Senior Solutions/Sales Engineer (Remote, USA)

Lensa; Dover (DE); Remote; USD 136,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Senior Solutions/Sales Engineer to drive customer success through innovative data streaming solutions. You will partner with Account Executives and be the key technical advisor, facilitating discussions and overcoming technical challenges. Join a diverse team committed to equality and excellence in the tech industry.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Solutions Engineering or similar work experience.
• Experience with Event-Driven architecture and Data Integration.

Responsibilities

• Help advance new Data Streaming use-cases from conception to Go-Live.
• Conduct Discovery & Whiteboard Sessions to develop new use-cases.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Technical Leadership

Education

Technical certifications - Cloud Developer/Architect, Data Engineering & Integration

Tools

GitOps

Kubernetes

Java

Python

SQL

Job description

Senior Solutions/Sales Engineer (Remote, USA)

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With Confluent, organizations can harness the full power of continuously flowing data to innovate and win in the modern digital world. We have a purpose that drives us to do better every day – we're creating an entirely new category within data infrastructure - data streaming. This technology will allow every organization to create experiences and use the power of data in ways that profoundly impact the way we all live. This impact is our purpose and drives us to do better every day.

One Confluent. One team. One Data Streaming Platform.

Data Connects Us.

About The Role

Solutions Engineers at Confluent drive not only the early-stage evaluation within the sales process, but also play a crucial role in enabling ongoing value-realization for customers, all while helping them move up the adoption maturity curve. In this role, you’ll partner with Account Executives to be the key technical advisor in service of the customer. You’ll be instrumental in surfacing the customers’ stated or implicit Business Needs, and coming up with Technical Designs to best meet these needs. You may find yourself at times facilitating art of the possible discussions and storytelling to inspire customers in adopting new patterns with confidence, and at other times driving creative solutioning to help get past difficult technical roadblocks. Overall, solutions engineers are key within the Customer Success Team that help foster an environment of sustained success for the customer and incremental adoption of Confluent’s technologies.

What You Will Do

• Help advance new & innovative Data Streaming use-cases from conception to Go-Live
• Execute on and lead Technical Proofs of Concept
• Conduct Discovery & Whiteboard Sessions to develop new use-cases
• Provide Thought Leadership through Technical Talks and Workshops
• Guide customers with hands-on help and best practices to drive operational maturity of their Confluent Deployment
• Analyze Customer Consumption trends and identify Optimization opportunities
• Work closely with Product and Engineering teams, and serve as a key Product advocate across the Customer, Partner, and Industry ecosystem
• Forge strong relationships with key customer stakeholders and serve as a dependable partner for them

What You Will Bring

• 5+ years of Solutions Engineering or similar work experience
• Experience with Event-Driven architecture, Data Integration & Processing Techniques, Database & Data Warehouse technologies
• First-Hand exposure to Cloud Architecture, Migrations, Deployment & Application Development
• Experience with Automation, GitOps, and Kubernetes
• Proficiency in Java, Python, or SQL
• Technical certifications - Cloud Developer/Architect, Data Engineering & Integration
• Self-starter behavior, eagerness to learn and solve hard technical problems
• Exceptional presentation and communication skills
• Confidence presenting to developers, enterprise architects, and C-level executives

Come As You Are

At Confluent, equality is a core value. We are committed to building an inclusive global team that reflects diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. Employment decisions are made based on job-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, with an estimated annual salary of $136,700 - $160,650, along with equity, bonuses, and other benefits. Actual pay varies based on skills, experience, and location. Learn more about our benefits here. Review our Candidate Privacy Notice.

Additional Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Sales and Business Development
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting

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