Solutions Engineer - AI & Data Platform Architect

Cloudera; South Carolina; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO Policy

Flexible WFH Policy

Mental & Physical Wellness programs

Phone and Internet Reimbursement

Continued Career Development

Job summary

Cloudera is seeking a Solutions Engineer to join the Sales Engineering team. You will apply strong technical and business skills to advise sales teams, prospects and customers, supporting sales goals with practical, customer‑focused solution designs.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years in a similar role, expertise in AI ecosystems, and a background in enterprise software and big data. The role involves travel and collaboration with cross‑functional teams to drive business value.

Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience with the full lifecycle of AI models from development to production deployment, monitoring and retraining/versioning.
• Experience with AI ecosystems (Agentic AI, Ethical AI solutions, Generative AI solutions and AI Development Tools).
• AI and/or Data Science use‑case development experience.
• Understanding of Data Engineering vs Applied Science concepts.
• Solutions engineering/pre-sales architecture experience: listen to customer requirements, whiteboard and propose architectures, hands‑on with technology.

Responsibilities

• Develop deep understanding of AI concepts and best practices.
• Provide guidance in customer use cases discovery and requirements workshops.
• Troubleshoot data science workloads.
• Create and deliver customer‑centric solution designs.
• Present roadmaps, architectures and business outcomes to technical teams.
• Define technical selling approaches for accounts.
• Collaborate with sales and SE management on strategy.
• Understand competitive landscape and technology ecosystem.
• Translate customer feedback into actionable product roadmap items.
• Participate in evangelism activities and contribute to knowledge repositories.

Skills

AI concepts

Customer service

Data science workloads

Solution design

Technical sales support

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a Technical Field

Tools

Cursor

CoPilot

Claude

Job description

Cloudera is seeking a Solutions Engineer to join the Sales Engineering team. You will apply strong technical and business skills to advise sales teams, prospects and customers, supporting sales goals with practical, customer‑focused solution designs.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years in a similar role, expertise in AI ecosystems, and a background in enterprise software and big data. The role involves travel and collaboration with cross‑functional teams to drive business value.