Fullstop Learning Course outline
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Learn to discover customer needs, build integrated software and AI workflows, deliver pilots, and hand over production-ready solutions.
9 months · 36 weeks · 900 guided course hours. Explore the curriculum, then talk with us about schedule, fees and delivery options.
Course focus
Skills and practice
- Python, business data, web services and operational interfaces
- Customer discovery, system integration and applied AI
- Security, cloud operations, customer capstone and handover
9-part curriculum
A practical path, one module at a time.
Each module follows the supplied course outline. Weekly topics and representative project work are shown below.
Python and Programming Foundations
Python basics and control flow · Collections, files and errors · Writing maintainable Python · Python project and foundation review
Practical work: A tested API-data utility.
Business Data, SQL and Web Basics
SQL and relational data · Data preparation and analysis · Business metrics and visualisation · Web and data project review
Practical work: Analyse delayed orders and present their main causes.
Backend Services and Operational Applications
FastAPI service development · Persistence and access control · Interfaces for customer workflows · Engineering quality and review
Practical work: A tested operations API and dashboard with role-based access.
Customer Discovery and Solution Design
Customer discovery and workflow mapping · Scoping and measurable success · Architecture and trade-offs · Prototype and stakeholder review
Practical work: A delivery brief, architecture decision record and revised prototype.
Enterprise Data and System Integration
Connectors and data contracts · Reliable integration workflows · Data reconciliation and migration · Integration project and review
Practical work: A resilient integration with contract tests and a recovery runbook.
Applied AI and Customer Automation
LLM applications and structured outputs · Retrieval and document assistants · Tools and controlled automation · AI evaluation and solution review
Practical work: An evaluated assistant with access-aware retrieval and reviewed action proposals.
Security, Deployment and Operations
Enterprise security foundations · Containers and cloud delivery · Observability and reliability · Release and incident simulation
Practical work: Deploy a staged solution and exercise monitoring, rollback and recovery.
Customer Capstone and Pilot
Capstone discovery and acceptance plan · Capstone implementation · Pilot and customer feedback · Outcome measurement and iteration
Practical work: Build and pilot a customer operations solution, then measure against a baseline.
Handover and Independent Delivery
Production readiness and release · Training, documentation and handover · Independent delivery simulation · Final assessment and portfolio
Practical work: Present a production-ready capstone, outcome report and handover package.