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Engineer Transitions to AI Solutions Amid Uncertain Profitability

3/23/2026

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Kanav Bhatnagar, a forward-deployed engineer at Rippling in New York City, transitioned from Amazon to tailor AI solutions.
He customizes AI solutions for clients, requiring technical and communication skills.
He spends substantial time in customer meetings to understand needs and code solutions while calling the forward-deployed engineer role a founder bootcamp, noting AI profitability is uncertain but believing the demand for customer software will sustain the position.

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Story summary

Kanav Bhatnagar, a forward-deployed engineer at Rippling in New York City, transitioned from Amazon to tailor AI solutions.
He customizes AI solutions for clients, requiring technical and communication skills.
He spends substantial time in customer meetings to understand needs and code solutions while calling the forward-deployed engineer role a founder bootcamp, noting AI profitability is uncertain but believing the demand for customer software will sustain the position.