Akeneo forward deployed engineers
Sitation's Akeneo forward deployed engineers work inside your team on Akeneo PIM. They learn how your catalog and channels work, build the data models, integrations, apps and AI workflows around Akeneo, and stay responsible for the result until your team is using it. Sitation has been a Certified Gold Akeneo Partner since 2021.
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- GoldCertified Akeneo Partner since 2021
- 2021Akeneo Unlock Hackathon winner
- 2026Akeneo Growth Architect Award
What an Akeneo forward deployed engineer does
An Akeneo forward deployed engineer is a Sitation engineer who works directly with your product, eCommerce and IT teams in Akeneo PIM and the systems around it, and turns a product data problem into a working solution in production. It is the forward deployed engineer model, applied to Akeneo.
The engineer learns how your team creates, enriches and publishes products today, agrees with you what to build, builds it and stays with it until people use it. Then they hand it over to your team or keep improving it with you. See how forward deployed engineering works across platforms.
What our Akeneo engineers build
Data models and families
Families, attributes, variants and categories shaped around your catalog, with data quality rules your business users can maintain.
Integrations with ERP, eCommerce and DAM
Connectors that move product data between Akeneo and the systems around it, built on Akeneo's APIs or set up with Plezio Fuse.
Automation and workflows
Automated classification, enrichment steps and workflows that replace manual handoffs between teams.
AI product content in Akeneo
Descriptions, attributes and image classifications created inside Akeneo with Plezio Draft for Akeneo, reviewed by your team before they publish.
AI agents on your product data
Agents that answer support and sales questions from approved Akeneo data, with permissions and review points. See Managed Agents.
Supplier and fitment data
Supplier submissions validated with Plezio Portal before they reach Akeneo, and vehicle fitment managed with Plezio Rev, Sitation's automotive fitment app.
Which Akeneo service fits
Sitation works on Akeneo in three ways, and many teams use more than one.
Akeneo implementation
A defined project to set up Akeneo or rebuild it.
- Discovery, data modeling and configuration
- Integration, training and go-live
- A 30-day warranty period after go-live
Akeneo forward deployed engineer
An engineer inside your team who owns a result, for work that changes as you learn.
- Integrations, apps, automation and AI around Akeneo
- Decisions made with your business and technical owners
- Responsible for the result until it is in use
Managed Akeneo services
Ongoing support after launch, as your catalog grows.
- Monitoring of your Akeneo data flows and jobs
- Data quality, taxonomy and attribute changes
- Retailer compliance and technical support
How an Akeneo forward deployed engagement runs
The same four steps as every Sitation forward deployed engagement, applied to your Akeneo setup.
Frame the work
Map the users, your Akeneo setup, the connected systems and the result you need.
- A walk through how your team uses Akeneo today
- A shared plan, with an owner for each decision
Build in increments
Review working software with your team and resolve decisions as the work develops.
Validate and release
Check integrations, permissions, data quality and user acceptance before release.
Transfer or continue
Documentation and knowledge transfer for the team that will own it, or continued work through managed Akeneo services.
Awards and honors
- 2021
Certified Akeneo Gold Partner
Sitation has been an Akeneo Gold Partner since January 2021, after joining the partner program in November 2019.
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Growth Architect Award
Sitation and AutoQuotes from Revalize won the Growth Architect Award in the 2026 Akeneo PX Champion Awards, presented at Unlock 2026 in Chicago.
Learn more about Growth Architect Award - 2021
Akeneo Unlock 2021 Hackathon winner
Akeneo awarded Sitation first place in its Unlock 2021 Hackathon for a near real-time integration between Akeneo 5.0 and Elasticsearch.
Learn more about Akeneo Unlock 2021 Hackathon winner
Akeneo customer results
Sitation implemented Akeneo PIM with its automotive fitment solution in 12 weeks, loading 862,000 product records and processing 55 million fitment records.
Read the case study about Lordco Auto Parts
After Sitation’s Akeneo implementation, Revalize decreased its per-product creation cost by 71% and increased the volume of completed products by 55%.
Read the case study about Revalize
Havaianas connected Draft with Akeneo to automate large-scale, localized product content for the US market.
Read the case study about Havaianas
Questions about Akeneo forward deployed engineers
What is an Akeneo forward deployed engineer?
A Sitation engineer who works directly with your teams in Akeneo PIM and the systems around it, turns a product data problem into a working solution in production and stays responsible for it until people use it. See the glossary definition.
How is this different from an Akeneo implementation?
An implementation is a defined project to set up or rebuild Akeneo, from discovery to go-live. A forward deployed engineer joins your team for work that changes as you learn, such as new integrations, apps, automation or AI on a live Akeneo PIM, and owns the result. Many teams bring one in after an Akeneo implementation.
Can a forward deployed engineer work on our existing Akeneo PIM?
Yes. They can extend the data model, connect new systems, automate manual steps or add AI to the Akeneo PIM you already run. They start by learning how your team uses it today.
Do your Akeneo engineers build custom integrations?
Yes. They build connectors between Akeneo and ERP, eCommerce and DAM systems on Akeneo's APIs, or set up Plezio Fuse integrations that our team manages. Our developer articles cover the Akeneo Events API and logging Akeneo API errors.
Can we start with one engineer?
Yes. Start with one Akeneo forward deployed engineer, part-time or full-time, and add specialists or a Sitation-led team as the work grows.
What happens when the engagement ends?
We plan documentation and knowledge transfer from the start, so your team can own what we built. If you would rather we keep it running, the work can continue as managed Akeneo services.
Talk to us about an Akeneo forward deployed engineer
Tell us about your Akeneo setup, the systems involved and where your team needs help. We will suggest the right engineer and a first piece of work.