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Longer pieces on Shopify Plus engineering, AI engineering, and SEO from operators who run their own stores. Less marketing-speak, more what we actually shipped.

AI Engineering·12 min·1 May 2026

What a forward deployed engineer actually does — and why Shopify Plus operators need one

A forward deployed engineer (FDE) embeds with one customer and ships production software inside their environment. The role started at Palantir, scaled at Anthropic and OpenAI, and is now reaching ecommerce. Plain explanation of the role, salary, and why operators with real catalogue depth are starting to hire FDEs instead of agency retainers.Read more →

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