Solutions Engineer
A senior pre-sales Solutions Engineer at Yugabyte who partners with account executives to demo YugabyteDB (a distributed, PostgreSQL-compatible database), lead proof-of-concept deployments, and advise enterprise customers on distributed SQL and cloud-native architecture. Requires deep database, cloud, and Kubernetes expertise plus 15+ years in customer-facing technical roles.
- Compensation
- $200K–$250K / yr
- Location
- Remote, USA
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Solutions engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 15+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role (Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, etc.) in enterprise software or infrastructure
- Strong understanding of databases (SQL, NoSQL), cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure), and containerization (Kubernetes, Docker)
- Experience with distributed systems, data replication, and high-availability architectures
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical topics
- Passion for helping customers succeed and a track record of owning technical sales wins
- Hands-on experience with YugabyteDB or similar distributed SQL technologies (AuroraDB, Google Spanner, Azure Cosmos DB, etc.)
- Familiarity with modern application stacks (Spring Boot, Node.js, Golang, GraphQL)
- Experience in selling or supporting open-source software
Full description
Yugabyte is the company behind YugabyteDB, the AI-ready, multi-modal, distributed PostgreSQL database for cloud-native apps. Trusted by industry leaders including Shopify, Paramount+, GM, Kroger, Fiserv, and NPCI, YugabyteDB has been deployed in over 100 countries and powers more than 5 million clusters worldwide.
Together, our hard-working team of experts and our industry-leading technology are uniquely positioned to meet the demands of modern workloads: geo-distributed, ultra-resilient, and built to scale without limits.
Our Yugabeings (distributed, like our database) span 12+ countries and multiple time zones, sharing expertise from diverse backgrounds and industries.
About Yugabyte
Reimagining PostgreSQL for a Cloud-Native World — that’s the mission of Yugabyte. YugabyteDB is a PostgreSQL-compatible distributed database purpose-built for modern, cloud-native applications. It’s designed from the ground up to be resilient, scalable, and flexible. As large enterprises modernize and born-in-the-cloud companies build disruptive solutions, many turn to PostgreSQL as their database of choice—and YugabyteDB quickly becomes their preferred distributed Postgres of choice. There’s nothing more rewarding than hearing a customer say they experienced an availability zone or region outage, yet their database stayed fully available with YugabyteDB.
Overview
We are looking for a Solutions Engineer to join our fast-growing global sales team. As a Solutions Engineer at Yugabyte, you’ll act as a trusted advisor to prospects and customers by demonstrating how YugabyteDB can solve complex distributed data problems in real-world applications. You’ll work alongside account executives, product managers, and engineering to guide customers through evaluation, adoption, and successful implementation of our technology.
You will
- Partner with Account Executives to qualify opportunities, understand customer requirements, and drive technical sales efforts.
- Conduct tailored product demos, architecture deep-dives, and hands-on workshops for prospective customers.
- Lead proof-of-concept (POC) engagements, working directly with customer engineers to design, deploy, and validate YugabyteDB in their environment.
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor on distributed databases, cloud-native architectures, and application design best practices.
- Create and maintain technical collateral (presentations, whitepapers, demo scripts, etc.) to support the sales process.
- Act as the voice of the customer by providing feedback to product, engineering, and support teams.
- Represent Yugabyte at industry events, webinars, and technical meetups.