Having held a similiar position for IBM, personally I just don't like dealing with customers. Some are great, others are just a pain ... I like my machines better :-)
You might have more luck looking at people with 'pre-sales engineer' experience for the role? They are used to lots of customer engagement ?
FYI you might want to do this via [ask hn] to get a more appropriate response.
Regarding your question, there needs to be more context- specifically why do you need an fde that you can’t do via backend engineer. Palantir was special and it’s incorrect to use broad strokes to apply to every company
Having held a similiar position for IBM, personally I just don't like dealing with customers. Some are great, others are just a pain ... I like my machines better :-)
You might have more luck looking at people with 'pre-sales engineer' experience for the role? They are used to lots of customer engagement ?
FYI you might want to do this via [ask hn] to get a more appropriate response.
Regarding your question, there needs to be more context- specifically why do you need an fde that you can’t do via backend engineer. Palantir was special and it’s incorrect to use broad strokes to apply to every company