Senior Sales Engineer - German Speaker

EngineersOfAI; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

EngineersOfAI is seeking a Solutions Engineer to help enhance customer engagement and utilize Algolia's capabilities in the United States. This person will work closely with Sales teams and prospects, providing tailored technical solutions and ensuring the adoption of Algolia's platform.

The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills, speak German fluently, and have over four years of experience in similar technical roles. Familiarity with programming languages like JavaScript and Java is essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in a customer-facing technical role.
• Experience in SaaS environments preferred.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with Sales Teams on Algolia solutions adoption.
• Assist in the Sales process including demos and POCs.
• Develop custom search applications leveraging Algolia.

Skills

German fluency

Customer problem-solving

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Java

Ruby

Go

Node

Python

Swift/Objective-C

Job description

Role Overview

At Algolia, we are passionate about connecting developers & product teams with relevant content in milliseconds, providing powerful search and discovery SaaS platform. We seek experienced, curious, and driven Solutions Engineers to help customers realize the full value of our platform in a fast‑growing market.

This role is a critical part of our go-to-market organization, working closely with Sales and Solutions partners to drive revenue, customer adoption, and best practices. You will play a key role in helping prospects and customers evaluate Algolia, understand its technical capabilities, and successfully apply it to their use cases.

In this position, you will own the technical pre‑sales relationship across opportunities and accounts. You will partner with Account Executives to demonstrate the product and underlying architecture, address technical and business objections, and deliver thoughtful, consultative solutions that result in a strong technical win and clear product fit.

You will act as both a deep technical expert and a trusted advisor. This means being equally comfortable presenting an engaging solution to a CTO, collaborating with product managers, or building prototypes and integrations directly with customer engineers using Algolia’s APIs.

You thrive in conversations with engineers, product leaders, and executives, and you know how to translate complex technical concepts into clear business value for diverse audiences.

Beyond customer‑facing work, you will serve as an advocate for customer needs internally, partnering with Product and Engineering, contributing to technical content, enabling internal teams, and supporting cross‑company initiatives that improve how customers succeed with Algolia.

Responsibilities

• Work with Sales Teams and prospects on their evaluation and adoption of Algolia solutions
• Understand and qualify customer goals with KPIs and effectively articulate Algolia’s ability to meet them
• Assist in the Sales process including discovery, demo, Proof of Concept (POC), RFP responses & business justification
• Develop custom search applications leveraging the tools, frameworks, and partners of the Algolia ecosystem.
• Distill and advocate customer interests, needs and product feedback in order to relay to Product and Engineering teams
• Continuously learn and update skills and keep aware of industry trends in the Search and Discovery space, and contribute to thought leadership to make Algolia more accessible to the world.
• Work with the Solution Architects and Customer Success teams on seamless transition to the post‑sales process to ensure highly successful onboarding

Qualifications

• Speak German fluently
• Obsessed with solving customer problems
• 4+ years experience in a customer‑facing technical role (Solutions Engineer, Solution Architect, consultant, PM), ideally in the SaaS space
• Previous software development experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Front End: JavaScript, TypeScript, React
• Back End: Java, Ruby, Go, Node, Python, Swift/Objective‑C
• Experience with data formats and data transformation
• Great oral and written communication skills
• Superior organizational skills working with multiple customers and the ability to switch context quickly