Solutions Engineer - German Speaker

Algolia; Germany (OH); Hybrid; USD 103,748 - 129,518; Full time

Job summary

Algolia is seeking experienced Solutions Engineers to help customers realize the full value of our platform. You will work with Sales, assess customer goals, and demonstrate how Algolia's search and discovery capabilities meet their use cases.

You will build custom search applications, articulate customer needs to Product and Eng teams, and stay current with industry trends while supporting seamless onboarding after sale.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in a customer-facing technical role (SE, SA, consultant, PM) in SaaS.
• Experience with frontend and backend technologies.
• Excellent communication skills in English; German fluency desired.

Responsibilities

• Work with Sales Teams and prospects on evaluation and adoption of Algolia solutions
• Understand and qualify customer goals with KPIs and articulate Algolia’s ability to meet them
• Assist in the Sales process including discovery, demo, Proofs of Concept (POC), RFP responses & business justification
• Develop custom search applications leveraging the tools, frameworks, and partners of the Algolia ecosystem
• Distill and advocate customer interests, needs and product feedback in order to relay to Product and Engineering teams
• Continuously learn and update skills and keep aware of industry trends in the Search and Discovery space, and contribute to thought leadership to make Algolia more accessible to the world
• Work with the Solution Architects and Customer Success teams on seamless transition to the post‑sales process to ensure highly successful onboarding

Skills

German fluency

Customer-facing technical role

SaaS experience

Frontend: JavaScript/TypeScript/React

Backend: Java/Ruby/Go/Node/Python/SW/O

Job description

At Algolia, we are passionate about helping developers & product teams connect their users with what matters most in milliseconds! Algolia provides the industry’s most powerful search and discovery SaaS platform, driving richer, more powerful engagement and success capabilities to over 17,000 companies. We are seeking passionate and industrious Solutions Engineers ready to join a hyper‑growth business and market to help evangelize and drive technical success with our solutions.

We are looking for experienced, curious, and driven Solutions Engineers to help customers realize the full value of our platform in a fast‑growing market.

This role is a critical part of Algolia’s go‑to‑market organization, working closely with Sales and Solutions partners to drive revenue, customer adoption, and best practices. You will play a key role in helping prospects and customers evaluate Algolia, understand its technical capabilities, and successfully apply it to their use cases.

Your Role Will Consist Of:

• Work with Sales Teams and prospects on their evaluation and adoption of Algolia solutions
• Understand and qualify customer goals with KPIs and effectively articulate Algolia’s ability to meet them
• Assist in the Sales process including discovery, demo, Proofs of Concept (POC), RFP responses & business justification
• Develop custom search applications leveraging the tools, frameworks, and partners of the Algolia ecosystem
• Distill and advocate customer interests, needs and product feedback in order to relay to Product and Engineering teams
• Continuously learn and update skills and keep aware of industry trends in the Search and Discovery space, and contribute to thought leadership to make Algolia more accessible to the world
• Work with the Solution Architects and Customer Success teams on seamless transition to the post‑sales process to ensure highly successful onboarding

You Might Be A Fit If You Have:

• Speak German fluently
• Obsessed with solving customer problems
• 4+ years experience in a customer‑facing technical role (SE, SA, consultant, PM), ideally in the SaaS space
• Previous software development experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Front End: JavaScript, TypeScript, React
  • Back End: Java, Ruby, Go, Node, Python, Swift/Objective‑C
  • Experience with data formats and data transformation
• Great oral and written communication skills
• Superior organizational skills working with multiple customers and the ability to switch context quickly throughout the day with various competing demands and attention to detail
• Experience at our current stage and beyond ($150‑300M+ ARR range, high growth, lots of change and building internal infrastructure)

Nice To Have:

• A background in the search industry or e‑commerce
• Specific knowledge in frameworks Magento, Shopify, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, commercetools and alike
• Familiarity with emerging concepts in agentic AI systems (e.g., autonomous reasoning, tool use, or multi‑agent orchestration)
• Knowledge in Analytics, SEO

Flexible Workplace Strategy:

Algolia’s flexible workplace model is designed to empower all Algolians to fulfill our mission to power search and discovery with ease. We place an emphasis on an individual’s impact, contribution, and output, over their physical location. Algolia is a high‑trust environment and many of our team members have the autonomy to choose where they want to work and when.

We have a global presence with offices in Paris, NYC, London, Sydney and Bucharest, however we also offer many of our team members the option to work remotely either as fully remote or hybrid‑remote employees. Positions listed as “Remote” are only available for remote work within the specified country. Positions listed within a specific city are only available in that location – depending on the role it may be available with either a hybrid‑remote or in‑office schedule.

Algolia does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

On‑Target Earnings Pay Range

£77,500 — £96,750 GBP