Stage 03
Application assets
ATS-optimized resume, LinkedIn FDE positioning, cover letters, and the Forward Deployed Engineer archetype.
ATS-optimized resume: FDE-framed and quantified
How to write an ATS-friendly developer resume framed as a Forward Deployed Engineer — keywords that pass the filter, quantified bullets, the 1-page rule, and the LaTeX/Markdown templates that don't break parsers.
LinkedIn profile for the Forward Deployed Engineer positioning
How to position your LinkedIn as a Forward Deployed Engineer — headline formula, About section structure, Experience bullets, and the Featured section that turns visits into recruiter DMs.
Cover letters that don't sound like cover letters
The 3-paragraph cover letter (or short Loom) that reads like a Slack message, not a template — when to write one, when to skip it, and the structure that gets you past the human screen.
The FDE archetype — is it you?
The Forward Deployed Engineer archetype explained — what FDEs actually do at Palantir / Ramp / OpenAI, the 6 traits that map to it, and the honest self-test to know if it's your lane.