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Forward Deployed Engineering for Complex Software & AI Your problem. Our engineers.
From discovery to production.

Roadmapped helps companies turn complex technical problems into production-ready software and AI systems.

Our Forward Deployed Engineering model combines senior technical leadership with a dedicated engineering pod that works alongside your team, from discovery and architecture through development, integration, deployment, and continuous improvement.

Engineering that moves beyond the roadmap.
Senior engineering · AI & data · cloud · full-stack development

Operational Guarantees 01 / DISPATCH
One accountable team
Technical leadership and engineering delivery from one partner
Senior, always
No junior swap-ins. The engineers you meet are the ones who ship
10+ years
Senior engineers, shipping production software their entire careers
Code Delivered 10M+ Lines Shipped
The FDE Pod

One senior technical lead. An entire engineering team behind them.

A Forward Deployed Engineer works directly with your team to understand the problem, define the technical approach, and drive delivery.

Behind the FDE is a dedicated engineering pod providing the depth required to design, build, integrate, and operate the solution.

How Forward Deployed Engineering works →

Customer side
Your team
Business context · Domain expertise · Existing systems
Technical leadership
Roadmapped FDE
Discovery · Architecture · Technical leadership · Delivery
Engineering delivery
Engineering Pod
AI · Full-stack · Data · Cloud · QA

One team. One delivery cadence. One accountable technical partner.

The gap between an idea and production is where most projects get stuck.

AI prototypes are easy.
Production systems aren’t.

Real-world software has existing systems, legacy code, complex data, security requirements, integrations, compliance requirements, and users who need to actually adopt what you build.

Roadmapped puts experienced engineering directly at that intersection.

Idea
  1. 01

    Discover

    Problem, users, data, and constraints

  2. 02

    Shape

    Architecture, scope, and success criteria

  3. 03

    Prototype

    Validated on real data and workflows

  4. 04

    Build & Integrate

    Production code, wired into your systems

  5. 05

    Deploy

    Security, monitoring, and controls

  6. 06

    Improve

    Measured against real-world outcomes

Production

We don’t just provide engineers.We take technical problems into engineering.

Engagement Models

Three ways to work with us

01 · Forward Deployed Engineering

An FDE-led team that takes ownership from problem to production.

Your FDE works directly with your team while a dedicated engineering pod handles the technical execution.

From ambiguous requirements to production deployment, we help define the problem, shape the architecture, build the solution, and continuously improve it.

Best for
AI implementationDigital transformationComplex integrationsLegacy modernizationNew product initiativesEnterprise software
02 · Dedicated Engineering Pod

A senior team owning a defined product or project.

A senior-led pod takes on a defined project or product line, from architecture through deployment, and reports against milestones rather than individual tickets.

Includes
  • Architect / Technical Lead
  • Senior Developers
  • QA Engineering
  • Cloud / DevOps as required
Best for
Product developmentPlatform developmentLong-term engineeringNew applications
03 · Embedded Engineers

Senior engineers embedded into your existing team.

One senior specialist or several. Each joins your standups, your sprint, your tools, and your development process.

You direct the work day to day, the same way you would with an internal engineer.

Best for
Filling skill gapsIncreasing engineering capacityAdding specialized expertiseShort- or medium-term needs
How We Deliver

From problem to production

Step
01

Discover

Your FDE works directly with your technical and business teams to understand the problem, workflows, users, data, systems, and constraints.

Step
02

Shape

We translate the problem into a technical approach: architecture, scope, success criteria, and delivery plan.

Step
03

Prototype

We build quickly against real data and real workflows to validate the approach before scaling it.

Step
04

Build & Integrate

The engineering pod develops the production solution and connects it to your existing systems, APIs, data, and infrastructure.

Step
05

Deploy

We take the solution into production with the required security, monitoring, testing, and operational controls.

Step
06

Improve

The FDE stays close to your team while the engineering pod continuously improves the system based on real-world usage and measurable outcomes.

Capabilities

Engineering depth behind every engagement

Your FDE doesn’t work alone. Behind every engagement is a multidisciplinary engineering team that can move from architecture to production without handing work across multiple vendors.

01

Full-stack & backend

React · Next.js · TypeScript
Node · .NET · Java · Python
PostgreSQL · MongoDB · MySQL · MS SQL
REST · GraphQL

Senior engineers who own features and services end to end, from API design and data models through to production interfaces.

Explore Software engineering →
02

AI/ML & LLM integration

RAG · Vector Search
Agent Orchestration
MCP · Tool Calling
Evaluation · Fine-tuning

Engineers who take AI capabilities beyond prototypes and into production systems that customers and teams actually rely on.

Explore AI & LLM engineering →
03

Data engineering

Kafka · Streaming
PostgreSQL · Redshift · Oracle
ETL / ELT
Real-time analytics · BI dashboards

Data engineering built for production workloads, not just reporting.

Explore Data engineering →
04

Cloud & DevOps

AWS · Azure · GCP · Oracle Cloud
Docker · Kubernetes
Terraform
CI/CD · Monitoring · Observability

Infrastructure and platform engineering designed to keep production systems reliable, secure, and scalable.

Explore Cloud & DevOps →
Shipped Systems

Built for real-world engineering problems

Six of the 13+ systems our engineers have shipped to production. See all shipped work →

Why Roadmapped

Engineering ownership, not just engineering capacity.

Every engineer on our team has shipped production software. We combine customer-facing technical leadership with deep engineering capability across software, AI, data, and cloud.

10+ years
Senior engineering experience
10M+
Lines of production software shipped
Senior only
No junior swap-ins
Montreal, Canada
Headquartered in Montreal
Production focused
Built for systems that have to work beyond the demo
Industries

Proven across industries

Technology Fintech & Financial Services Healthcare Legal & Regulated Retail & Loyalty Real Estate Education Government Logistics
Where We Fit

When you need more than developers.

  • You may already have engineers.
  • You may already have a product team.
  • You may even have an AI strategy.

What you may not have is the engineering capacity and technical ownership required to turn a complex problem into a production system.

That’s where Roadmapped comes in.

Start a Conversation

Tell us what you’re trying to build.

A short conversation is enough to understand the problem, the systems involved, and the team required to move it forward.

Typical response time: under 4 business hours.
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Montreal, Canada
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