Akka
A Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at Akka balances elite technical capability with client-facing communication to guide enterprise customers on building production-grade applications using the Akka agentic platform. This role involves delivering hands-on technical training, mentoring development teams on multi-agent LLM architectures, and ensuring safe, scalable deployment of customer systems. The FDE acts as a strategic partner between customers and internal engineering teams to drive technical self-sufficiency and long-term system stability.
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Company Size
51-200 employees
Founded
2011
Akka is an Agentic AI Platform designed for innovative, regulated, and global enterprises, enabling them to build and operationalize agentic AI systems at scale. The platform emphasizes reliability, compliance, resilience, and data sovereignty, serving industries such as financial services, telecommunications, retail, and manufacturing. Akka is trusted by enterprise customers including Manulife, John Deere, Verizon, Walmart, and Deloitte.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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31% above the average for this role