AI training
Forward Deployed Engineer Programme
A six-week programme on building AI products and integrating AI agents into real enterprise systems, for engineers moving into forward deployed roles.
Enquire about this course- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Level
- Intermediate
- Delivery
- Live online, weekend sessions, plus project work and self-paced material
- Prerequisites
- Programming experience, ideally including some JavaScript or TypeScript. We will confirm the level needed when you enquire.
- Certificate
- Certificate of completion
- Dates and price
- Contact us for current dates and pricing
What you will build
Four complete AI products, with React front ends, Node.js back ends, self-hosted language models and agentic RAG pipelines.
What is included
- About 12 hours a week: six live, three of project work and three self-paced
- Four portfolio projects
- Feedback on your final project
- Certificate of completion
Course outline
What you will cover
Week 1: Foundations and development environment
- The forward deployed engineer role
- Setting up the toolchain
- Working with model APIs
- First project scaffold
Week 2: Context engineering and agent frameworks
- Context engineering for agents
- LangGraph and the OpenAI Agents SDK
- Tool calling and structured outputs
- Project 1: a working agent application
Week 3: Agentic RAG and knowledge graphs
- Retrieval beyond simple vector search
- Knowledge graphs for relationships between facts
- Agentic retrieval strategies
- Project 2: a knowledge assistant
Week 4: Self-hosted models and performance
- Running language models yourself
- Hosting on GPU infrastructure such as RunPod
- Semantic caching for speed and cost
- Project 3: a self-hosted AI service
Week 5: Safety and observability
- Safety rails with Llama Guard
- Tracing and observability for agent systems
- Evaluating quality and detecting regressions
- Hardening a project for production
Week 6: Enterprise integration and final project
- Exposing business systems through MCP servers
- Connecting to Slack and Gmail
- Project 4: an integrated enterprise AI product
- Review and presentation
Who it is for
- Developers and engineers who want to build and deploy AI systems
- Professionals moving into AI integration roles
- Technical founders
What you will be able to do
- Build AI products end to end
- Integrate AI agents with existing enterprise systems
- Add safety rails, caching and observability
- Work confidently with a client's real data and constraints
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