Solutions Engineer

Redpanda Data • Austin, TX

12d • $168,500 - $198,000 • Remote

About The Position

Redpanda is pioneering the Agentic Data Plane (ADP) - a new category in AI infrastructure that makes it simple and secure to connect AI agents with enterprise data and systems. Built on a multi-modal data streaming engine, Redpanda empowers agentic applications that reason and act in real-time with speed, autonomy, and precision. Global leaders including Activision Blizzard, Cisco, Moody's, Texas Instruments, Vodafone and 2 of the top 5 banks in the U.S. rely on Redpanda to process hundreds of terabytes of data a day. Backed by premier venture investors Lightspeed, GV and Haystack VC, Redpanda is a diverse, people-first organization with teams distributed around the globe. About the Role: Come and join our rapidly growing Solutions Engineer team! As a Solutions Engineer, you will help qualify and close opportunities with customers and partners and provide technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, and supporting technical evaluations

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
• Comfortable developing/prototyping solutions in many different languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go, and Javascript)
• Passion for working on complex technical problems and have a strong understanding of modern infrastructure and streaming technologies (Kafka ecosystem preferred)
• Strong ability to build relationships with our partners, customers, and open-source users
• Experience demonstrating technical concepts, including presenting and whiteboarding
• Collaborative spirit and enjoy making sure each team gets customer feedback to provide great customer experience
• Flexibility to travel to meet customers, attend events or conferences or wherever the work takes you
• Comfortable with Linux and Kubernetes
• Proficient with one or more of the following cloud providers: AWS, GCP and Azure

Responsibilities

• Work alongside the sales team to introduce Redpanda to our potential customers
• Lead product and solution briefings, build proof-of-concepts (POC), run live product demos, and prototype Redpanda integrations
• Partner with Redpanda product management, engineering and support teams to solve customer challenges and improve customer experience
• Identify and address customers' key technical objections and develop the strategies to address those blockers to adoption

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees