Technical Solutions Engineer

State Affairs • Washington, DC

1d • $120,000 - $210,000 • Onsite

About The Position

State Affairs is hiring a Technical Solutions Engineer to join its team in Washington, DC. The role partners with Account Executives to close enterprise deals, owning the technical win from discovery through signature. It involves tailoring demonstrations and proofs of concept using React/Next.js and Node/TypeScript, explaining the company’s data, APIs, AI features, security posture, and architecture to technical and nontechnical audiences, and handling technical questionnaires, security and compliance reviews, and RFP sections.

The engineer also scopes and builds lightweight integrations and LLM-powered workflows, conveys customer feedback to Product and Engineering, creates reusable technical sales materials and trains Account Executives, and coordinates with Customer Success to ensure that technical commitments made during sales are delivered during onboarding. This is an onsite role based at the State Affairs office in Washington, DC, with occasional travel to customer sites as needed. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future company sponsorship. The posted annual salary range is $120,000–$210,000 for candidates working from the Washington, DC office; final level and salary depend on the candidate’s qualifications and other stated factors.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• At least 2 years of professional experience as a full-stack software engineer.
• Professional experience with React/Next.js and Node/TypeScript, including the ability to build a working prototype in days.
• Experience supporting sales cycles, running demos for senior audiences, and contributing to closing deals.
• Solid SQL and schema design skills, including Postgres.
• Ability to work with REST APIs, webhooks, authentication/SSO, and common enterprise integration patterns.
• Ability to use LLM coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex for prototyping and debugging.
• Working knowledge of AWS, Docker, and CI/CD using GitHub Actions, plus enough security and compliance knowledge to handle enterprise security reviews.
• Excellent communication skills, including explaining architecture to engineers and nontechnical executives.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to customer sites as needed.
• Authorization to work in the United States without current or future company sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Professional experience in a start-up organization.
• At least 2 years of experience in a customer-facing role such as solutions engineering, sales engineering, forward-deployed engineering, or technical consulting.
• Professional experience selling into enterprises, trade associations, government affairs teams, or the public sector.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Account Executives on enterprise deals; join discovery and demo calls, qualify technical fit, and own the technical win through signature.
• Build tailored demos, prototypes, and proofs of concept in React/Next.js and Node/TypeScript, using prospects’ policy issues, states, and workflows.
• Explain the company’s data, APIs, AI features, security posture, and architecture to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Respond to technical questionnaires and security and compliance reviews, and complete technical sections of RFPs.
• Scope and build lightweight integrations, including APIs, data feeds, SSO, CRM, and internal tools, as well as LLM-powered workflows.
• Communicate customer feedback to Product and Engineering as feature requests, scoped milestones, and occasional code contributions.
• Create reusable demo environments, technical one-pagers, integration guides, and objection responses, and train Account Executives on the technical story.
• Coordinate with Customer Success on onboarding to ensure technical commitments made during sales are delivered.
• Travel occasionally to customer sites for meetings as needed.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits are not listed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level