Senior Solutions Engineer (Remote, Central USA)

Confluent - Oklahoma City, OK

Full-time - Senior

Oklahoma City, OK

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Senior Solutions Engineer at Confluent plays a pivotal role in the sales process by evaluating customer needs and providing technical solutions to enhance their data streaming capabilities. This position involves collaborating with Account Executives to serve as a key technical advisor, facilitating discussions, and driving the adoption of Confluent's technology to ensure customer success and satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Help advance new & innovative Data Streaming use-cases from conception to Go-Live
• Execute on and lead Technical Proofs of Concept
• Conduct Discovery & Whiteboard Sessions to develop new use-cases
• Provide Thought Leadership by delivering Technical Talks and Workshops
• Guide customers with hands-on help and best practice to drive operational maturity of their Confluent Deployment
• Analyze Customer Consumption trends and identify Optimization opportunities
• Work closely with Product and Engineering teams, and serve as a key Product advocate across the Customer, Partner and Industry ecosystem
• Forge strong relationships with key customer stakeholders and serve as a dependable partner for them

Requirements

• 7+ years of Solutions Engineering or similar work experience
• Experience with Event-Driven architecture, Data Integration & Processing Techniques, Database & Data Warehouse technologies
• First-Hand exposure to Cloud Architecture, Migrations, Deployment & Application Development
• Experience with Automation, GitOps and Kubernetes
• Proficiency in Java, Python or SQL
• Technical certifications - Cloud Developer/Architect, Data Engineering & Integration
• Clear, consistent demonstration of self-starter behavior, a desire to learn new things and tackle hard technical problems
• Exceptional presentation and communications capabilities

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with Solution Selling
• A challenger mindset and an ability to positively influence peoples' opinions

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Equity package
• Commission and/or bonus pay