For B.Tech, BCA, BSc IT & MCA students · Self-paced · Mentor-reviewed
Do your internship by shipping a real product to the cloud.
The Forward Deployed Engineer Internship teaches you to take a real problem all the way to a live system, the way AI companies build software now. You finish with a product running on AWS, a signed hours log for your college, and a certificate if you earn it.
- Plan a real SaaS product: your own idea, or our brief
- Build it with React, Node.js/TypeScript and a real database
- Deploy it on AWS serverless with infrastructure as code (CDK)
- Test it, monitor it and keep it running
- Use Claude Code across the whole lifecycle, the way AI companies now build software
From ₹699 to join · Upcoming batch start date to be announced
Why Forward Deployed Engineering
A Forward Deployed Engineer sits with the user, writes the spec, builds the full stack, deploys it and owns it in production. AI now writes much of the code, so these are the skills that count.
Palantir → AI labs
The forward deployed engineer role began at Palantir. OpenAI, Anthropic and Databricks now hire FDEs too.
Source: PostHog (opens in a new tab)AWS
Published the AI-Driven Development Life Cycle in July 2025: AI-powered execution with human oversight.
Source: AWS DevOps Blog (opens in a new tab)Google
In April 2026, the CEO said 75% of new code at Google is generated by AI and then reviewed by engineers.
Source: The Decoder (opens in a new tab)Anthropic
Has published how its own teams, including legal and finance, build tools with Claude Code.
Source: Claude blog (opens in a new tab)
What FDE roles pay
Companies pay well for engineers who can take a problem all the way to production. Here is what the role pays, from published job postings and verified salary reports.
Palantir, Forward Deployed Software Engineer — New Grad (US)
$135,000–$145,000 a year
Base salary range stated in Palantir's own job posting for new graduates, before stock and bonus.
Source: Palantir job posting (opens in a new tab)Forward Deployed Engineers, all levels (US)
$216,250 median total pay
Middle half earn $180,000–$290,000, including stock and bonus. Based on 155 verified reports.
Source: Levels.fyi (opens in a new tab)Forward Deployed Engineers, all levels (India)
₹17.6 lakh median total pay
Middle half earn ₹16.1–42.1 lakh a year. A small sample: 11 verified reports.
Source: Levels.fyi (opens in a new tab)
Figures as reported on 4 October 2026. Most are for engineers with experience, and pay depends on the company, city and your skills. They show what the role pays in the market. They are not a salary KLODR pays or promises, and KLODR does not offer placement.
Pick the track your college needs
One curriculum, three lengths. Every track comes with a joining letter, a weekly hours log signed by your mentor, and a completion letter.
Short
6 weeks · ~120 hours
₹699
to join · about ₹117 a week
+ ₹599 for the certificate, only if you score 85%+
Fits
Colleges asking for 60–120 hours or 4–6 weeks of summer training
Includes
Core modules, compressed, plus a mini project
Recommended
Core
10 weeks · ~450 hours
₹999
to join · about ₹100 a week
+ ₹799 for the certificate, only if you score 85%+
Fits
The UGC undergraduate internship framework: 8–10 weeks
Includes
The full curriculum and a capstone product
Extended
24 weeks · 700+ hours
₹2,499
to join · about ₹104 a week
+ ₹999 for the certificate, only if you score 85%+
Fits
Final-semester and 6-month internships
Includes
Core track plus a client-grade capstone with real users
What you'll learn, week by week
The core track: about 12–15 hours a week. You build one product, and every week adds a layer to it, from plan and design through development, testing, deployment, observability and maintenance.
