[ Pod seats ]

Associate FDE

Bounded build work under a lead. An early career engineer trained and evidenced through this platform, always deployed paired with a lead and never alone.

Elaboration: Level associate. Posture onsite. Placement in-pod. A billable seat. Comparable market titles include Junior GenAI engineer, Associate AI engineer. The visible front of the training pipeline and a lower cost onshore seat.
Source record: Forward Deployed Engineering Pod Construct FDE-POD/1.0, seat associate-fde

[ Related terms ]

Associate FDE
Configuration B · Anchored pod
Configuration C · Certified seats

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