Staff Solutions Engineer - New York
Staff Solutions Engineer supports sales by architecting Kong API/AI platform solutions for enterprises, leading PoCs, building client relationships, and creating technical documentation. Requires 7+ years in software/sales engineering at SaaS companies with expertise in cloud-native tech, APIs, and AI.
Responsibilities
- Support field sales in helping customers understand the value of the Kong API/Connectivity Management platform.
- Understand customer requirements and how the Kong platform can help. Grow trusted client relationships throughout the entire sales lifecycle, from initial product reviews to production.
- Support PoCs throughout the entire evaluation process.
- Ensure 100% customer satisfaction across assigned set of accounts.
- Prioritize customer needs and coordinate with support, product, and engineering teams to help support customer needs.
- Create technical documentation for DevOps, implementations, and services engagements.
- Support top-of-funnel marketing by creating blogs, webinars, and participating in trade shows and field events.
- Any additional tasks required by manager.
Requirements
- 7+ years software engineer and/or sales engineer management experience at SaaS, Open Source or Enterprise Software company.
- Solid understanding of cloud computing trends and open source business models.
- Strong listener and communicator.
- Confidently lead discussions with Product Managers, Engineers, and Executives.
- Enthusiasm for high profile, fast-paced startup culture.
- Experience with Docker/Kubernetes and other cloud native platforms.
- Experience with APIs, CI/CD automation frameworks, AI, and LLM technologies.
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