Principal Solutions Engineer

SingleStore-LinkedIn
India
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to technically proficient professionals with enterprise sales experience working in distributed database technologies and AI application environments, particularly in India and globally.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in enterprise database sales and POC execution in distributed systems
    — “Experience successfully selling enterprise database technologies, distributed systems, and similar products”
  • Individuals who have worked with Fortune 1,000 companies and can demonstrate business value through technical solutions
    — “identifying the technical requirements necessary to deliver business value for our Fortune 1,000 customers”
  • Professionals with fluency in English and regional languages who can engage with diverse customer bases
    — “Fluency in English and regional languages”

Things to consider

  • The role requires international and regional travel, which may involve extended time away from home
    — “Ability to travel within the region and internationally”
  • Candidates should be prepared to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, Engineering, and Marketing
    — “Partner with internal teams (Product, Engineering, Support, Marketing etc.) to share feedback on customer needs and requests”

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific experience with Gen AI, ML, and Advanced Analytics in your resume and interview responses
    — “Experience with Gen AI, ML and Advanced Analytics”
  • Demonstrate your ability to design and deploy complex technologies into customer environments
    — “Expertise executing POCs, with experience designing and deploying complex technologies into existing customer environments”
  • Emphasize your deep understanding of competitive data platforms like Oracle, SQL Server, and MongoDB
    — “In-Depth understanding of data platforms, including various competitive products (Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, MongoDB, Snowflake, Databricks, etc.)”
  • Showcase your proficiency in cloud and containerized environments, especially with Kubernetes and Linux
    — “Experienced in cloud and containerized environments, deployment and orchestration (including Linux and Kubernetes environments)”
  • Mention your ability to act as a technical lead during evaluations and sales cycles
    — “Drive the technical evaluation stage of the sales cycle, acting as the technical lead/subject matter expert”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Closing new business and expanding existing accounts
  • Designing and deploying complex technologies into customer environments
  • Developing channels and partners for co-selling
Typical background
Experience with enterprise database technologiesBackground in distributed systems

Skills & requirements

Required

Distributed Database TechnologiesCloud And Containerized EnvironmentsTechnical SalesPOC DevelopmentCustomer Engagement

Preferred

Gen AIML And Advanced Analytics

Stack & domain

PythonJavaCloudContainerized EnvironmentsLinuxKubernetesDistributed Database TechnologiesAIMLAdvanced AnalyticsDatabaseEnterprise

About the role

Original posting from SingleStore-LinkedIn via Greenhouse

Position Overview

Solution Engineers (SEs) at SingleStore are solving some of the most cutting-edge technical challenges in today’s data-driven world.  When customers evaluate SingleStore, SEs are their trusted technical experts who evaluate, identify, and demonstrate how SingleStore can solve their mission-critical business needs.  As key contributors to our sales organization, Solution 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 business value for our Fortune 1,000 customers.  Working in partnership with Enterprise Account Executives, you will help to acquire new customers and expand existing accounts.  You will do this by leveraging your technical skill set and business acumen to understand complex solutions and create high-quality demos that resonate with our customers. 

Role and Responsibilities

Partner with Prospects and Customers to understand their industries and strategies, and educate them on SingleStores strategy, technologies and vision.   

Partner with Account Executives to close new business (logos) and expand existing accounts

Partner with internal teams (Product, Engineering, Support, Marketing etc.) to share feedback on customer needs and requests 

Design, develop, and deploy Proofs of Concept (POCs) with prospective customers 

Drive the technical evaluation stage of the sales cycle, acting as the technical lead/subject matter expert (query tuning, load testing, etc.) 

Work to develop Channels and Partners for co-selling in the region.  

Required Skills and Experience

Fluency in English and regional languages 

Experience with Gen AI, ML and Advanced Analytics 

Experience successfully selling enterprise database technologies, distributed systems, and similar products 

Deep understanding of distributed database technologies, including both analytic and transactional processing 

Expertise executing POCs, with experience designing and deploying complex technologies into existing customer environments 

In-Depth understanding of data platforms, including various competitive products (Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, MongoDB, Snowflake, Databricks, etc.)

Experienced in cloud and containerized environments, deployment and orchestration (including Linux and Kubernetes environments)  

Proficient programming skills in Python, Java, or other programming languages 

Ability to travel within the region and internationally

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a relevant technical field 

SingleStore is a global database company that empowers the world’s leading organizations to build and scale cutting-edge AI applications on a unified data platform that supports real-time transactions, analytics, and search. Our platform handles streaming data ingestion, vector search, full-text search, and multi-model data types - all with high performance, petabyte-scale capacity, high user concurrency, and low latency.

As a leader recognized by both Gartner and Forrester Wave, SingleStore serves the world ‘s leading data innovators including the top Fortune 500 enterprises. Our 95%+ gross retention rate reflects the strong satisfaction and trusts our customers place in the platform. SingleStore is owned by private equity firm Vector Capital and is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices worldwide, including Hyderabad.

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.

Source: SingleStore-LinkedIn careers (Greenhouse)

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