Hire senior forward deployed engineers for Belgian teams
Senior forward deployed engineers work inside your team and close to your users, turning requests into working software within days. Each one passes both assessments, with extra weight on communication, English level and writing a clear spec from an unclear request. A senior local hire in Belgium takes 4 months on average.
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Building got fast, deciding what to build didn't
AI tools cut the time to a first version from weeks to days. The slower part is now finding out what users need, and that happens in conversations engineers used to miss.
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The engineer joins the customer call
A forward deployed engineer hears the problem first-hand, so nothing gets lost between a product manager's notes and a ticket. They can show a working version in the next meeting and change it based on what people say.
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Any senior engineer, with a different focus
The technical bar is the same as for our other roles: full-stack ability, AI tools used well and code you can maintain. What changes is how much of the week goes to your team and your users instead of the backlog.
How we assess forward deployed engineers
Every engineer works through a fundamentals assessment with AI tools switched off and a second assessment with their own agents running. For forward deployed engineers, these criteria carry the most weight.
- Communication
Much of the role is conversation, so we check that they listen before proposing and can explain a trade-off clearly to someone without a technical background.
- English level
They talk to your team and your customers directly, so they have to argue a point in English and hold it under a follow-up question.
- Spec-driven development
We test whether they write down assumptions, constraints and edge cases before building, which is how an unclear request becomes the right feature.
Cost against a local hire
Engineers are Miyagami employees who work full-time in your team under a service agreement, so there's no individual contractor risk for you. Invoices are monthly, in EUR if you prefer.
Hiring locally in Belgium
- 4 months on average to hire
- Recruitment, payroll and compliance on you
Hiring with Miyagami
- Hire within five days, contracts and payroll handled
- Wrong fit: we replace at our cost
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Questions about hiring forward deployed engineers
How much does it cost to hire a senior forward deployed engineer in Belgium?
A senior local hire in Belgium costs about €9,800 a month all-in, based on a senior software engineer median salary, statutory employer contributions and an amortised recruitment fee. Through us you pay a fixed monthly fee with employment and compliance included, and the pricing calculator shows the two side by side.
How long does it take to hire a forward deployed engineer?
You get a shortlist within three working days and can hire within five. A local senior hire in Belgium typically takes 4 months.
What do you test a forward deployed engineer on?
Every forward deployed engineer completes both assessments, with extra weight on communication and English level. We also look at how they turn an unclear request into a written spec, and whether they can explain a technical trade-off to someone without a technical background.
Get a shortlist within three days
You share the roles and the stack in a short form or a thirty-minute call. Within three working days you get named senior engineers to review, each with both scorecards, and you can hire within five.
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