Alan Klikić
Principal Solutions Architect Pre-Sales Engineer at Akka
Pijnacker, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolAlan Klikić is a Principal Solutions Architect and Pre-Sales Engineer with nine years of focused experience translating distributed systems and event-driven architecture into industrial-grade Agentic AI solutions. Based in the Netherlands, he has progressed from hands-on product and platform work to leading and mentoring global pre-sales teams while steering strategic technical engagements at Akka. He combines deep implementation knowledge—Java/Scala, Akka, Kafka, Kubernetes, cloud platforms—with architectural practices like DDD, Event Storming, and saga patterns to deliver low-latency, resilient systems. Alan has a track record of turning proofs-of-concept into production-ready designs and influencing product roadmaps through close collaboration with engineering and product teams. Earlier entrepreneurial work as a co-owner and consultant produced real-world telecom and SaaS products, reflecting his ability to bridge customer needs and complex technical constraints. He is notable for pairing practitioner-level coding skills with a sales-oriented mindset that consistently demystifies complex reactive architectures for stakeholders.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of Zagreb / Sveučilište u Zagrebu
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Github Skills (32)
lagom9
java9
spring9
scala9
serverless9
streaming8
playframework8
akka8
concurrent8
reactive8
jvm7
distributed-systems7
high-performance7
concurrency7
microservices6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
aklikic/akka3-directdebit
Jun 2023 - Nov 2024
Contributions:1 review, 3 PRs, 18 pushes in 1 year 5 months
aklikic/kalix-cinema-booking-java-ws
Apr 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:4 PRs, 27 pushes, 4 branches in 10 months
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