Senior Solutions Architect (German speaking)

Sanity; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanity.io is seeking a Solutions Engineer to own customer relationships, guide technical conversations, and help clients tailor Sanity implementations to their business needs. You will collaborate with editors, designers, and developers to ensure successful deployments.

The role emphasizes hands-on product knowledge, exceptional communication, and the ability to translate customer requirements into scalable solutions across frontend and backend architectures.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in a software development role.
• Hands-on with React, Vue, Angular, or Astro.
• Experience with SaaS integrations and backend architecture.
• Proven ability to translate customer needs into technical solutions.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Lead onboarding and technical workshops for customers.
• Demonstrate new features and tailor solutions to client needs.
• Collaborate with account managers to identify expansion opportunities.
• Develop and share implementation guides and learning modules.
• Create plugins for common integrations and patterns.
• Represent customer requests to the product team and drive feedback.

Skills

Software development

German language

English language

React / Vue / Angular

Backend architecture

SaaS integrations

Headless CMS

Headless e-commerce

Solution Engineer / Architect

Communication skills

Job description

At Sanity.io, we’re building the future of AI-powered Content Operations. Our AI Content Operating System gives teams the freedom to model, create, and automate content the way their business works, accelerating digital development and supercharging content operations efficiency. Companies like PUMA, Carhartt WIP, Anthropic, Just Eat Takeaway, Spotify, HiPP, and Mercedes-AMG are using Sanity to power and automate their content operations.

Your team ensures that enterprise customers are successful and happy using Sanity. This means working closely with technical leaders at our customers to align their strategic goals with implementation details; facilitating brainstorming sessions between editors, designers, and developers; and helping developers make decisions for their unique business needs.

In this role, you will take ownership of your customer relationships and drive both internal and external conversations. You'll also have the opportunity to learn more and develop expertise on the people's side of technology.

What you would do:

• Lead onboarding workshops that are customized to each customer’s needs and background.
• Proactively develop relationships with technical and product stakeholders at our customers.
• Meet regularly with technical customers to demonstrate how new features work for the customer’s specific needs, answer their questions, and help them plan their Sanity implementation.
• Work with account managers to develop expansion opportunities at existing customers
• Support the new account sales cycle through technical workshops and proof of concept development
• Create and share examples to help customers understand concepts and implement more quickly
• Develop and maintain guides and learning modules to address common topics
• Develop and maintain plugins for common integrations and implementation patterns
• Represent clients’ requests and requirements to the internal product team
• Work with Support Engineering to work through customer challenges and unblock specific scenarios
• Support marketing and product research teams to connect with relevant customers and plan events and webinars

About you:

• Based in Germany or the United Kingdom
• You're fluent in both German and English
• 3-5 years of experience in a software development role
• Advanced experience with at least one of the following frameworks: React, Vue, Angular, Astro
• Familiar with backend architecture and SaaS platform integrations
• Experience with one of the following: Implementing headless CMS, Implementing headless e-commerce
• As a Solution Engineer or Solution Architect at a developer-focused SaaS
• Outstanding communication skills, both verbally and in writing
• Proven experience developing solutions with customers
• Problem-solving skills with a results-oriented mindset
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills
• Structured with a strong attention to details
• Bonus: experience in a B2B customer-facing role, such as consulting or account management
• Bonus: you have used Sanity in production
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