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Director of Solutions Engineering, Enterprise East

Leads and scales an enterprise pre-sales Solutions Engineering organization, combining team management, technical validation, and executive customer engagement. Requires extensive pre-sales experience, enterprise AI and integration expertise, and strong consultative leadership.

About the job

Responsibilities

  • Hire, mentor, and manage a team of Solutions Engineers, providing technical guidance, coaching, and career development.
  • Establish and operationalize best practices for pre-sales solutioning, proof-of-concepts, and technical validation.
  • Partner with Sales leadership to develop go-to-market strategies and align technical execution with business goals.
  • Guide enterprise prospects and customers through discovery, solution design, and ROI validation.
  • Ensure delivery of demonstrations, prototypes, and customer-tailored solutions.
  • Collaborate with Product and Engineering to incorporate customer insights into roadmap priorities.
  • Represent the company as an executive-level technical leader in customer meetings, workshops, and industry events.
  • Define scalable processes and assets to improve team efficiency and repeatability.
  • Stay current on enterprise AI adoption patterns, integration strategies, and competitive developments.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in pre-sales technical roles, such as Solutions Architect or Sales Engineer.
  • 3+ years managing or leading pre-sales or solutions engineering teams.
  • Proven success with large enterprise customers and complex buying cycles.
  • Strong proficiency with enterprise AI deployments, API integrations, and production system architectures.
  • Excellent communication skills with executives, business stakeholders, and technical teams.
  • Experience building scalable teams and processes in fast-moving environments.
  • Strong executive presence and consultative skills.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience in AI or generative AI pre-sales engineering or enterprise deployments.
  • Familiarity with enterprise architecture design, developer tooling, SDKs, and integration patterns.
  • Software engineering or systems engineering background.
  • Experience integrating telephony infrastructure or other complex enterprise systems.
  • Knowledge of LLM architecture, prompt engineering, evaluation, and AI-powered solution design.
  • Thought leadership through conferences, webinars, or published technical content.

Compensation and Benefits

  • $320,000–$400,000 plus commission and equity.
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
  • Life insurance and disability benefits.
  • Retirement plan.
  • Parental leave.
  • Fertility and family-building benefits.
  • Monthly wellness and lifestyle stipend.
  • Daily office lunches and snacks.
  • Take-what-you-need vacation policy.

Skills

Enterprise Ai, API Integrations, System Architecture, Pre-Sales Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Proofs Of Concept, Go-to-Market Strategy, SDKs, Telephony Infrastructure, Llm Architecture, Prompt Engineering, Ai Evaluation

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