This is a conversation with Justin Johnsen, the lead technical architect at KPMG. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.
I joined KPMG six years ago, and I’ve been a forward-deployed engineer for about a year, working across different clients.
When I started with KPMG as a software engineer, all the code was written by hand.
I studied computer science. I built my career in architecture and later got into consulting and client work.
A forward-deployed engineer works directly with a client and stays with the problem from understanding the business need through delivering a working solution. We work directly with client teams…
