Senior Solutions Engineer, Central

Kai; United States; À distance; USD 140 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Kai is hiring a Senior Solutions Engineer to cover the Central region. This is a fully remote, field-based role. You will own the technical sales motion from first call through POV close, partnering with the regional Account Executive to bring Kai’s platform to large enterprises.

You are the technical authority in every room, translating security depth into tangible business value. The successful candidate will design and run POVs, perform deep security discovery, and deliver compelling

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Enterprise Security experience in a solutions engineering, systems engineering, or pre-sales role.
• Broad enterprise security knowledge across domains with ability to map platform to customer problems.
• Proven track record running structured POVs with Global 2000/ Fortune 500 accounts.
• Experience selling into accounts with 10,000+ employees.

Responsabilités

• Own the full pre-sales technical motion for enterprise opportunities in the Central region, partnering with the Account Executive from first call through signed agreement.
• Design and run structured, outcome-driven POVs—scoped tightly, executed cleanly, measured against customer-defined business outcomes.
• Lead deep technical discovery to understand each customer’s environment, threat model, and existing security stack before opening a demo.
• Deliver compelling presentations and demonstrations to technical and executive audiences—security architects, SOC leadership, and CISOs—translating platform capabilities into business outcomes.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with security teams at Global 2000 and Fortune 500 accounts.
• Represent Kai at industry events, security conferences, and customer briefings across the Central region.
• Bring field intelligence back to Product and Engineering — you are the voice of the customer inside the company.

Connaissances

Enterprise security

Solutions engineering

Pre-sales

Discovery skills

Executive communication

Travel 50%+

Outils

POV framework

Description du poste

THE ROLE

Kai ishiringa Senior Solutions Engineer to cover the Central region. This is a fully remote, field-based role.

You will own the technical sales motion in your territory — from first call through POV close — partnering directly with your regional Account Executive to bring Kai’s platform to the largest enterprises in the Central market. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role. You are the technical authority in every room, and your ability to connect deep securityexpertiseto measurable business outcomes willdeterminewhat closes and whatdoesn’t.

We are building the SE function as we grow. The person who joins now will have direct influence on how that functionoperates— not just how it executes.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Own the full pre-sales technical motion for enterprise opportunities in the Central region, partnering closely with your Account Executive from first call through signed agreement

• Design and run structured, outcome-driven POVs — scoped tightly, executed cleanly, measured against customer-defined business outcomes

• Lead deep technical discovery to understand each customer’s environment, threat model, and existing security stack before you ever open a demo

• Deliver compelling presentations and demonstrations to technical and executive audiences — security architects, SOC leadership, and CISOs — translating platform capabilities into business outcomes

• Build trusted advisor relationships with security teams at Global 2000 and Fortune 500 accounts

• Represent Kai at industry events, security conferences, and customer briefings across the Central region

• Bring field intelligence back to Product and Engineering — you are the voice of the customer inside the company

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

Required:

• 7+ years ofEnterprise Securityexperience in a solutions engineering, systems engineering, or pre-salesrole

• Broad enterprise security knowledge — you understand the security landscape, can speak credibly across domains, and know how to map a platform to a customer’s real problems

• Proventrack recordrunning structured, outcome-driven POVs with Global 2000orFortune 500 accounts

• Experience selling into accounts with 10,000+ employees

• Strong discovery skills — you ask the right questions before you ever open a demo

• Ability to connect technical outcomes to business value

• Deep, long-tenured experience covering the Central region,with established relationships within your territory

• Startup experiencebringing brand new category-defining technology into the market

• Experience at a security platform company —you’vesold a connected system, not a point solution

• Willingness to travel 50%+ across the Central region

Preferred:

• Background in detection and response, vulnerability management, exposure management, application security, security operations, or asset intelligence

• Experience working within a formal enterprise salesmethodology— MEDDICC/MEDDPICC, Force Management,Challenger, or similar

• Familiarity with AI/ML security concepts or AI-native platforms

• Prior involvement in building or refining a POV framework or SE playbook