Senior Solutions Engineer - Southeast

Neo4j; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 200,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Neo4j seeks a results-oriented Solutions Engineer to partner with regional Sales, demonstrating the value of the graph data platform and guiding technical aspects of the sales cycle.

You will travel as needed, engage with stakeholders at all levels, co-create reference architectures, and stay current with Neo4j capabilities to drive customer success.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in customer-facing roles in a similar capacity.
• Experience with data technologies in data architecture, analytics, or cloud data architecture.
• Working knowledge of graph databases (Neo4j, etc.).
• Hands-on with SQL/NoSQL and at least one language (Python, Java, JavaScript, Go, C#).
• GenAI familiarity is a plus.
• Experience designing data solutions in cloud or on-premise environments.
• Ability to communicate to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and problem-solving drive.

Responsibilities

• Articulate the business and technical value of Neo4j to customers and prospects.
• Lead technology evaluation stages of sales cycles.
• Manage multiple opportunities, including discovery, demonstrations, and value proofs.
• Co-create reference architectures with customers across cloud or on-premise deployments.
• Stay current on Neo4j capabilities and related tools.
• Collaborate with Sales, Professional Services, Product Management, and Marketing.
• Travel as needed to support deals and customer engagement.

Skills

Customer-facing

Presales

Data architectures

Graph databases

SQL/NoSQL

Python

Java

JavaScript

Go

C#

GenAI

Public cloud

Job description

About Neo4j

Neo4j is the graph intelligence platform that transforms data into knowledge to power the next generation of intelligent applications and AI systems. It includes enterprise-ready knowledge graphs for accurate, explainable, and governed AI; the most comprehensive, trusted, and easy-to-deploy graph capabilities across any environment and data source; and an unmatched ecosystem trusted by 84 of the Fortune 100 and supported by the world’s largest graph community. Intelligence that works. Results that matter.

About Neo4j

Neo4j is the graph intelligence platform that transforms data into knowledge to power the next generation of intelligent applications and AI systems. It includes enterprise-ready knowledge graphs for accurate, explainable, and governed AI; the most comprehensive, trusted, and easy-to-deploy graph capabilities across any environment and data source; and an unmatched ecosystem trusted by 84 of the Fortune 100 and supported by the world’s largest graph community. Intelligence that works. Results that matter. Built to work everywhere and integrate with everything across every cloud for dynamic, personalized, and autonomous AI systems. We deliver quicker results, contextual knowledge, and solutions that impact customers and employees across the business.

Our Vision

At Neo4j, we have always strived to help the world make sense of data. As business, society and knowledge become increasingly connected, our technology promotes innovation by helping organizations to find and understand data relationships. We created, drive and lead the graph database category, and we’re disrupting how organizations leverage their data to innovate and stay competitive. At Neo4j, our Solution Engineers are pivotal to our company’s success. As a critical member of our regional go-to-market team, you will partner with our sales executives to showcase the value of our graph data platform and manage the technical aspects of the sales cycle. You will help organizations across industries such as Financial Services, Telecommunications, Technology and Life Sciences understand the business and technical value of representing data using Neo4j graph database and analytics technology. You will grow as a thought leader in graphs and solve our customers’ high-value problems beyond traditional data solutions.

What Success Looks Like

• Developing and honing subject matter expertise to effectively discern and understand the true needs of our customers, present technology solutions that target those needs, and all in all, demonstrate thought leadership and the value of Neo4j through platform and use case demonstrations, solution architecting, workshops, and conferences.
• Meeting and exceeding regional revenue goals, as a result of helping Sales to qualify and validate opportunities from a technical perspective and accelerate the sales cycle and adoption of Neo4j.
• Collaborating effectively with Sales, Professional Services, Product Management, etc to deliver continuous value to customers and ensure a seamless customer experience as they embark on the graph journey.

What You’ll Do

• Confidently articulate the business and technical value of Neo4j to customers and prospects as a key technical advisor and advocate for our products and services
• Actively drive and run the technology evaluation stage of the sales cycles.
• Work across a number of opportunities in parallel and manage day-to-day activities such as opportunity qualification, technical discovery, presentations, platform and use case demonstrations, proof of value, sizing, and documentation of technical decision criteria.
• Build and nurture rapport with customer stakeholders at all levels and be the trusted advisor to them to help them understand what they can achieve with Neo4j.
• Co-create reference and solution architectures with our customers, including integrating Neo4j with their existing architecture and applications within a public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP) or on-premise environment.
• Stay current on latest Neo4j capabilities, including but not limited to usage and integration with third-party tools and services.
• Distill and communicate customer needs and product feedback to Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, and Sales.
• Help drive demand through the participation in account-based marketing events as well as industry-known conferences and trade shows.
• Lead by example and actively foster an environment of teamwork, transparency, creativity, and continuous improvement.
• Travel as needed to assist in deal creation and closure, and provide support to your team as required.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of customer-facing experience in a similar capacity (Sales/Presales/Solutions Engineer, Solutions Architect, Technical Consultant, etc), ideally in a similar high-growth, scaling environment.
• Experience working with different data technologies in either of the following areas: enterprise data architecture, data analytics, data science or cloud data architecture.
• Working knowledge of graph databases (Neo4j, TigerGraph, OrientDB, JanusGraph, etc) - a strong plus!
• Hands-on experience and proficiency with relational (SQL) and/or NoSQL databases, and at least one of the following languages: Python, Java, JavaScript, Go, C#.
• Familitary with GenAI, LLM’s and Agentic AI a plus
• Successful track record in designing, developing, and implementing data solutions in the public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP) or on-premise.
• Ability to engage and communicate ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences at all levels through presentations, whiteboarding, and platform demonstrations.
• Technical savviness and business acumen to translate technical concepts and patterns into valuable business outcomes.
• Passion for learning new technologies (especially graphs!), developing new ways of data modeling, and spearheading change management.
• An entrepreneurial mindset, with the ability to prioritize, pivot, and problem-solve.

Annual On Target Earnings Range

$200,000—$265,000 USD