Akka · 4 days ago
Forward Deployed Engineer (North America)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior LevelAkka is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) who has deep technical experience and an enthusiasm for building what's next. This role serves as the primary technical anchor for customers, focusing on enabling them to successfully design and implement software solutions based on Akka.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Guiding customers to build & release successfully
Spec-Driven Development: Guide customers through rigorous, specification-first development to ensure AI agents and distributed systems meet strict functional requirements
Production Readiness: Provide hands-on architectural support for hardening systems, building policy ladders with extensive guardrails, and mitigating deployment risks
Technical Execution: Assist in environment setup and perform code reviews to ensure applications are production-grade
Knowledge Transfer: Act as the technical anchor, bridging the gap between initial setup and final deployment with the goal of customer self-sufficiency
Maintaining customer expertise in post-production
Strategic Subject Matter Expert: Serve as the consistent expert for complex, customer-specific issues
Maintain Architectural Context & Growth: Join recurring customer meetings or host weekly "Office Hours" to stay aligned with the system's evolution and identify new opportunities to expand the account
General Technical Support
Complex Issue Resolution: Act as the initial point of contact for complex issues that "spill over" from the broader Operational team
Bidirectional Product Collaboration: Work closely with internal product and engineering teams across all project phases to influence roadmaps based on direct customer insights, while mastering the latest platform innovations to bring specialized, high-value knowledge and assistance to the customer
Qualification
Required
Distributed Computing Experience: Proven experience in distributed architecture and functional programming concepts. Especially having Akka experience, including Clustering, Persistence, and Streams, is highly desirable
Agentic AI & Logic Systems: Proficient in building logic systems using LLMs through multi-agent interactions. This includes expertise in context engineering, semantic data, and dynamic orchestration
AI Safety & Guardrails: Knowledgeable in building policy ladders and implementing extensive guardrails to ensure agentic behavior remains within defined business and safety boundaries
JVM Experience: Strong understanding of Java or other JVM-based languages
Voracious Learner: You are an agent of change, constantly learning and seeking better outcomes for your clients
Communication & Passion: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a genuine passion for enabling others to adopt new technologies
Cloud-Native Expertise: Deep understanding of application deployment and container orchestration, particularly Kubernetes
Preferred
Experimentation & Evaluation: Preferable background in building AI test suites for rigorous experimentation and evaluation to measure model performance and agent reliability
Benefits
A transparent, distributed work environment with a strong focus on work-life balance
Challenging work that interacts with innovative applications used by millions
A collaborative culture that attracts the "brightest minds" in the technology community
Company
Akka
Akka powers the next generation of agentic AI systems and distributed applications. Innovate and operate at 3X velocity with 1/3 the compute.
Founded in 2011
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (2)
2022 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Daniel de Mos, CPA, MBA, CMA
Chief Financial Officer
Laura Whalen
Customer and Partner Programs Manager
Recent News
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