Gergely Orosz • 3/27/2026

Is the FDE role becoming less desirable?

This article explores the growing trend of companies seeking FDE (Founding Developer Experience) roles, with job postings on Indeed growing over 10-fold in 2025. However, engineers are increasingly uninterested due to the role being perceived as demanding, less prestigious, and more akin to sales engineering or solutions consulting rather than core software engineering. It includes firsthand accounts from engineers who took FDE roles and quit due to mismatched expectations, highlighting the gap between the idealized role and reality.

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