Akkio · 19 hours ago
Senior Forward Deployed Data Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$160K/yr - $240K/yr
5+ years expAkkio is the AI workflows platform that automates every workflow across the campaign lifecycle. As a Senior Forward Deployed Data Engineer, you will work directly with media agency customers to solve their data challenges by building custom data pipelines and integrations, ensuring the effective use of Akkio's AI platform.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataBusiness IntelligenceCloud Data ServicesData MiningData VisualizationMachine LearningSoftware
No H1B
Responsibilities
Embed directly with media agency customers to understand their data infrastructure, workflows, and business objectives
Own end-to-end technical delivery of customer implementations from initial scoping through production deployment and ongoing optimization
Design and build custom data pipelines, integrations, and transformations that connect customer data sources to Akkio's AI platform
Take full ownership of complex data engineering projects from planning to deployment
Implement security and compliance measures to protect sensitive client data
Build and maintain production data infrastructure with proper monitoring, alerting, and documentation Feed learnings from customer deployments back to the product team to influence platform roadmap and feature development
Establish trusted advisor relationships with customer technical and business stakeholders
Navigate diverse technical environments and adapt solutions to each customer's existing data infrastructure
Travel regularly to customer sites for onboarding, implementation sprints, and strategic planning sessions
Mentor junior engineers and establish data engineering best practices
Communicate project milestones and progress clearly to stakeholders
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience as a data engineer with proven ability to deliver complex projects in customer-facing or consulting environments
Strong SQL skills and experience with at least one large cloud database (especially Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks)
Strong data modeling skills, including when to normalize vs denormalize data and understanding of various schema design patterns
Expert in Python for production data pipelines, with experience using modern orchestration tools like dbt or Airflow
Experience building large scale backend services in Python
Excellent communication skills. Equally comfortable presenting to C-level executives and debugging code with engineers
Excited by customer-facing work and energized by seeing your solutions drive real business impact
Skilled at prompting and working with AI systems for data tasks, leveraging LLMs for data transformation, cleaning, schema mapping, and analysis
Strong bias to execution coupled with high engineering standards and attention to detail
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
Preferred
Strong experience with large language models (LLMs) and their applications in data analytics
Experienced at integrating AI tools into data workflows to accelerate delivery and improve data quality
Knowledge of data visualization and analytics tools
Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Understanding of security best practices for handling sensitive data
Previous startup experience, particularly in early-stage companies
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) plan
Generous PTO policy
Company
Akkio
Akkio is an AI company that delivers generative analytics and machine learning to businesses.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$18MKey Investors
Bain Capital Ventures,PandomeBain Capital Ventures
2023-08-01Series A· $15M
2021-09-27Seed· $3M
2019-12-01Seed
Leadership Team
Abraham Parangi
Co-Founder & CEO
Jon Reilly
Founder and Co-CEO
Recent News
2026-01-07
2025-06-12
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