Staff Solutions Engineer – Data Streaming & Confluent

IBM; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Global Sales seeks a Staff Solution Sales Engineer to partner with Account Executives as the key technical advisor, translating customer business needs into practical designs and architectures. You will drive discovery, architect data streaming solutions, and lead workshops to demonstrate value across complex environments.

You will collaborate with product and engineering teams, guide customers through deployment maturity, and maintain strong relationships with diverse stakeholders,

Qualifications

• Tri-lingual with Portuguese, Spanish, and English.
• Extensive experience as Solutions Engineer or similar.
• Experience with event-driven architecture, data integration and processing.
• Experience with cloud architecture, migrations, deployment and app development.
• Familiar with automation, GitOps and Kubernetes.
• Proficient in Java, Python or SQL.
• Technical certifications in Cloud Dev/Architect, Data Engineering & Integration.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Experience working with LATAM countries.

Responsibilities

• Advance data streaming use-cases from conception to go-live.
• Lead technical proofs of concept with customers.
• Conduct discovery and whiteboard sessions for new use-cases.
• Deliver technical talks and workshops as thought leadership.
• Guide customers with hands-on help to mature deployment.
• Analyze customer consumption trends and identify optimization opportunities.
• Collaborate with product and engineering; advocate for customer needs.
• Build strong relationships with customer stakeholders and partners.

Skills

Tri-lingual

Solutions Engineering experience

Event-Driven architecture

Data Integration

Data Warehouse

Cloud Architecture

Automation GitOps

Kubernetes

Java

Python

SQL

Technical Certifications

Self-starter

Presentation skills

Stakeholder communication

LATAM experience

Tools

GitOps

Cloud deployment

API design

Job description

IBM Global Sales seeks a Staff Solution Sales Engineer to partner with Account Executives as the key technical advisor, translating customer business needs into practical designs and architectures. You will drive discovery, architect data streaming solutions, and lead workshops to demonstrate value across complex environments.

You will collaborate with product and engineering teams, guide customers through deployment maturity, and maintain strong relationships with diverse stakeholders,