Forward Deployed Engineers

A dedicated AI engineer on your team, this week.

One engineer, dedicated to your project. 30 hours/week (Monday-Friday, 12 PM-6 PM IST + your team meetings). They work in your codebase, attend your standups, and ship production code.

200+
AI-native engineers
7 days
From request to deployment
₹45K
/month onwards
3 mo
Minimum engagement
How it works

From request to deployment in under two weeks.

01

Tell us what you need

Skills, domain, stack, how many engineers. A 30-minute call covers it.

02

We match an engineer

From our bench of 200+. You interview them. You set the bar.

03

Your FDE starts

In your repo, your standups, your Slack. Remote-embedded from day one.

04

Scale or wind down

Add more FDEs as you grow. Cancel after the 3-month minimum.

Pricing

One model. Experience-based pricing.

Every FDE is priced per month based on experience and skills. No platform fees. No hidden charges. You pay for the engineer.

Forward Deployed Engineer
₹45,000 /month onwards

Experience-based pricing. Engineers with more production experience, specialized AI skills, or domain expertise are priced higher. We'll quote after understanding your requirements.

Every FDE includes:

  • Dedicated engineer, 30 hrs/week (one client only)
  • Works in your tech stack, tools, and codebase
  • AI-native: LLMs, RAG, agents, full-stack from day one
  • Remote-embedded (on-site available when needed)
  • Zero HR overhead: no benefits, equity, or notice period
  • 3-month minimum, then month-to-month
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How we compare

Direct hire (mid-level AI) ₹12-25L/yr

75-day hiring cycle + benefits + notice period + attrition risk

India staffing agencies ₹2-7.5L/mo

Generalist developers retrained on AI. Not purpose-built.

Global platforms (Turing, Toptal) $12-35K/mo

US-tier billing rates. 20-60x our starting price.

Kalvium Labs FDE ₹45K/mo

AI-native from day one. Deployed in under 2 weeks.

Why the price works: Our engineers come from India's first AI-native engineering program. The pipeline is the product. Purpose-trained, not retrained.

Stop hiring. Start deploying.

Tell us what you need. We'll match an AI-native engineer to your team in under two weeks.

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