by Ivan Turković

Forward-Deployed Engineer

Apr 24, 2026

Everyone Is an “Engineer” Now, and Nobody Knows What Anyone Does

A CTO’s field guide to the 2026 AI job title theater, with a companion reference guide covering all 40 roles. I have been a CTO for most of my adult life. I…

AI · AI development · AI software engineering · AI-Driven Development

8–13 minutes

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Ivan Turković

Software Architect & Engineering Leader · 20+ years

Building and shipping production software end to end with Ruby on Rails, Python, JavaScript & TypeScript, frontend and backend. Open to contract & full-time remote work, EU-based, available across European and US time zones.

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Forward-Deployed Engineer

Everyone Is an “Engineer” Now, and Nobody Knows What Anyone Does