Forward Deployed Engineer

Akeneo is the leading AI-powered Product Data Platform that helps brands, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers unify product data and pricing to power better product experiences, smarter decisions, and business growth in an AI-driven commerce world.
We're all about experience - from the best-in-class product we build to the inspiring environment we create for our employees. You'll grow in a dynamic environment where your ideas and expertise will make an impact from day one. Our flexible work model empowers you to thrive, balancing professional success with personal fulfilment. At Akeneo, you’ll be part of a supportive and collaborative team that values open communication, shared successes, and meaningful relationships.
Learn more about our culture and values via our Career page.

At Akeneo, we don't just build software; we solve the most complex product data orchestration challenges for global enterprises. As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you are the technical heartbeat of our most strategic customer engagements. You aren't tucked away behind a backlog - you are on the front lines, embedded with clients, and empowered to build the technical bridges that turn high-level strategy into high-performance reality.
This is a unique hybrid role designed for the "Customer-Minded Engineer." Part software architect, part strategic consultant, and part rapid-prototyper, you thrive in the "gray area" where standard configurations end and innovation begins. This role interacts with varying customer levels with varying technical acumen: you are innately a problem solver, and able to provide solutions which never existed previously to bring value to our customers.

• Real-World Impact:
  You won't just ship code to a staging environment; you’ll see your solutions transform how global brands manage and move their data in real-time. You will guide the customer through the changes you’ve made, closing the feedback loop.
• Architectural Sovereignty:
  You have the autonomy to design bespoke integration patterns and influence the core product roadmap by acting as the "Voice of the Field" for our R&D teams.
• The Best of Both Worlds:
  You enjoy the deep technical challenge of a Senior Engineer with the strategic influence and variety of a Strategic Consultant.

• API & System Interoperability:
  Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, webhooks, and data flows. Proven experience integrating SaaS platforms with complex client ecosystems (ERPs, PLMs, E-commerce) to ensure seamless, high-performance data synchronization.
• Solution Architecture & Scoping:
  Ability to perform deep-dive assessments of client environments, gather complex technical requirements, and design scalable architectures that balance business objectives with technical constraints.
• Rapid Prototyping: A builder mindset with the ability to rapidly develop functional proof-of-concepts or custom code to unblock clients while long-term product features are road mapped.
• Data Architecture & Catalog Design:
  You don't just move data; you architect it. You will assess a client's current state and design a clean, performant Akeneo catalog structure; leveraging Product Models, Families, and Association Types, etc.
  
  - that ensures long-term scalability and seamless synchronization with downstream channels.

• The "Translator" Ability:
  Exceptional communication skills with the ability to explain high-level technical logic to non-technical stakeholders (C-Suite) without losing the strategic "why."
• Entrepreneurial Ownership: A problem solver to your core. You are comfortable in the grey area, taking extreme ownership of high-stakes or…