker
โข Kubernetes
โข Terraform
โข DevOps
โข Power BI
โข Salesforce
โข HubSpot
โข ClickUp
โข n8n
โข Make
โข Relevance AI
๐ ๏ธ ๐ง๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐
โข GitHub
โข GitLab
โข Bitbucket
โข Jira
โข Trello
โข Asana
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: AI Developer, AI Engineer, AI SaaS Developer, Generative AI Developer, AI Agent Developer, Gen AI, ChatGPT Developer, Claude AI Developer, MCP Developer, Cursor AI Developer, LangChain Developer, LLM Apps Developer, AI Automation Expert, AI Workflow Automation, Custom AI Platforms, AI Integrations, Python AI Developer, Node.js AI Developer, Next.js AI Developer, React AI Developer, AI Chatbot Developer, AI MVP Development, SaaS Developer, Full Stack AI Developer, AI in FinTech, AI in Healthcare, AI Consultant, Pinecone Developer, AI Prototyping Expert, n8n Automation Developer, OpenAI API Developer, Claude API Integrations, FastAPI AI Developer, Django AI Developer, AI Product Developer, Python Developer, Full Stack Developer
# Agentic AI
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# Claude Code
# AI Coding Agent
# AI Automation
# LangGraph
# CrewAI
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# LlamaIndex
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# AI Workflow Orchestration
# Vector Search
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# Multi-Agent Systems
Adnan L.
HubSpot CRM Expert | Meta & Google Ads Manager | Marketing Automation
Singapore, Singapore
$25/hr$25 per hour5.0 (2) 5 jobs $800+ total earnings
CRM Automation & Paid Media Specialist helping businesses streamline customer journeys and maximize ROI. I build smart workflows, automate engagement, and manage high-converting ad campaigns across Meta, Google, and moreโdriving growth through data-backed strategies.
Mohamed F.
Automation Consultant | Zapier, Make.com, AI | Workflow Expert
Singapore, Singapore
$60/hr$60 per hour4.9 (31) 71 jobs $10K+ total earnings
๐ก Helping businesses save time and money through seamless automation
๐ต $100,000+ saved for clients by integrating their tools & systems
โณ 10,000+ hours saved for clients by automating repetitive workflows
Hey there, Iโm Fahadh ๐ I specialize in building tailored automation systems that help businesses save valuable time, reduce operational costs, and scale effectively. With over 4 years of experience, I've helped businesses across marketing, sales, customer support, HR, and IT optimize their workflows and increase efficiency through automation.
๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐
๐น Automate marketing, sales, and customer support workflows
๐น Integrate CRMs (HubSpot, Salesforce, Zendesk) with other apps to streamline operations
๐น Implement eCommerce automations for platforms like Shopify, WooCommerce, and Shipstation
๐น Use AI and automation tools (Zapier, Make.com, Integromat) to improve business processes
๐น Build custom workflows for complex, API-driven integrations
๐น Focus on end-to-end automation: from lead generation to customer onboarding and post-sale support
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โ Expertise in a wide range of automation tools, including Zapier, Make.com, Integromat, Workato and many in-app tools like Monday.com, MailChimp, and HubSpot
โ Hands-on experience automating processes for diverse industries such as eCommerce, marketing, HR, and IT
โ Streamlined operations and increased revenue for clients through smart automations
โ Passion for optimizing systems that deliver long-term results
Whether youโre a growing startup, a busy agency, or a well-established company, Iโm here to help you optimize your workflows, eliminate manual tasks, and build the systems you need to scale.
Letโs connect if you're looking to automate workflows, increase efficiency, and maximize your business's potential ๐
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