Forward Deployed Engineer

Akka (formerly Lightbend)

Forward Deployed Engineer at Akka enabling client success through technical mentorship and AI solutions. Strong focus on hands-on training and guiding production success for enterprises.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudJavaKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

High-Touch Client Enablement & Technical Training: Design and deliver technical workshops and training sessions to customer development teams.
Technical Mentorship & Pairing: Act as a core technical anchor, enabling customer developers through architectural guidance and building proofs of concept.
Guiding Production Success (AI & Systems Engineering): Guide customers in architecting logic systems and ensuring deployment excellence for customer applications.
Strategic Partnership: Serve as a bridge between the customer and internal teams to influence product roadmap based on real-world engineering challenges.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Agentic AI & Logic Systems Expertise: Deep, hands-on proficiency in constructing complex logic systems using LLMs and multi-agent frameworks.
AI Safety, Guardrails, & Evaluation: Strong background in building enterprise-grade policy ladders and implementing robust guardrails to ensure agentic behavior remains predictable and safe.
Elite Communication & Client Polish: Native-level English verbal and written fluency, capable of leading technical presentations and translating complex concepts into clear discussions.
Hyper-Fast Technical Adaptability: Proven track record of picking up new languages, frameworks, and cutting-edge AI paradigms rapidly.
The "Teacher" Mindset: Background in technical enablement, developer relations, technical consulting, or engineering mentorship with a passion for teaching.
Distributed Computing Foundation: Solid experience in distributed architecture and functional programming concepts.
JVM Proficiency: Strong professional understanding of Java or other JVM-based languages.
Cloud-Native & SRE Awareness: Understanding of application deployment and container orchestration, particularly Kubernetes.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI systems engineeringlogic systems constructionLLMsmulti-agent frameworksenterprise-grade policy laddersguardrails implementationdistributed architecturefunctional programmingJavaKubernetes

Soft Skills

technical mentorshipclient enablementelite communicationtechnical presentationsteaching mindsetadaptabilitycollaborationinfluencingproblem-solvingtranslating complex concepts