Scrums.com Launches Forward Deployed Engineers as a Service Across Five Global Cities
- Aug 7
- 3 min read
On-demand offering embeds senior engineers directly inside customer teams to build and ship frontier AI systems, following the surge in demand for the Forward Deployed Engineer model pioneered by Palantir.
London – August 5, 2026 – Scrums.com, the Software Engineering Orchestration Platform, today announced the launch of On-Demand Forward Deployed Engineers. An on-demand offering that embeds senior engineers directly inside customer teams to design, build, and ship production software and frontier AI systems. The offering is available to start immediately across five global cities: New York City, London, Cape Town, Johannesburg, and remote from Nairobi, with plans to expand into 10 additional cities.
The launch follows a sharp rise in demand for the forward-deployed engineering model, an approach first popularized by Palantir and since adopted in various forms by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Amazon as AI labs and enterprises race to get applied AI systems live inside real customer environments. Scrums.com's version draws on the company's experience embedding engineers inside enterprise customers on frontier AI work, packaging that experience into a formal, on-demand offering for companies that want senior engineering talent working inside their own teams, not alongside them.
"Every enterprise we talk to wants quality engineers who actually sit inside their team and ship fast. We've been doing that on frontier AI work for years, and now we're packaging it as an On-Demand offering any enterprise can start on demand, five cities live today, five more markets in planning, ten more after that." – Chase le Roux, Chief Revenue Officer, Scrums.com
What's launching
On Demand Forward Deployed Engineers gives enterprises direct access to engineers who work embedded inside a customer's own team, joining standups, writing production code, and reporting into the customer's engineering leadership rather than operating as an external vendor. Engagements can scale from a single embedded engineer to full squads and multi-customer delivery teams, depending on the size and complexity of the rollout. Full details on how the model works are available here, and enterprises can browse available engineers today.
Why enterprises choose Scrums.com
The offering is available to start immediately across five global cities, backed by a bench of over 10,000+ Engineers. For enterprise buyers weighing whether to build embedded engineering capacity internally or bring it in on demand, the case for a single, proven partner comes down to a few things:
Enterprise-grade compliance from day one: SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified, so engineers can be onboarded into regulated environments without a separate security review cycle.
Fast time to value: Engineers are typically production-ready in about two weeks, backed by a fully reversible trial period before any long-term commitment.
One contract, one SLA: A single commercial relationship replaces the multiple vendors, recruiters, and statements of work typically needed to stand up embedded engineering capacity.
A built-in replacement guarantee: If an engineer isn't the right fit, Scrums.com replaces them at no additional cost, removing hiring risk the enterprise would otherwise absorb itself.
A model proven at scale: 400+ active FDE engagements across dozens of organizations, with a 96% engagement renewal rate.
Flexible scaling, no renegotiation: Engagements start with a single embedded engineer and expand into squads or multi-customer delivery pods as the program proves out, under the same contract.
Availability and expansion
As forward-deployed engineering becomes one of the most in-demand capabilities in applied AI, businesses can now access expert FDEs On-Demand through Scrums.com Talent.
Forward Deployed Engineers are available to start now in five global cities. New York City, London, Cape Town, Johannesburg, and remote from Nairobi, reflecting Scrums.com's existing hubs. The company plans to expand availability into 10 additional cities as enterprise demand for the offering grows.
About Scrums.com
Scrums.com is the Software Engineering Orchestration Platform (SEOP). Mission control for engineering and product leaders. Instantly deploy AI agents, talent, teams, tools, infrastructure, and delivery operations from one platform with live engineering intelligence, unified reporting, and predictable software delivery. One contract. One SLA. One deploy. Software Engineering. Sorted.™
