Solutions Engineer

Redpanda Data

12d • $170,000 - $200,000

About The Position

Redpanda is a unified platform for agent-data interaction that combines streaming, SQL analytics, intelligent connectivity, and governance for enterprise AI agents. The Solutions Engineer joins the growing Solutions Engineer team to help qualify and close opportunities with customers and partners. The role provides technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, and support for technical evaluations. It works closely with sales and internal product, engineering, and support teams to address customer challenges and improve the customer experience. The position may involve travel to meet customers and attend events or conferences.

Requirements

• 3–8+ years of prior experience leading presentations, collecting requirements, developing solution architectures, and teaching prospective users or project teams how to use software similar to Redpanda.
• Comfort developing or prototyping solutions in different programming languages, such as Java, Python, Go, and JavaScript.
• Strong understanding of modern infrastructure and streaming technologies; Kafka ecosystem experience is preferred.
• Strong ability to build relationships with partners, customers, and open-source users.
• Experience demonstrating technical concepts, including presenting and whiteboarding.
• Collaborative approach and interest in sharing customer feedback across teams to support a great customer experience.
• Flexibility to travel to meet customers and attend events or conferences.
• Comfort with Linux and Kubernetes.
• Proficiency with one or more of AWS, GCP, and Azure.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with the Kafka ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside the sales team to introduce Redpanda to potential customers.
• Lead product and solution briefings, build proofs of concept, run live product demonstrations, and prototype Redpanda integrations.
• Partner with product management, engineering, and support teams to solve customer challenges and improve the customer experience.
• Identify customers’ key technical objections and develop strategies to address adoption blockers.
• Help qualify and close opportunities with customers and partners by providing technical expertise during sales presentations, demonstrations, and technical evaluations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed