Forward Deployed Engineering Pods

Embedded AI architects and Claude engineers, scoped to what you need, for as long as you need them.

What is it?

Helping you move from Claude pilots to Claude at scale

Most teams can get a Claude demo running. Far fewer get it into production, into the hands of the whole organization, and owned by their own people. That gap is where good AI programs stall.

A Caylent FDE Pod closes it. We embed a small team of Forward Deployed Engineers directly inside your sprints, standups and channels. You pick the topics that matter most. You pick the commitment: 3, 6 or 9 months. We build real things alongside your team, and hand over ownership by the end of the term.

No fixed bundle. No help-desk queue. No black box.

How it works

Choose what to build and how long to build it. Governance and handoff come built in.

Pick The Tracks

Choose one or more topic tracks from the menu below across engineering, data, enablement and governance. The pod is staffed to match.

Pick The Term

3, 6 or 9 months of embedded capacity, structured around your rollout timeline.

Scope First, Then Spend

We define scope and cadence together, then finalize investment once tracks and term are confirmed. No pricing assumptions baked in until scope is final.

Security Built In From Day One

Every track ships with governance built in, not bolted on afterward. Scoped IAM roles, a data boundary that never leaves your environment, and spend visibility from the first sprint.

Choose your topic tracks

Choose your horizon


Our approach: the same rhythm at every horizon

Scope the tracks

Confirm selections, name stakeholders, lock success criteria per track.

Staff the pod

FDEs matched to your tracks, pulling in engineering, data, enablement or governance specialists as needed.

Build together

Weekly working sessions and async progress in between. Real artifacts shipped into your environment.

Transfer ownership

Capability, documentation and governance handed to your team by the end of the term.


Engagement Details

Forward Deployed Engineering Pods

Highlights
  • Embedded in your sprints, standups and channels, so the pod works as part of your team, not as a detached vendor.
  • Your engineers and champions co-build every artifact, so you own what ships and can maintain it.
  • Each track is scoped to a working deliverable, not a pile of billed hours.
  • Caylent’s presence steps down from Embedded to Steady to Light over longer terms, so you end up running it yourselves.
Deliverables
  • A working, production-bound deliverable for each track you choose, shipped into your environment.
  • A governed skills, connectors and Agent OS library your team owns, plus a governance and guardrail framework signed off by security.
  • A champion network and adoption measurement in place.
  • An ROI baseline (3 months) or a full ROI readout (6 and 9 months), plus a capability-transfer plan so you can run it without us.

Frequently Asked Questions

Let's lock scope and staffing

Confirm your tracks and duration, and we'll return a staffing plan, a detailed statement of work, and investment aligned to that scope.

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