Solution Engineer

Position Overview Solution Engineers at SingleStore are solving some of the most cutting-edge technical challenges in today’s data-driven world. When customers evaluate SingleStore, Sales Engineers are their trusted technical experts who help evaluate, identify, and demonstrate how SingleStore can solve their data-intensive challenges in the cloud. As key contributors to our sales organization, Sales Engineers add tremendous value to the customer journey and directly impact company growth and revenue. In this role, you will be responsible for identifying the technical requirements necessary to deliver immediate value to our prospects in direct partnership with the commercial sales team. You will do this by leveraging your technical skill set and business acumen to understand complex solutions and create high-quality technical assets that resonate with our customers. SingleStore is experiencing rapid growth and we are looking for customer-focused candidates with a growth mindset that are excited to further increase SingleStore’s presence. Responsibilities : Partner with Account Executives to close new business (logos), expand existing accounts and accelerate the growth of SingleStore Design, develop, and deploy Proofs of Concept (POCs) with prospective customers Understand cloud database architecture and various integration points with application development frameworks and analytics tools Drive the technical evaluation stage of the sales cycle, acting as the technical lead/subject matter expert (query tuning, load testing, etc.) Serve as the customer’s trusted advisor and liaison to internal teams at SingleStore such as product and engineering Requirements : Experience successfully selling software, preferably a database, distributed system, or data analytics software 2+ years of experience working with customers in a pre-sales or post-sales technical role Outstanding skills presenting to both technical and executive audiences using slides and demos Ability to multi-task and keep track of on-going projects/activities Exceptional written and oral communication skills Familiarity and experience with data concepts and workflow such as ETL, streaming, warehousing, analytics, etc. Hands-on expertise with SQL, Kafka, AWS S3 Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or other technical field Strongly Preferred : Experience with selling to technical audiences (developers, architects, engineers) Extensive knowledge of and experience with large-scale database technology, preferably cloud-native (e.g. Snowflake, Google Big Query, Aurora, Redshift). Experience working with data visualization tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, Javascript Application Development experience (Python, .NET, Java, etc.) ​​Language: English required SingleStore delivers the cloud-native database with the speed and scale to power the world’s data-intensive applications. With a distributed SQL database that introduces simplicity to your data architecture by unifying transactions and analytics, SingleStore empowers digital leaders to deliver exceptional, real-time data experiences to their customers. SingleStore is venture-backed and headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Sunnyvale, Raleigh, Seattle, Boston, London, Lisbon, Bangalore, Dublin and Kyiv.  Consistent with our commitment to diversity & inclusion, we value individuals with the ability to work on diverse teams and with a diverse range of people. Please note that SingleStore’s COVID-19 vaccination policy requires that team members in the United States be up to date with the current CDC guidelines for their vaccinations with one of the United States FDA-approved vaccine options to meet in person for SingleStore business or to work from one of our U.S. office locations. [It is expected that this will be a requirement for this role]. If an exemption and/or accommodation to our vaccination policy is requested, a member of the Human Resources department will be available to begin the interactive accommodation process. To all recruitment agencies: SingleStore does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to SingleStore employees. SingleStore is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with the Company. SingleStore values individuals for their unique skills and experiences, and we’re proud to offer roles in a variety of locations across the United States. Salary is based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location, and is just one part of our total compensation and benefits package. Certain roles are also eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases and annual bonuses.  Our benefits package for this role includes: stock options, flexible paid time off, monthly three-day weekends, 14 weeks of fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, mental health counseling, 401(k) retirement plan, and rich health insurance offerings—including medical, dental, vision and life and disability insurance.