Week 0
Onboarding
What an FDE does; Git, GitHub and Claude Code setup; an AWS account with a budget alert set first
You ship: Repo, first deploy, budget alert
Week 1
Prompt engineering & AI-SDLC
Prompt patterns, writing specs, CLAUDE.md, plan → build → review loops, token-efficient sessions, reviewing and testing AI-written code
You ship: Written spec and CLAUDE.md for your project
Week 2
Web foundations
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, then TypeScript
You ship: Responsive static page
Week 3
React
Components, state, forms, routing, data fetching
You ship: Project frontend
Week 4
Backend
Node.js + TypeScript, with Python or Java as an alternate path
You ship: REST API
Week 5
Databases
PostgreSQL/MySQL vs MongoDB/DynamoDB; modelling by access pattern
You ship: Schema and data layer
Week 6
AWS serverless
Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, CloudFront, Cognito, IAM least privilege, pay-per-use costs
You ship: API live on AWS
Week 7
Infrastructure as code
AWS CDK in TypeScript, dev/prod environments, GitHub Actions CI/CD
You ship: One-command deploy
Week 8
Testing & observability
Unit and integration tests, CloudWatch logs, metrics and alarms, X-Ray tracing
You ship: Test suite and dashboard
Week 9
Maintenance & security
Secrets, patching, backups, incident runbook, monthly cost review
You ship: Runbook
Week 10
Capstone
Demo to mentors and peers; final assessment
You ship: Live product
Every week: get the most out of Claude
Taught in week 1, then used on each week's work: skills for your deploy steps, hooks for your tests, and your own plugin by the capstone.
Prompt engineering
Give context, constraints and examples; ask for a plan before code; turn vague asks into specs Claude can build from.
Token optimisation
Keep CLAUDE.md lean, point to exact files, clear or compact context between tasks, send searches to subagents, and match the model to the job.
Skills
Package repeatable know-how, like your deploy steps or review checklist, so Claude loads it only when the task needs it.
Hooks
Run your own scripts at set points, such as formatting after every edit or blocking risky commands, so checks happen every time.
Plugins
Install and share bundles of skills, commands, agents and hooks, so a whole team works with the same setup.
Self-paced, but never on your own
Bring your own SaaS idea or take a real brief from us. Mentors are the engineers who build and run KLODR's systems for businesses.
- A weekly live group call to walk through the module
- A mentor review of every weekly deliverable on GitHub
- A 1:1 project check-in every two weeks
- A free scoping session if you bring your own SaaS idea
- Prompt-engineering clinics to review your specs and prompts
The certificate is earned, not given
The KLODR certificate goes to interns who score 85% or more overall on a three-part final assessment.
50%
Practical build
Add a new feature to your own live app within 48 hours: spec, code, tests, deploy, dashboard
20%
Online test
Web, backend, databases, AWS serverless, CDK, security and cost basics
30%
Mock FDE interview
A client scenario, a system design, and a walkthrough of your own code
- Score 85% or more: you earn the KLODR certificate.
- Below 85%: one free re-attempt within 30 days.
- Finish the hours and you get a completion letter for your college, whatever your score.
What it costs, in full
₹699–₹2,499 to KLODR when you join, depending on your track, and ₹599–₹999 only if you earn the certificate. You also pay for your own tools, listed below so there are no surprises.
Enrolment
Paid to: KLODR
₹699–₹2,499 by track
When your application is accepted
Certificate
Paid to: KLODR
₹599–₹999 by track
Only after you pass the assessment with 85%+
Claude Pro (includes Claude Code)
Paid to: Anthropic
About ₹2,000/month
Each month of the internship
AWS account
Paid to: AWS
₹0 within the Free plan
Signup needs a debit or credit card to verify
Laptop
Paid to: Your own
16 GB+ RAM, 512 GB SSD
Before week 0
GitHub account
Paid to: GitHub
Free
Before week 0
The refund policy for the enrolment fee will be shared before you pay. Payment details are shared after your application is accepted. Tool prices were checked in October 2026 and can change.
Questions students ask
Is this too advanced for a 2nd-year student?
Weeks 2 and 3 start from HTML and CSS. If you can write a loop in any programming language, you're ready.
Can I do it alongside college?
Yes. It's self-paced, about 12–15 hours a week for the core track, with one live call a week.
Will my college accept it for internship credit?
You get a joining letter, a weekly hours log signed by your mentor, and a completion letter. Check your college's hour requirement and pick the matching track.
What if I score below 85%?
You get one free re-attempt within 30 days. If you finish the hours, you still get a completion letter for your college, just not the KLODR certificate.
Can I build my own startup idea?
Yes. A mentor runs a free scoping session with you to cut the idea down to something you can ship in time, and you keep the product and the code.
Do you guarantee a job or placement?
No. You leave with a live product, real deployment experience, and a certificate if you earn it.
Apply for the upcoming batch
Closing date to be announced. Applying is free; you pay only once you're accepted.
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